10 Nov 2020
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Land Between the Lakes 2020 Geocache Challenge: Trigg County Bicentennial

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The Land Between the Lakes 2020 Heritage Geocache Challenge: Trigg County Bicentennial Begins Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area The annual Heritage Geocache Challenge is put on by the Heritage Program at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area as part of our outreach to the public, to get people to explore their forest and their history, and to share the unique heritage of the families from Between the Rivers. This year, there were two challenges. The first focused on the African American heritage of Lyon County Between the Rivers. The second challenge, beginning…
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07 Feb 2020
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Land Between the Lakes 2020 Geocache Challenge: African American Heritage of Lyon County Between the Rivers

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The annual Heritage Geocache Challenge put on by the Heritage Program at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area as part of our outreach to the public, to get people to explore their forest and their history, and to share the unique heritage of the families from Between the Rivers. This year, there will be two challenges. The first will focus on the African American heritage of Lyon County Between the Rivers. The second challenge will begin in the fall and focus on the Bicentennial of Trigg County. For the “Land Between the Lakes 2020 Heritage Geocache Challenge:  African American…
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23 Apr 2019
By LBL_Admin

Public Hearing Notice 4.23.2019

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Under Public Law, 88-578, citizens are afforded the opportunity to express their views concerning the recreational needs of the community. To provide a forum for discussion, an open public meeting is being held on April 30, 2019, at 10:00 am at the US Forest Service Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area located at 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211, sponsored by the US Forest Service Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area and the Pennyrile Area Development District. The specific purpose of the meeting is to discuss the development of a Recreational Trails Program and Land &…
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28 Feb 2019
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The Heritage of Land Between the Lakes’ Daffodils

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This time of year, the daffodils at Land Between the Lakes are gorgeous and profuse. They seem to pop up everywhere along roads and trails and even some more remote areas. They add color to a landscape just beginning to turn from winter to spring. Many visitors and staff enjoy taking pictures with them or just stopping to enjoy them on a hike or drive. What many visitors never stop to consider about our daffodils, however, is how they got there in the first place.Daffodils are not native to North America. They, like all Narcissus species originated in the forests…
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09 Nov 2018
By LBL_Admin
Soldiers From Fort Campbell Assist in Clean-up at Cleo Griffin House

Soldiers From Fort Campbell Assist in Clean-up at Cleo Griffin House

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Soldiers from Alpha Company, 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion came out to the Land Between the Lakes for a very special mission. They helped the Heritage program begin a project to safeguard and preserve the house formerly occupied by Cleo Sanford Griffin. Griffin was a veteran of World War II and, according to locals, may have suffered from PTSD. He was in the Battle of Monte Cassino which began in January 1944 and didn’t end until May of that year. Allied casualties were in excess of 55,000. So it would be understandable if Griffin did, indeed, suffer PTSD as a result.…
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16 Jul 2018
By LBL_Admin
Building a New Home for Bobcat

Building a New Home for Bobcat

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The Friends of Land Between the Lakes has launched a RedBasket.org online fundraising campaign to raise $35,000 for a new enclosure for the bobcat at the Woodlands Nature Station. The  website address to donate is https://redbasket.org/1699/back-the-bobcat-barrens. The site will be available for donations through August 16, 2018. Lead Naturalist John Pollpeter says “We hope all of our friends and regular visitors to the Woodlands Nature Station will take this opportunity to support this project with a financial donation. The existing enclosure was built in 1995. A new habitat will offer the bobcat a more natural and enriching space. The plan…
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27 Apr 2018
By LBL_Admin
Camping Adventure at Hillman Ferry Campground

Camping Adventure at Hillman Ferry Campground

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It was a long week at work and all I wanted to do was get away and into the woods. Called my friend and we picked a location in between both of us. Hillman Ferry Campground in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area was the perfect place. After some quick texts on who would be bringing what I set out for Hillman Ferry. I arrived and picked a great site located in Loop A right on the water, with a beautiful view of the bay that leads right out to the lake. Sitting next to the beach, just down…
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12 Apr 2018
By LBL_Admin
Strutting through the Elk and Bison Prairie

Strutting through the Elk and Bison Prairie

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Some folks seem to forget that the Elk and Bison Prairie is also home to lots of other wildlife. For example, this was a good morning to see wild turkeys, which happen to be in the mood for their spring breeding season.  This is the time where the male turkeys (gobblers) like to show off their prowess to the neighborhood females (hens) by fanning out their tail feathers and puffing out their body feathers and ‘strut’ to show off how handsome they are to the hens and how big and mean they look to other competing gobblers… kind of like…
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03 Apr 2018
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Dusk till Dawn

Dusk till Dawn

Elk & Bison Prairie, Environmental Education, Heritage, History, Homeplace, Nature Station, Recreation, Sustainable Recreation, Trails, Uncategorized, Wildlife, , , , , , ,
I looked east and spotted the orange glow piercing through the oaks still leafless from the long winter nights. I turned right from the trailhead and regained my footing as I reached a muddy path. I slipped and contorted in many ways as I tried to maintain my footing. My mind kept racing, “warm thoughts, warm thoughts,” but it did nothing to stop my now uncontrollable shivering. Only a madman could be up in these conditions for my specific agenda. I stumbled in the half-morn light crashing heavily on a twig. The crack pierced the cold morning air and a…
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29 Mar 2018
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The Land Between the Lake 2018 Heritage Geocache Challenge is coming soon!

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Get ready to explore the great outdoors and learn about the history and culture of the families who lived between the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. The 2018 Heritage Geocaches have been placed and Geocaching.com will be publishing their locations soon! In order to get everyone ready and excited about this year’s challenge, we’ve put together a post about the heritage locations that we learned about The 2016 Heritage Geocache Challenge We placed a geocache box at each site. In each geocache box, there is a sign-in and date logbook and 100 aluminum metal tree tags stamped with numbering specific to…
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