I just got a message that someone went by the London Ranger Station and almost
all the pines except some on the periphery have been logged. So sad.
I was supposed to be updated by the USFS, and KY Fish and Wildlife but they did
not inform me and I likely have unanswered emails to them from last year. This
begs the question, why are public employees who are supposed to protect our
natural areas so unresponsive to the public and also so unresponsive to
protecting those natural areas?
I hope the Brown-headed Nuthatches find their way to some of the other
locations I know about but have only revealed to a few. I hope those few keep
those locations under their hats so the remaining nuthatches will not be
bothered for checking off on lists purposes by birders.
Now I wish I had followed my first instinct and I had never told anyone where
these locations are as from previous experience that seems to make them more
targeted for logging than less so. So please do not give that info out if you
got it from me!
If they take off in any of two or three directions they may need to reach
another state before they find any such habitat as that was one of the last
remaining really good Shortleaf Pine stands in Eastern Kentucky at least that I
have been able to find.
It is very troubling the USFS decided to wipe out the pines to put in a new
Ranger Station as I was informed otherwise the tragically placed road project
may not have necessitated the removal of so many pines. And there was field
acreage for sale Roth next door. As usual they destroyed the forest in order to
save it!
Frank Renfrow
Fort Thomas
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