Thanks to your generous support on Kentucky Gives Day 2019, we are thrilled to announce our newest bird conservation initiative. Between July 19-22, we installed three Cellular Tracking Technologies (CTT) SensorStations, 25 CTT Nodes, and deployed 11 of 25 CTT LifeTagsTM on four species of birds, making Bernheim the first in Kentucky to join the […]
Defending Our Land: Bernheim Forest Threatened by Pipeline and Interstate Bypass
Bernheim has a long history of protecting and restoring land. Now in our 90th anniversary year we are faced with defending our land from a pipeline and a proposed interstate bypass that would cut through forested knobs, streams, springs, and rock outcrops. These are some tough challenges, but we want to assure Bernheim members and […]
New Rare Snail Discovered on Proposed Pipeline, Interstate Connector Routes
Bernheim researchers uncover Hidden Springsnail, known in only five other locations in the world Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is calling the recent discovery of the Hidden Springsnail (Fontigens cryptica) further evidence a proposed Louisville Gas and Electric pipeline and a proposed Interstate 65-71 Regional Connector should not be constructed on Bernheim’s conservation land. The […]
Bernheim researchers find globally imperiled snail, the bluff vertigo, directly in proposed LG&E pipeline route
On May 10, 2019, Bernheim snail researchers located a population of the globally imperiled bluff vertigo (Vertigo meramecensis), known from less than 30 populations in the world. The snails were found on a rock outcrop located directly in the path of the proposed LG&E natural gas pipeline. This proposed pipeline route cuts through Bernheim Forest’s […]
Harper and Athena arrive in Canada on opposite sides of Lake Superior
The golden eagles tracked from Bernheim Forest continue their migration north. Both eagles have successfully navigated the lower 48, now entering Canada and heading north. In the last post, I commented on how they seemed to be on separate paths, and they continue to be about 400 miles apart as of the last data updates. […]
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