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October 13, 2012 by Claude Stephens

Fall Play – Children's Play Garden

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Construction on Lake Nevin spillway has begun

As you enter Bernheim's main entrance, you may notice some construction happening on the right. On October 22, we began state-mandated work on our Lake Nevin dam and spillway. What are we building? In compliance with state regulations, this spillway will be a high-hazard dam, and will be able to … Read More »

Bernheim Arboretum Battles for Conservation Over Growth in Pipeline Feud

Source: WFPL, By Ryan Van Velzer A green darner dragonfly buzzes over the waters emanating from the base of the knobs in the Cedar Grove wildlife corridor. Above the spring, a millipede trudges over a mossy log teeming with mushrooms. A few feet away, in the loamy soil of the hillside, … Read More »

Big Forests Need Big Heroes (Like You)

DONATE TODAY to the Big Forests Need Big Heroes Campaign. Every year in Kentucky, we lose 50,000 acres of land to development. It is estimated that there are over 3 million trees throughout Bernheim’s 15,625 acres, all of which are protected from development. These trees act as powerful lungs … Read More »

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Reflections of a Ranger #3: Introspection

I keep going back to the forest. It is something to which I have always been drawn, even as a child. There is something at rest there, something peaceful, something reassuring, present within the overwhelming diversity, and how all of it, every single life or organism present work in concert on one … Read More »

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