Bernheim Under Threat

Latest Updates

Bernheim response to LG&E. Read more here.

Thank You to Our Supporters at the “Save Bernheim” Rally

Bernheim was honored to participate and march in a peaceful rally to raise awareness about the threats we are facing. Read more about the rally here.

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest holds rally against proposed pipeline on Sept. 27. Learn more here.

Kentucky’s Attorney General Andy Beshear Seeks Greater Scrutiny of LG&E Bullitt County Pipeline Project. Beshear announced on August 16 that his Office of Rate Intervention filed a motion to intervene and expand the scope of a complaint case before the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) that Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest brought against LG&E over concerns surrounding its Bullitt County natural gas pipeline. Read the press release here.

Bernheim filed an official complaint with the Public Service Commission on August 2, 2019 claiming it allowed LG&E to keep the news of the pipeline hidden from the public while potential routes were under study. Click on the links here (Official Complaint) and here (Exhibits) to view the official complaint documents.

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest exists for everyone to explore deep connections with nature in Bullitt & Nelson County. For 90 years Bernheim has protected forests, streams, springs, lakes and conservation lands in public trust. Bernheim Forest and conservation lands are now threatened by a proposed gas pipeline and interstate bypass. Plans for the pipeline and highway show routes that would cut through Bernheim.

The Board of Trustees of the Isaac W. Bernheim Foundation, the volunteer nonprofit that protects and manages Bernheim, champions economic growth in our region, but opposes any use of Bernheim as a shortcut for pipelines and highways. Shortcuts are shortsighted. Selecting alternative routes around Bernheim will meet pipeline and bypass project goals and will protect Bernheim forests and conservation lands now and for future generations.

The route of the LG&E Pipeline and the Interstate 65-71 Regional Connector would cut directly through an area that is home to federally endangered Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, Kentucky glade cress, globally imperiled bluff vertigo snail, and the recently discovered critically imperiled hidden springsnail. Bernheim protects endangered species, provides quality of life in this region with clean air, water and scenic beauty and promotes tourism.

Be a hero! Help us fight to protect our conservation lands.

Voice your concern for both projects at once! Keep our pristine springs, waterways and forest habitats intact. Help us protect Bernheim Forest now and for future generations. Email, with one click, all involved organizations and officials voicing your opposition to the pipeline and regional connector.

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