Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest under attack

[Bayard]

Bernheim Forest 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

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest exists for everyone to explore deep connections with nature in Bullitt & Nelson County, Kentucky. 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.

Consisting of 16,137 acres of land, purchased by German immigrant Isaac W. Bernheim in 1929, the land was dedicated as a gift to the people of his new homeland. Today, over 270,000 visitors from the U.S. and abroad visit Bernheim each year.

https://bernheim.org/forestunderthreat/


This just makes me sick. Some of the happiest memories of my childhood are of the Sundays my dad would load all of us up and go to Bernheim to hike the numerous trails, see wildlife, and the arboretum. Big lake there too. It's an incredibly beautiful place (you should see it in autumn!), and their research is important. This should concern everyone, not just Kentuckians. There is a place to sign on the webpage. The first I'd even seen of this was in the local Sierra Club newsletter this month.

[greymattermom]

1. They used to take us on field trips there.

St. Matthews Elementary school, late 1950s.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Bernheim Forest is beautiful. See it before the greedy predators kill it.

[Duppers]

3. I hope lawsuits prevent this pillage.

Do these executives hold anything sacred?

K&R