On Friday, the U.S. Forest Service announced four projects slated for Kentucky through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. At LBL, $2.5 million will be spent on three projects aimed at helping recovery from January's ice storm. Another $588,000 will be spend for roads and trails at Daniel Boone National Forest in eastern Kentucky. Details of the plans were not readily available.
Numerous areas and facilities inside LBL remain closed due to damages created by the ice storm. For an updated list of closures, click here. Money from the stimulus package will go toward clean up of those areas.
LBL and the national forest are the only two lands in Kentucky managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
