BGGreen Directory - Environmental Stewardship
Cumberland Chapter Sierra Club, Mammoth Cave Group
PO Box 1368, Lexington, KY 40588-1368
Contact: Sherry Otto, Chapter Coordinator
(859) 296-4335
Email: Joey Shadowen, Chapter Chair, chair@kentucky.sierraclub.org
Sherry Otto, staff@kentucky.sierraclub.org
Web: www.kentucky.sierraclub.org/
Sierra Club’s mission is to explore, enjoy and protect Earth’s wild places; practice and promote the responsible use of the Earth’s ecosystems and resources; and educate and enlist others to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. Sierra Club sponsors outings, events, meetings, and a newsletter.
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust (KNLT)
Contact: Hugh Archer or Donna Alexander
433 Chestnut St, Berea, KY 40403
Toll-free: (877) 367-5658 or (859) 986-0744
Fax: (859) 986-1299
Web: www.knlt.org
KNLT partners with the KY State Nature Preserves Commission to identify areas in KY that are most in need of protection, and then to negotiate the purchase of land with willing sellers, and implement a stewardship plan. Areas of critical ecological importance receive the highest protection by being dedicated as a Kentucky State Nature Preserve.
Upper Green River Biological Preserve
Contact: Ouida Meier, ouida.meier@wku.edu
WKU, Biology Dept.
(270) 745-6001 Fax: (270) 745-6856
Web: greenriver.wku.edu/
Comprises 800 acres of land located on the Green River near Mammoth Cave National Park. Provides graduate, undergraduate and K-12 students with unique learning experiences related to aquatic and land ecology, aquatic and land restoration, and studies of endangered species. Educational outreach, teacher education and research opportunities.
