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The program was formerly known as the "Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission", from 1976 until a reorganization in 2018. [3] As of July 1, 2018, Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves programs include: 19,217 acres owned by KNP in 41 State Nature Preserves; 6,245 acres owned by KNP in 6 State Natural Areas;
Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park is a park located in northwestern Christian County, Kentucky, just south of Dawson Springs, Kentucky. The park encompasses 863 acres (349 ha) and takes its name from a colloquial form of the word pennyroyal , a small flowering plant native to the area.
Although the Kentucky Horse Park is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, it is administered separately from the Department of Parks and is not a state park. Breaks Interstate Park is also separate, administered under an interstate compact with the state of Virginia , in partnership with the parks departments of both states.
[1] [3] Most of the park has been dedicated as a state nature preserve by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves, which also added a 650-acre addition in 2016 through its Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund program. This is 1 of 3 state parks in Kentucky that was in the path of totality during the 2024 total solar eclipse. [4]
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Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373 (1976), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a state did not have the right to assess a tax on the property of a Native American (Indian) living on tribal land absent a specific Congressional grant of authority to do so.
Parks Sustainable Funding, a nonprofit, wants voters to decide Nov. 5 if the city should add another tax to support capital improvements in city parks. Lexington’s parks need $8 million a year ...
The leased land would be used as a state park dedicated to recreation. The TVA leased an initial 1,146 acres to Kentucky. After the land transfer was officially completed on March 13, 1948, the new park at Aurora Landing was named Kentucky Lake State Park and joined the commonwealth's state parks system. [4]