People Helping People Protect the Places they Love

HEARTWOOD is a regional network that protects forests and supports community activism in the eastern United States through education, advocacy, and citizen empowerment.

HEARTWOOD was founded in 1991, when concerned citizens from several midwestern states met and agreed to work together to protect the heartland hardwood forest.

This region was once blanketed with a majestic hardwood forest containing more than 70 species of hardwood trees. Unfortunately, much of this forest has been cleared and what remains is mostly isolated fragments of public land that nonetheless play a critical role in providing habitat for wildlife, purifying the air and water, moderating global climate change, and offering places of beauty and enjoyment. .

Today, our efforts remain rooted in the heart of the central hardwood region, with an emphasis on our “core states” of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri. Over time, Heartwood has branched out to serve areas of need throughout an 18-state region, giving special attention to the “at risk” national forests in Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Virginia.

22nd Annual Forest Council

Olmsted Reservoir Heartwood and the Allegheny Defense Project are co-hosting the 2012 Forest Council: Become Your Place, Defend Your Self!

Join Us For: Speakers, Outings, Forest Watch Training on Shale Gas Issues, Organic Meals, Camping and Recreating on the Allegheny River. Music provided by the Tiger Maple String Band, and Stony and Company.

Location: Camp Olmsted, in the Allegheny National Forest
Date and Time: May 25 to 28, 2012

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Co-sponsors include: The Allegheny Group and the Moshannon Group of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club, Three Rivers Bioneers, and the Adirondack Mountain Club.

Heartwood Music Festival

Heartwood Music Festival in South Pittsburg, TN, is an annual fundraiser event to support Heartwood(org), a non-profit organization.

The 2nd Annual Heartwood Music Festival happens May 17-20, 2012.

Connect with nature, enjoy live music (over 20 bands from 7 different states), dancers, Art, informational tables, and demonstration activities, eat some jambalaya, camp along the stream, and have a blast!

Live music and fun starts at 6pm on Thursday and continues until 7pm on Sunday.

Pay admission at the gate or follow the ticket link and pay today. Plan on getting there early to get the best camping or viewing spot! A discount is given to Heartwood members.

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Land Between the Lakes Should Withdraw Demumbers Bay Project

(excerpted from the Heartwood Digest)

On December 12, 2011, the U.S. Forest Service Land Between the Lakes (LBL) National Recreation Area staff issued a decision notice and finding of “no significant impact” for a large logging, prescribed burning, and herbicide application project in an area known as Demumbers Bay in the north end of LBL, in Kentucky.

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22nd Annual Forest Council

Heartwood Music Festival

Land Between the Lakes Should Withdraw Demumbers Bay Project

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