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New information added on October 1, 2007

“Mexican Drug Cartels Are Growing Marijuana in U.S. National Parks and Forests,” News Brief, PRFA, August 2007 January 2001: “Church in Land Between the Lakes Recreational Area Restored as Memorial to Sanctuaries Demolished by National Park Service.” Additional Resources “Biosphere Reserves in Action: Case Studies of the American Experience: Published by the United States Man and the Biosphere Program (U.S. MAB, June 1995.” Includes studies of 12 major UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in the U.S. The Biosphere Reserves in Kentucky: 7. Land Between The Lakes Biosphere Reserve map 8. Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve map link to main page See our Biosphere Reserves Index Page for links to all 12 studies Websites Kentucky State Legislature link

State News “New Wave of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Proposed” - By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA Position Brief, June 2007) This spring, the National Park Service announced that 36 locations in the United States have been proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Sites, adding to the twenty that already are designated in this country. Such international recognition potentially threatens private property rights because preservationists could exploit the designation to stop the use of land in the region just beyond a site’s borders. More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “Biosphere Reserves Do Have Consequences” — Source: U.S. Senate Subcommiteee on Forests and Public Land Management, May 16, 1999 An environmental group, Help Alert Western Kentucky, Inc., filed a lawsuit against a timber sale in the Land Between the Lakes area owned by TVA, arguing that the Biosphere Reserve Core Area should be undisturbed. More on this topic: Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites “Hydroelectric Dams Subject to FERC Relicensing—1998-2010” - from Positions on Property, Vol. 4, No. 1 (PRFA, Nov. 1998) (Jump to Kentucky information) More on this topic: National Dam Relicensing under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) “Existing National Heritage Areas and Areas Under Federal Study” Complete List - June 1997 (PRFA, June 1997) Kentucky: Mississippi River Corridor Study More on this topic: Heritage Rivers and Areas

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