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The giants havent worn out their welcome -- theyre just plain worn out.

The goal of the preserve is two-fold: to preserve the arboretum and to educate those who visit on the importance of conservation.

A Bullitt County judge has ruled Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities can seize conservation lands in Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest to build a natural gas pipeline.

A Bullitt County judge has ruled Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities can seize conservation lands in Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest to build a natural gas pipeline.

Later this month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will re-classify the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species. WFPL’s Ryan Van Velzer reports on bat habitat in Kentucky under threat from a proposed natural gas pipeline in Bullitt County, the state’s biodiversity loss and what can be done to stop it.

The issue recently came up in Bullitt County court, as LG&E works to get around a conservation easement.

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest and Louisville Gas and Electric offered closing arguments Wednesday in a hearing that will decide the utility’s right to take conservation lands to build a natural gas pipeline.

Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities are going to trial to take lands from Bernheim Research Forest and Arboretum to build a natural gas pipeline in northern Bullitt County.

A permit allowing a controversial proposed pipeline by LG&E to be built in Bullitt County has been suspended over environmental questions.

A permit allowing a controversial proposed pipeline by LG&E to be built in Bullitt County has been suspended over environmental questions.