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Now Hiring: 3 Positions
Join our team! In January, we're launching our newest program of comprehensive environmental permit review training program for citizens & attorneys. Help us build this newest chapter of environmental protection.
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Now Hiring: Director of Development
This is a unique opportunity to help build a development and major gifts program for one of Kentucky’s most trusted and effective environmental law and advocacy organizations.
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Kentucky Resources Council Welcomes Ashley Wilmes as New Director
The Board and staff of the Kentucky Resources Council are pleased to announce the hiring of Ashley Wilmes as the new Director of the Council, effective October 1, 2021. Tom FitzGerald, better known as “Fitz,” Director of the Council for 37 years...
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Endow Kentucky 2021
Beginning July 1 your gift to our endowment fund, the Kentucky Resources Foundation, can be rewarded with a great tax incentive: the Endow Kentucky Tax Credit.
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Eastern Kentucky Flooding Resources
Eastern Kentucky has been hit hard by record flooding in March 2021. A lot of individuals and organizations across the state are working to coordinate in-kind and monetary donations to help. Check out the list of these opportunities to help.
Continue reading2020 KRC Awards
Announcing the 2020 Sue Anne Salmon Community Advocacy Award and the Winnie Hepler Lifetime Achievement Award!
Continue readingRemembering A "Catalyst For Good"
Remembering A "Catalyst For Good" All of us at the Kentucky Resources Council join the many friends and the family of Judy Nichols in mourning her passing and celebrating her life and works.
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We at the Kentucky Resources Council join family and friends in mourning the passing and celebrating the remarkable life of Mary Margaret Mulvihill, who died August 25, 2020.
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The Board and staff of the Kentucky Resources Council, and Fitz join with the family of Bob Logan in mourning his death at age 70 on Sunday, July 26, 2020, and in celebrating the life and enduring legacy that Bob leaves with us all.
Continue readingOn COVID-19
Kentucky Resources Council staff, along with its fellow Kentuckians, are working hard while being healthy at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are here for all of you and we are more dedicated than ever to protect Kentucky's environment.
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We pause in remembrance of Marty Solomon, friend and advisor to the Council.
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Endow Kentucky
To insure that KRC's advocacy and defense programs you have helped to create will last long into the future, we have opened an endowment fund with Blue Grass Community Foundation. Endowment funds are designed to provide annual financial support to or
Continue readingAnnual Award for Lifetime Achievement in Environmental and Justice Advocacy to Be Named for Winnie Hepler
The Board of the Kentucky Resources Council, Inc. today established a new award to be bestowed annually on an individual whose life’s work has shown the dedication, selfless commitment to nature and others, and courage to speak against injustice.
Continue readingWith Thanks On The Occasion of D. Todd Littlefield's Retirement!
With Thanks On The Occasion of D. Todd Littlefield's Retirement!
Continue readingReflections on the 40th Anniversary of the Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission
Tom FitzGerald speaks on the 40th Anniversary of the Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission
Continue readingAddress To 24th Annual Heartwood Forest Council Gathering
Address To 24th Annual Heartwood Forest Council Gathering
Continue readingTom FitzGerald on Being Nominated to ORSANCO
Tom FitzGerald's Remarks on Being Nominated by President Obama as aFederal Commissioner To The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Continue readingA Conversation On Conservation And Stewardship
A Conversation On Conservation And Stewardship
Continue readingKRC Director Gives Commencement Address To 1st Green Institute Class
KRC Director Gives Commencement Address To 1st Green Institute Class
Continue readingAloma Dew Is First Recipient of Sue Anne Salmon Community Advocacy Award
Aloma Dew Is First Recipient of Sue Anne Salmon Community Advocacy Award
Continue readingKRC Director Participates on Panel on Coal Mine Reclamation Bonding
KRC Director Participates on Panel on Coal Mine Reclamation Bonding
Continue readingMargaret Mead Was Right!
MARGARET MEAD WAS RIGHT! A Conversation About Energy, Community, and Justice In A Time Of Great Turmoil
Continue readingSue Anne Salmon Honored For Her Many Years of Working For Justice
Sue Anne Salmon Honored For Her Many Years of Working For Justice
Continue readingKRC Director Speaks At "Energizing Kentucky" Conference
KRC Director Speaks At "Energizing Kentucky" Conference
Continue readingWinnie Hepler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From EQC
Winnie Hepler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From EQC
Continue readingReflections on The Life And Work of Earl Wilson
Reflections on The Life And Work of Earl Wilson
Continue readingKRC Participates In Conference On Sustainable Transportation Policy
KRC Participates In Conference On Sustainable Transportation Policy
Continue readingWhat Do We Really Value? An Exploration Of Our Environmental Ethic
What Do We Really Value? An Exploration Of Our Environmental Ethic
Continue readingREFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF PROFESSOR PAUL OBERST
REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF PROFESSOR PAUL OBERST
Continue readingThe Kentucky Resources Council is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the conservation and prudent use of Kentucky’s natural resources. Since 1984, we have dedicated ourselves to protecting Kentucky’s land, air, water, and communities.