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Local leaders back Mammoth Cave boundary additions to protect caves and bat habitat
Summary
Edmonson County Judge Executive Ron Lindsay urged the subcommittee to support HR3286, which would authorize the National Park Service to acquire about 551 acres owned by The Nature Conservancy for Mammoth Cave National Park to protect cave systems and endangered bat habitat; Lindsay said the purchase price is just under $1 million and funds would come from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and NPS allocations.
A county official and conservation partners urged the House subcommittee to advance HR3286, a bill that would add roughly 551 acres to Mammoth Cave National Park by authorizing acquisition of land now owned by The Nature Conservancy.
Ronald Scott Lindseay, Judge Executive of Edmonson County, told members the property contains cave passages important to endangered bat species and other ecological and cultural…
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