Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves


The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves is an agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the United States dedicated to the protection of Kentucky's natural heritage. It oversees a statewide program of nature preserves, the Kentucky Wild Rivers Program, and the "Nature's Finest" license plate program of the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund Board. The program was formerly known as the "Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission", from 1976 until a reorganization in 2018.
As of July 1, 2018, Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves programs include:
The grand total of 112,000 acres in these programs is only 0.44% of Kentucky’s 25 million acres.
Statewide Nature Preserve / Natural Area List: