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SHANE MORGAN Contributing Writer
The Daniel Boone National Forest is a massive, 709,000- acre, temperate hardwood forest flowing over the foothills of Appalachia in eastern and southern Kentucky.
The forest ' s beauty and recreational resources makes it a prime destination
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for campers, sightseers, photographers, hikers, nature lovers, and outdoor sports enthusiasts.
In fact, the Daniel Boone National Forest and its many attractions bring in a sea of visitors each year to Kentucky, with Pulaski County and surrounding counties benefitting significantly from this major tourism draw.
Pulaski County shares the
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forest with 20 other Kentucky counties, with Pulaski claiming 38,000 of the forest ' s acreage.
" That ' s a wonderful part about our region," said Somerset-Pulaski County Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Michelle Allen.
" We have such a plethora of outdoor recreation sources to offer our visitors, as well as to those who live here."
And the numbers don ' t lie.
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Michelle said the Daniel Boone National Forest brings around 1.5 million tourists to Kentucky annually.
" People absolutely love the outdoor recreation, and love to get out of the big cities and come to the smaller towns like Somerset, or Burnside, or Eubank, to be able to see the forest and walk through and see deer and turkey, and just a host of different kinds
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