Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area - Support Your Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Chuck Summers

Clear Fork River flowing under Peters Bridge in the southern portion of Big South Fork.

The concept of partnership is deeply embedded in the management philosophy of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. As a result, the park has developed a number effective partnerships with organizations in the region.

Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association, now called Tour Southern and Eastern Kentucky was created in 1987 to promote, expand, develop and market the existing and potential tourism industry throughout Southern and Eastern Kentucky.

In September of 2000, the ‘Company’s Coming’ tourism development initiative for Southern and Eastern Kentucky was unveiled. Big South Fork has been an active participant using the Company’s Coming initiative to promote tourism and development in surrounding communities.

Visit the Tour Southern and Eastern Kentucky website.

The Friends of the Big South Fork is a nonprofit group of interested citizens, formed to support and promote the Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area by raising funds to preserve, restore, and enhance the park’s natural and cultural resources, to provide improved services and facilities for visitors, to increase public awareness and support of the park, and to enhance educational and interpretive activities which increases public appreciation and understanding of the park.

Visit the Friends of the Big South Fork website.

Volunteers-In-Parks show their support by donating valuable time that allows park staff to run a number of programs that would be impractical or impossible without volunteer assistance. Explore the possibilities for donating time as a volunteer.

Visit the parks Volunteer page.

Donations to Big South Fork

Would you like to help Big South Fork NRRA by donating an item or funds to help with a particular program, event, trail or project? The National Park Service does accept donations. Supporters of the area have given items to be used for special projects such as gravel for the O & W trail, antique or historic equipment for special event demonstrations, photographs for the park collections or even artifacts that were associated with the area before it was Park Service land. If you would like to donate something to Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area please call or contact the park's Headquarters at (423) 569-9778.