 Upgrade your smartphone with Appalachian Wireless. Get $300 off selected models, capture memories, stream and stay connected with the latest technology. Visit one of our stores or AppalachianWireless.com right now. The Lily Cornette Woods in Letcher County, Kentucky were initiated into the National Old Growth Forest Network on June 13th. Letcher County is privileged to have such a beautiful place such as Lily Cornette's Woods in our county. It's a beautiful old growth forest, which means that the forest has not been touched by man for over 150 years and there's 252 acres of the old growth forest. There's 554 acres of Lily Cornette's Woods and this week they were inducted into the Old Growth Forest Network. An old growth forest, a forest that has experienced minimal human contact in a very long period of time. According to the Old Growth Forest Network website, the Old Growth Forest Network is the only national network in the U.S. of protected old growth native forests where people of all generations can experience biodiversity and the beauty of nature. Letcher County, tourism is passionate about telling others about things that we have here like the natural beauty and the cultural stuff that we have in our region and Lily Cornette's Woods is just right up there at the top. It's a beautiful place full of nature and beauty and it has so much to offer. The Lily Cornette Woods is an old and beautiful landmark with a vast assortment of biodiversity. For more information or to schedule a hike, you can call 606-633-5828. For Mountain Top News, I'm Kelsey Dean.