Impacts
Statistical Contact Report for FY2024Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
1107202.2
Total Hours
Contributed.
6345544
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
25861.2
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
267741
Total Number
of Volunteers Engaged.
Stories
2024- Laurel Wilt Disease Trainings, Summer 2023
Laurel wilt is a new invasive tree disease in Kentucky lethal to sassafras and spicebush. This disease is caused by a fungus, Harringtonia lauricola, and spread by the redbay ambrosia beetle, both of which are native to Asia. Infection by the fungus compromises the vascular system of the tree and can rapidly kill sassafras. While it has been present in coastal areas of the southeast for several years, killing redbay laurel, avocado, and other species, it was first detected in Kentucky in 2019 in...
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People
I am one of the Kenton County 4-H Youth Development Agents. I have been married to my husband Chester since 1989. We have two children named Elizabeth and Chet. I have always lived in the Independence... More
