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- Kentucky Forest Health Conference, Feb 2024
Forests are key to Kentuckys economic and environmental wellbeing. The state is 47% forested with over 12 million acres of woodlands and, collectively, the forest sector contributes over $13.5 billion annually to the states economy and impacts over 60,398 jobs. However, a range of insects, diseases, invasive plants, and other issues threaten the sustainability of our forests, woodlands, and urban trees. For example, the invasive emerald ash borer alone is estimated to cost Kentucky over $95 mil...
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People
W. Garrett Owen is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist of floriculture, greenhouse and controlled-environment crop production in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Kentuck... More
