Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization Major Program

4003

Total Hours

Contributed.

19684

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

46

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

477

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of people who increased knowledge on forest health, management and/or utilization (includes forest health program, urban tree health programs, forestry webinar series, Master Loggers program, Woodland Owner Short course, Non-timber products[i.e. mushrooms, Christmas trees, maple syrup], naturalist programs, county based forestry program, small scale logging forest industry training, log and lumber grading trainings, and other "tree-centric" programs)  

6138

Number of individuals who implemented one or more forest health, management and/or utilization practices

1731

Number of businesses impacted by forest health, management and utilizations programs (note: Master Loggers typically represent a small business)  

340

Number of dollars saved/earned by implementing forest health, management and utilization practices  

212772

Number of acres owned or managed by forest health, management and utilization program participants

57084

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Foraging for Fungus: Potential Life Saving Training

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