Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization Major Program

15164

Total Hours

Contributed.

117554

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

1266

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

344

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

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

113656

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

395476

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

486

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)  

97770

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

1505

Stories

Kentucky Maple Syrup Project

Demand for maple syrup is high and growing. This interest and demand led to the University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Extension team receiving an increasing number of requests for maple syrup information and support from county extension agents, the Kentucky Natural Resources Conservation Service, maple syrup producers, and the Kentucky Maple Syrup Associa­tion. This growing interest, increase in educational requests, and abundant maple resources in Kentucky prompte...

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Kentucky Maple Syrup Project

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