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Contributed.
with Local Stakeholders.
of Multistate Efforts.
of Volunteers Engaged.
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 |
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...
