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| 1126 - Woodland Education | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1126.1) | 3 |
Number of individuals that attended woodland education programs |
| 1126.2) | 250 |
Number of woodland acres owned by woodland education program attendees |
| 1126.3) | 3 |
Number of individuals that increased their understanding of the importance of healthy and productive woodland |
| 1126.4) | 3 |
Number of individuals indicating the woodland education program(s) helped them with their woodland |
| 1126.5) | 3 |
Number of individuals that planned or implemented one or more woodland management practices |
| 1126.6) | 3 |
Number of individuals with a management plan and those that plan to get one |
| 1126.7) | 3 |
Number of individuals that planned or worked with a natural resource professional |
| 1126.8) | 3 |
Number of individuals that planned or encouraged others to implement woodland management practices |
Author: Susan Fox
Major Program: Woodland Education
Lyon County is 48% forested (86,632 acres) with 41% of the acres privately owned. There are an estimated 44 million trees of greater than 1 inch diameter trunk. There is approximately 4,791 board feet of timber per forested acre representing a total of 415 million board feet of timber.From a timber value perspective, higher-quality timber demands higher prices; unfortunately, most of the timber in Kentucky is concentrated in lower grades. The distribution of the net volume of sawtimber trees by
