Breathitt County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023





1122 - Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization
1122.13) 5000

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

1122.12) 20000

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

1122.11) 30

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

1122.2) 40

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

1122.1) 40

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)  



Success Stories

The Annual Breathitt County Canoe Trip Continues

Author: Reed Graham

Major Program: Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization

For the past 22 years the Breathitt County Natural Resources Committee and Extension Office have partnered for an annual canoe trip down the north fork of the KY river. It's approximately a 10 mile trip from Douthitt Park to the Martha Layne Collins Bridge and there is a lot to see along the way. After the July 2022 flooding things were different along the way, and ANR agent Reed Graham along with Extension Water Quality Specialist Amanda Gumbert scheduled the trip to talk about those change

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