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| 1122 - Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1122.1) | 17 |
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) |
| 1122.2) | 0 |
Number of individuals who implemented one or more forest health, management and/or utilization practices |
| 1122.11) | 15 |
Number of businesses impacted by forest health, management and utilizations programs (note: Master Loggers typically represent a small business) |
| 1122.12) | 0 |
Number of dollars saved/earned by implementing forest health, management and utilization practices |
| 1122.13) | 0 |
Number of acres owned or managed by forest health, management and utilization program participants |
Author: Tracie Goodman
Major Program: Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization
McCreary County has three lumber yards and 29 active certified Master Loggers. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, I was able to provide continuing education training to 14 Master Loggers in collaboration with McCreary Hardwoods. Since March of 2020, the McCreary Extension Office has not been permitted to use our rented facility for in-person programming. McCreary Hardwoods generously offered their meeting room to accommodate any Master Logger who needed continuing education training in order to renew
