1126 - Woodland Education | ||
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1126.1) | 25 |
Number of individuals that attended woodland education programs |
1126.2) | 0 |
Number of woodland acres owned by woodland education program attendees |
1126.3) | 0 |
Number of individuals that increased their understanding of the importance of healthy and productive woodland |
1126.4) | 0 |
Number of individuals indicating the woodland education program(s) helped them with their woodland |
1126.5) | 2 |
Number of individuals that planned or implemented one or more woodland management practices |
1126.6) | 2 |
Number of individuals with a management plan and those that plan to get one |
1126.7) | 0 |
Number of individuals that planned or worked with a natural resource professional |
1126.8) | 2 |
Number of individuals that planned or encouraged others to implement woodland management practices |
Author: Jeremy Williams
Major Program: Woodland Education
There are approximately 59 million maple trees within Kentucky’s extremely dense forest. The availability of these trees are beginning to show signs of a new enterprise across the state to help drive economic growth for farmers, foresters and landowners. Maple syrup production has a long history, but in 2016, the Harlan and Letcher County Agriculture and Natural Resources agents worked with maple syrup producers to develop a Kentucky Maple Syrup School. The following year, tha
Author: Jeremy Williams
Major Program: Woodland Education
Harlan County is comprised of 259,784 acres of forest land in which 93% is privately owned. Educating landowners about their forested property as well as providing Kentucky Master Loggers to gain continuing education hours helped to make fall forestry programming a success.The Harlan County Extension Service worked with the University of Kentucky to provide a three part “Woodlands Webinar Series” The series provided educational programing for landowners and Kentucky Mast