Lawrence County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
| 1122 - Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1122.1) | 100 |
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) | 0 |
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 |
Success Stories
Appalachian Apple Tree Grafting
Author: Lane Hall
Major Program: Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization
In eastern Kentucky, we are seeing a decline orchards and fruit tree operations. As a result of this, a lot of locally produced apples are going away, as well as heirloom varieties. One solution to the preservation of these is grafting new trees. Hopefully as a result, the public will grow interest in growing fruits of there own as well.The Lawrence County Cooperative Extension Office has provided a yearly tree grafting class for some years now. We provided 4 different disease resistant apple va
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