Whitley County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020





1124 - Youth Forestry and Natural Resource Education
1124.1) 0

Number of youth who have engaged in a community project related to forestry/natural resource improvement or conservation
1124.2) 552

Number of youth who attended a 4-H forestry/natural resources education programs
1124.3) 0

Number of youth who have gained an understanding of forest/natural resource stewardship.
1124.1) 0

Number of youth who plan to or have completed a 4-H forestry/natural resources education project (ex. county and state fair   projects)
1124.4) 0

Number of youth who have shared information about their community’s forests/natural resources (ex. citizen science – Adopt A Tree/Feeder Watch)
1124.5) 19

Number of youth who can identify the forestry/natural resources in their community


Success Stories

Kentucky Furbearer Program

Author: Stacy White

Major Program: Youth Forestry and Natural Resource Education

In his 1893 essay “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”, historian Frederick Jackson Turner famously wrote:  “Stand at Cumberland Gap and watch the procession of civilization, marching single file—the buffalo following the trail to the salt springs, the Indian, the fur-trader and hunter, the cattle-raiser, the pioneer farmer—and the frontier has passed by.”  Wildlife, especially furbearers, have played a crucial role in the opening o

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