Success StoryKentucky ForestryWorks Education Training and Certification Program Launch
Kentucky ForestryWorks Education Training and Certification Program Launch
Author: Chad Niman
Planning Unit: Forestry
Major Program: Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Kentucky ForestryWorks is an educational training and certificate program focused on forestry, wood industry and logging career opportunities and skillsets. The educational committee is busy promoting upcoming educational opportunities and resources available for high school students and teachers to learn more about the hardwood forests of Kentucky and the related career fields. Kentucky ForestryWorks is a partnership between UK Forestry Extension, Kentucky Division of Forestry, and Kentucky Forest Industries Association.
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