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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Contact Information

Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




Fiscal Year:
Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020


Success StoryWorking around Poison Ivy



Working around Poison Ivy

Author: Thomas Miller

Planning Unit: Ballard County CES

Major Program: Forest Education: Health, Management, and Utilization

Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work

Outcome: Initial Outcome

BTC, our local telephone and internet provider was interested in doing a training for their staff on poison ivy.  They must have regular safety meeting for their personnel to remain compliant with their governing board.  They contacted Tom Miller, Ballard County Agent for ANR to determine the possibility of the presenting a program. 

Mr. Miller present the training in their conference room for 25 employees.  The training consisted of a description of poison ivy and how to identify it throughout the year with its different stages of growth.  It also included treatment options if exposed and plant control options if needed around their work environment.  The information was gleaned from UK Extension publications.  A new weed problem, poison hemlock was also presented and discussed.  

After the presentation, all participants responded that they were able to identify poison ivy and poison hemlock had never even been on their radar.  A few days after the presentation, one of the participants made a comment to Tom Miller at the grocery store that they now noticed poison hemlock everywhere and had never even realized it was dangerous. This could be the start of more safety education provided by the Extension Office.








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