The 2019 Getting to Know Your Woodlands Webinar Series: A Primer for Beginners was targeted at Kentucky’s private woodland owners and designed to assist private woodland owners in the management of their woodlands as well as those with an interest in forests and wildlife. The program was web-based using the Blackboard Collaborate and ZOOM webinar systems and offered five evenings of educational programming broadcast to each hosting county extension office.

• February 21, 2019. Getting to Know Your Woodlands. Dr. Don Bragg (USDA Forest Service), Dr. Bill Hubbard (Maryland Extension), Walt A. McPhail (Distinguished Tree Farmer), Derrick Phinney (Clemson Cooperative Extension)
• February 28, 2019. Managing Your Woodlands. Dr. David (University of Georgia), Dr. Kyle Cunningham (Arkansas Extension), Dr. Wayne Clatterbuck (University of Tennessee)
• March 7, 2019. Identifying and Managing Woodland Threats. Dr. David Coyle (Clemson University), Dr. Lauren Pile (USDA Forest Service), Dr. Hank Stelzer (Missouri Extension)
• March 14, 2019. Wildlife and Woodlands. Dr. Craig harper (Tennessee Extension), Dr. Bronson Strickland (Mississippi State Extension), Dr. Mark McConnell (Mississippi State Extension)
• March 21, 2019. Forestry and Wildlife Assistance in Kentucky. Billy Thomas (UK Forestry and Natural Resource Extension), Dr. Ellen Crocker (UK Forestry and Natural Resource Extension), Pam Snyder (Kentucky Division of Forestry), Clay Smitson (Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources), Deena Wheby (Kentucky Natural Resources Conservation Service)

This webinar series was a partnership of UK Forestry Extension and numerous Forestry Extension Units from other nearby universities and the Southern Region Extension Forestry team that was hosted by county extension offices with county extension agents/staff serving as local hosts. 

Each session was evaluated by the participants, and the data was compiled into a spreadsheet by Billy Thomas, with each county's results listed individually. The long-term impacts from this program will result in participants’ enhanced ability to address a variety of woodland related issues, resulting in increased revenue, increased woodland productivity, and improved woodland health. These benefits occur to the individual, their county, and our Commonwealth.