On February 23, 2021, by following CDC requirements, a Kentucky Master Logger Program was conducted for loggers to receive their required 6 hours of continued education. 16 loggers from Knox and surrounding counties came to the Knox County Extension Office to participate, get their required hours and update their Master Logger cards.

Segments of the training included market updates, new industry market locations, Kentucky forest industry economic  update, ash loss, ambrosia beetle devaluation of ash, hardwood log export update, best management practice, basic of a mechanized logging operation, the verso mill closure and its effects on the forest and logging firms, new website apps that can help logging operations in estimating cost of operations, get access to locations of emergency services and determine if they are operating in a federally protected waterway and many more topics and interviews. Feedback was very positive to the variety of topic and information provided.