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Department of Forestry Current Issues and Focus
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Department of Forestry. Current Issues and Focus. Department of Forestry. Research/Teaching 10 Faculty 1 Specialist Extension 4 Faculty 5 Associates. 2 Open Positions Chair Search Underway. Contacts – 437,429 113,826 direct Acres – 425,000 5,350 invasive 257,383 logging - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Department of ForestryCurrent Issues and Focus
Department of Forestry
Research/Teaching 10 Faculty1 Specialist
Extension4 Faculty5 Associates
2 Open Positions
Chair Search Underway
Department of Forestry2008/2009 Impacts
Contacts – 437,429– 113,826 direct
Acres – 425,000– 5,350 invasive
– 257,383 logging
– 325,700 improvement
– 78,600 wildlife habitat
Dollars - $299.2 million– 182 million – timber – 111 million – lumber drying– 733,000 – ind. assistance– 365,000 - landowner
education– 650,000 – for timber stand
improvement/invasive species control
– 2.1 billion to rural economies from direct contributions and processing of timber and wood products
Research Focus in 2009• Invasive Species • Best Management Practices Water Quality• Wildlife Management and Conservation • Forest Fire Dynamics and Effects • Surface Mine Reforestation • Carbon Sequestration and Credits • Biomass/Biofuels
Critical Extension Focus • Invasive Species Control• Timber Marketing in Tough Climates• Ice Damage • Emerald Ash Borer• Certified Forest and Wood Production• Carbon Credits• Sustainable Forest Management
2009 ExtensionPublications
• Emerald Ash Borer• Ice Damage• Timber Theft• Kentucky
Woodlands Magazine
• www.ukforestry.org
Programs• Woodland Owner
Short Course• Fall Evening
Webinar Series• Logger Training• You Tube Channel• Timber Marketing
Workshops
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ICE DAMAGE
ICE DAMAGE
Publications for Landowners
• Safety in the Woods
• Timber Salvage Decisions
• Managing Woodland Damage and Health
EQIP PAYMENTS
• Working with NRCS to establish woods road and trail clearing payments
Emerald Ash Borer
Emerald Ash Borer
Emerald Ash Borer
Publications
• Cutting and Shipping Logs
• Shipping Lumber and Ash Products
• Treating Lumber, Firewood, Logs, and Mill Residuals
• General Industry Information
Invasive Species
• Publications – Invasive Hit List
Invasive Species
• EQIP Payments – Invasive Removal of Invasive Shrubs
Invasive Species
Research Provided• Effective Treatments• Control Costs –
necessary to establish payments
Extension Developed• Prescription• Trained Technical
Providers
• 122 landowners
• $781,000 in payments
• 6,000 acres treated
2009 Resulted in
2010 practice payments for invasive vines, grasses,
weeds
Biomass/Biofuels
RESEARCH - 2 projects• Collaborative with US Forest Service• Logging Residues
– Biomass tons per acre– Cost of biomass removal (harvesting)– Disturbance created
• Determining what is feasible to remove and what it would be worth
Biomass/Biofuels
RESEARCH
• Determining Unintended Consequences of Biomass Harvesting in the Central Hardwood Region
Biomass/Biofuels
EXTENSION• Biomass Factsheets and Magazine
Articles• Biomass Harvest Guidelines• Industry Support – Loggers and
Biomass Users (Co-Fire with Coal and Forest and Aligned Industries)
On-Going Programs
Water Quality – Logging and Surface Mine Reforestation
On-Going Programs
On-Going ProgramsKentucky Master Logger
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New Programs
Certified Master Logger Program
Certifies the performance of logging firms – safety, fairness, protecting woodlands
www.certifiedmasterlogger.org
New ProgramsCertified wood
• Cost/benefits of developing certified woodlands
Carbon sequestration
• payments for landowners from woodlands left to grow and from long-lived wood products
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