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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