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2008 Woodland Owner Shortcourse to be held in Adair County Local meeting is August 21, 2008, at the Green River Wildlife Management Area in Adair County By Nick Roy, Adair County Extension Farm Agent In Kentucky, 78 percent of woodlands are in the hands of private owners. For these landowners, sorting through all the available management options and trying to find professional assistance can be daunting. The 2008 Woodland Owners Short Course is designed to open a path through what is potentially a wilderness of information. Woodland owners have a number of options available to them including, but not limited to, generating income from timber and forest crops, recreational use and wildlife management. Billy Thomas, University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension forester, said some of the biggest obstacles woodland owners face are understanding their property's potential and finding people who can help them accomplish their objectives. "That's two of the things this short course does for woodland owners," he said. "It opens their eyes to the opportunities that they have available to them. Then probably more importantly, it gives them the information, and it puts them in touch with the professionals that are out there to help them."Woodland owners might not realize most of these professionals are paid from tax dollars, so their assistance is basically free of charge, he said. This year's course will once again be held on a regional basis, with class sessions in the eastern, central and western areas of the state. Each regional short course will consist of three field-based sessions: the wood industry and your woodland, woodland management and wildlife management. "Last year's participants were really pleased that we were able to tailor the programming to their specific region," Thomas said. "I think another benefit for the participants was that drive distance was greatly reduced; so both those things really made last year's program a success." This year's short course diverges a bit from previous years' sessions. Wildlife management programs will be held on wildlife management areas managed by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, and the wood industry and your woodland session is new to the curriculum. #"Certainly, one of the interests for many woodland owners in the state is wildlife. We wanted to show them what the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is doing on its properties. We're really excited to have the professionals at fish and wildlife be a big part of this year's programs. It's another outlet of information for woodland owners," he said. The wood industry and your woodland session will introduce participants to the impact the industry, which pumps $6 billion annually into the state's economy, has in Kentucky. During the day-long program, participants will visit wood processing facilities and come away with a better picture of what happens to their trees after leaving their property. "Since the majority of the raw material for Kentucky's tremendous wood industry is derived from Kentucky's private woodlands, this program can be valuable to woodland owners in managing and marketing their woodlands. One constant principle running through all the short courses' programs is a sustainable woodland management thread," Thomas said. The 2008 Woodland Owners Short Course is the result of a partnership between UK Cooperative Extension Service, UK Department of Forestry, Kentucky Division of Forestry, Kentucky Woodland Owners Association, Kentucky Sustainable Forestry Initiative Implementation Committee, Kentucky Forest Industries Association, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Tree Farm Committee, Kentucky Association of Consulting Foresters and local county Cooperative Extension offices. East Region sessions begin in Rockcastle County July 10 and continue August 7 in Johnson County at the Paintsville Lake Wildlife Management Area and in Rowan County September 4. The Central Region programs occur July 17 in Scott County, August 21 at the Green River Wildlife Management Area in Adair County and on September 23 in Marion County. West Region programs begin June 12 in Ohio County, continue Aug. 28 in Graves County at the Kaler Bottoms Wildlife Management Area and conclude Sept. 11 in Hopkins County. Participants can enroll in all three one-day programs in their region or choose the ones that interest them the most. To graduate from the short course, participants must complete all three sessions in a region. Each session begins at 9 a.m. and concludes around 4 p.m. Pre-registration is required. Sessions are $20 each or three sessions for $50, which includes lunch. For registration information or to register using a credit card, contact UK Forestry Extension at 859-257-7597 or contact the Adair County Cooperative Extension Service at (270) 384-2317. This story was posted on 2008-06-23 16:34:59
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