May 2024

KWOA Proudly Supports 2024 Woodland Owners Short Courses (WOSC)

The Kentucky Woodland Owners Short Course (WOSC) is designed to help Kentucky’s woodland owners in the care and management of their woodland resources! The 2024 WOSC consists of 5 online sessions followed by a field session (two options to choose from). See full schedule and register at https://wosc.ca.uky.edu/2024WOSC Link is also on our website here

Upcoming Event Calendar

May 18-20: The Berry Center Farm & Forest Institute: Low-Impact Forestry Training Series
May 28, 1:00 PM ET: Live Webinar: How do you Recruit Wood-based Businesses?
June 11,13, 18, 20, & 25, 7-8 PM ET: WOSC
July 22-23: KAEE Boot Camp training Project WET, WILD, and Learning Tree
July 28-30: Midwest Walnut Council Meeting in Springfield, OH

Woodland Community Updates

Forest Conservation Easement Program, FCEP, Update: KWOA continues to join over 170 organizations in advocating this program to conserve working forests.
KFB rolls out Kentucky Farm Life podcasts; subscribe for free here.
Southern Group of State Foresters Pine (P4) survey for stakeholder input.
January 2024 Delivered Log Price Report now available from the Kentucky Division of Forestry.
Updates are always being added on our KWOA home page at kwoa.net

Interesting Tidbit: A May 15 Wall Street Journal article reports that companies like Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, and others are the closest they have ever been to making a paper bottle! This reflects the public interest in alternatives to plastic and glass packaging.

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"From the Woods Today": Wednesdays at 11 a.m. ET. You can watch via Zoom or Facebook Live Links to live shows are posted just before the show. Join live or watch recorded shows later at the website at www.fromthewoodstoday.com

Need Help in the Woods?

Kentucky Division of Forestry (KDF) Vendors List: HERE and https://eec.ky.gov/Natural-Resources/Forestry/Documents/Statewide%20Vendor%20List%202-8-17.pdf

Kentucky Association of Consulting Foresters lists at https://kacf.org/find-a-forester/

Check out the Quick Reference Links on our KWOA home page at kwoa.net

Planning a Harvest?

A Kentucky Master Logger must be on-site and in charge of every commercial logging operation (excluding horse loggers). Kentucky's best management practices must be used in every commercial logging operation (including horse loggers). Best to Check Out These Resources:

Kentucky Master Logger Program: masterlogger.ca.uky.edu
Kentucky Division of Forestry: forestry.ky.gov
Bad Actor Information & List: masterlogger.ca.uky.edu/bad-actor-information
Kentucky Association of Consulting Foresters: kacf.org/find-a-forester/

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