Kentucky Woodland Owners Association - KWOA
Our Mission
“Bringing people and woodland sustainability together”
Wood You Not Know It?
How many times has terminology in your woodlands management plan furrowed your brow? What exactly did that service forester mean when he/she suggested releasing the canopy during an inspection of your woodlands? Is that like raising the sunroof on your convertible??
Raise your forestry IQ and have some fun at the same time by playing Wood Not You Know It? - KWOA’s new riddle quiz. Each month’s KWOA Wood Post (Email Digest) will feature clues for a forestry-related term and an answer for the prior months riddle. We will link the answer to background research on our under the Resources Tab: Woodland Riddle. Join in the fun!
How many times has terminology in your woodlands management plan furrowed your brow? What exactly did that service forester mean when he/she suggested releasing the canopy during an inspection of your woodlands? Is that like raising the sunroof on your convertible??
Raise your forestry IQ and have some fun at the same time by playing Wood Not You Know It? - KWOA’s new riddle quiz. Each month’s KWOA Wood Post (Email Digest) will feature clues for a forestry-related term and an answer for the prior months riddle. We will link the answer to background research on our under the Resources Tab: Woodland Riddle. Join in the fun!
Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) helps landowners better leverage available resources to enhance their woodlands. See the KDA brochure at the PDF to the right. You can also explore these resources on their website at : https://www.kyagr.com/woodlands.
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Kentucky’s 467,000 private woodland owners can work together to enhance the quality of our woodlands, solve problems we share in common and improve the wealth of the commonwealth by advocating sound government policy. KWOA is a state affiliate of the National Woodland Owners Association, providing members access to proven resources and successful programs.
We have a diverse membership whose interests in woodland ownership include timber production, fish and wildlife management, recreation, and resource conservation. Woodland ownership ranges from those with several acres to those with more than a thousand. Membership includes those who reside on their woodland property as well as absentee owners. |
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Please enjoy these two videos from the USDA Forest Service’s Southern Research Station on restoration of the American chestnut in the southern Appalachians:
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The videos feature information on: the Southern Research Station’s chestnut research, the National Forest System’s silvicultural program, The University of Tennessee’s Tree Improvement Program, and The American Chestnut Foundation’s backcross breeding program. Please share widely!
Student Scholarship News from KWOA
Photo credit: Portia Brown