The Division of Forestry offers a variety of programs and services ranging from forest management and landowner assistance to logger training, urban forestry and forest health assistance, fire prevention and forestry education.  Please refer to the list below to find out more about the individual programs and services.   

Forest Education

• Forestry Education for Kids, Teachers and General Public  
  Forestry education is an important part of the division's mission to educate the citizens of the commonwealth about the value of our forests by providing leadership, technical assistance and financial support. Included on this page is information on Project Learning Tree, Kentucky Forest Facts, Kentucky Envirothon, K-12 teaching materials, career materials and many KERA-compatible lesson plans.
  
  
• Forest Landowner Education
  The division's landowner education program assists private forest landowners by educating them about the importance of their forestland and by providing technical information through forestry field days, available cost share funding, carbon sequestration information, timber theft and trespass information, assessing storm damage in your woodland, timber tax information, American Tree Farm System, Kentucky Woodland Owner's Association and offers suggestions on how to harvest and sell your timber.
  
  
• Kentucky Firewise
  Thousands of homes in Kentucky are threatened each year by wildfires. The Kentucky Firewise Communities Program provides information on how you can protect your home and community before a wildfire strikes. Also included is information on the Firewise Community Grants Program.
  

Forest Protection

• Wildfire Information
  The Division of Forestry is responsible for fighting wildland fires on private lands. Included on this page is the daily fire activity report, wildfire prevention, weather and arson information, outdoor burning regulations and laws, wildfire historical statistics and Volunteer Fire Department assistance program information.
  
  
• Forest Health
  The division's forest health program focuses on identifying and monitoring insects, diseases and invasive plant problems that threaten our forestlands.
  
  
• Forest Legacy
  The goals of the Kentucky Forest Legacy Program are to protect environmentally-important forest areas that are threatened by conversion to nonforested uses and to promote working forests and other conservation opportunities.
  

General Forestry Information

• Forest Inventory and Analysis 
  The Division of Forestry, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, conducts a forest resource inventory of the entire state of Kentucky to monitor for health, quality and quantity of Kentucky's forestlands. To view or download the latest Kentucky inventory data, click here.
  
  
• Kentucky's Champion Trees
  The division began compiling a list of state champion trees in 1968. The first list contained the names of only 51 species, now there are more than 90 species.  The list is continually changing as new species are added and former champions are replaced either because they die or a larger specimen is reported.  The division's list of state champions is restricted to Kentucky native trees from the USDA Plants Database http://plants.usda.gov/.
  
  
• State Forests
  The division owns and manages eight state forests--Tygarts, Kentenia, Kentucky Ridge, Knobs, Pennyrile, Green River, Rolleigh Peterson and Marrowbone.
  

Resource Conservation and Forest Industry

• Forest Resource Utilization
  The goal of the Forest Resource Utilization program is to foster the most efficient use of Kentucky's timber resources. Included on this page is the division's Growing Gold bulletin which provides information on timber sales, desirable wood products and other items of interest to timber industry and private woodland owners. Also included is information on non-timber forest crops and woody biomass and wood energy.
  
  
• Kentucky Master Logger Program
  This training program is designed to enhance the logger's ability to operate efficiently within the framework of constantly changing environmental and safety regulations. Included on this page is information on the Kentucky Forest Conservation Act, loggers in violation, reciprocity agreements, temporary master logger designation and continuing education opportunities.
  

Resource Management

• Forest Stewardship
  The Kentucky Forest Stewardship Program is a landowner assistance program available to all private, nonindustrial forestland owners. Technical planning assistance is provided to assist them in reaching the land use goals of their forests. Also included on this page is information on Agroforestry practices and cost share funding opportunities.
  
  
• Urban and Community Forestry
  The division's urban and community forestry program provides assistance to city and county governments, nonprofit organizations and educational institutions in developing or enhancing local urban forestry programs. Included on this page is information about proper tree planting and pruning, Tree City USA program and the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Grants.

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