Many of these publications are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) requiring Acrobat Reader, available by visiting the Adobe Web page. Please click here to download for free.

The following materials are available free of charge to residents of Kentucky unless otherwise indicated. If you would like a copy of  any of these publications mailed to you please contact Jennifer Turner at 1-800-866-0555. We reserve the right to limit quantities.

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Teaching Materials

Fourth-Grade Forestry Module
This module provides activities for fourth-grade students.

10th-Grade Forestry Module
This module provides activities for 10th-grade students.

Arbor Day Booklet
Teach students about Arbor Day with this publication.
 
Lessons in Forestry
This is an order form for Smokey Bear materials.

Tulip Poplar: Kentucky's State Tree
This brochure features information about our state tree.

Fact sheets on several forestry-related topics are also available.

Division of Forestry Careers
This fact sheet provides information about careers in the Kentucky Division of Forestry.

Invasive Exotic Species
Learn about invasive exotic species in our forests.

Forestry Careers
This is a fact sheet listing multiple careers within the forestry profession.

Growing up a Tree
This fact sheet tells the story of a tree's life.

Products From Trees
This fact sheet provides a list of products made from trees.

Project Learning Tree
This fact sheet provides information about the Kentucky Project Learning Tree Program.

Parts of a Tree
This fact sheet provides information on the parts of a tree.

Urban Forestry Grants
This fact sheet provides information about urban forestry grants available through the division.

Teachers kits are also available and can be ordered by contacting Jennifer Turner.  These kits are available to Kentucky educators and include many of the materials listed above but also include Smokey Bear booklets, coloring sheets, puzzles, tree ID book, tree ID keys, tree cookies, Kentucky Forest Forever CD-ROM (for grades four through seven), career materials, and other age appropriate publications and videos. When requesting these materials please indicate the grade level needed.

Visit our Just for Kids page to download coloring sheets and puzzles and play our forestry word search game.

General Information

Kentucky Division of Forestry Brochure
This brochure provides information about who we are and what we do.

Kentucky Division of Forestry Tree Seedling Order Form
This is the form to use when ordering seedlings.

Kentucky Coffeetree: State Heritage Tree
This is a brochure on the State Heritage Tree - Kentucky Coffeetree

Roots of the Commonwealth Program
This program recognizes historically significant trees in the commonwealth.

Wildland Fire

Building in the Wildland Urban Interface
This brochure discusses issues with building in the wildland urban interface.

Wildfire: Beware and Prepare
This brochure provides tips on being prepared if a wildland fire strikes.

Fire Weather
This brochure contains information about the weather's impact on wildland fires.

Forest Protection Laws of Kentucky
This booklet contains the forest protection laws of Kentucky.

Kentucky Forest Fire Laws
This is a pocket-size brochure describing some of the most important fire laws in Kentucky.

Forest Management - Forest Stewardship

Kentucky Forest Stewardship Program Application
This is a brochure about the Forest Stewardship Program and an application to participate in the program.

Forest Management Assistance and Application
This brochure contains information and application about how to have a forest management plan developed for your property.  

Forest Land Enhancement Program (FLEP)
This brochure provides information about the FLEP Program. Funding is limited at this time and applications are not currently being accepted.

Urban Forestry

Planning for a Greener Kentucky
This is the Kentucky urban forestry strategic plan.

How to Fund an Urban Forestry Program
This brochure provides information about the urban forestry grants.

Tree City USA Booklet
This booklet explains the Tree City USA Program.

Timber Harvesting/Forest Resource Utilization

Forestry Best Management Practices: What Landowner's Should Know
This brochure provides information about the Kentucky Forest Conservation Act for forest landowners.

A Logger's Guide to the Forest Conservation Act
This brochure provides information that loggers should know about the Kentucky Forest Conservation Act.  

Field Guide to Best Management Practices For Timber Harvesting in Kentucky
This booklet provides information about best management practices that must be used during a commercial timber harvesting operation.

Kentucky Forest Practice Guidelines for Water Quality Management
This publication provides information about best management practices recommended on timber harvesting operations to protect water quality. 

Timber Harvesting Equipment and the Kentucky Forest Conservation Act
This brochure explains the equipment used during commercial timber harvesting and how it relates to the Kentucky Forest Conservation Act.

Primary Wood Industries Directory of Kentucky
This directory provides information about primary wood industries located in Kentucky.

Forest Health

Southern Pine Beetle in Kentucky
This brochure provides information about the Southern Pine Beetle.

Other forest health publications are available on the University of Kentucky's Department of Agriculture Web site
at http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/pubs.htm