This issue of the Magazine, as with most issues, contains a wide variety of information from snakes to streamside management zones and everything in between. The issue is particularly focused on woodland owner assistance especially as it relates to management planning. Kris Irwin with the University of Georgia provides an overview of his award winning work with Forest*A*Syst, a system that allows woodland owners to determine management options. In conjunction with this article is information on using the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service's Web Soil Survey and information on web resources for woodland owners.
If you are not into that check out Kentucky Snakes, Resources for Dealing with Invasive Plants and Selecting a Logger in Kentucky, or a summary of the 2012 economic statistics associated with Kentucky's forestry sector, $9.9 billion in 2012, enough said. Kentucky's legislation has met and we have updates in News to Use as well as information on the Kentucky Division of Forestry's reorganization. We have our usual slate of departments (Big Trees: Ohio buckeye), information from our Tree Farm Committee and KWOA. We hope you enjoy this issue and please provide us feedback.
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Jeff Stringer,
University of Kentucky
Department of Forestry
Diana Olszowy,
Kentucky Division of Forestry
On behalf of the University of Kentucky’s Department of Forestry and the Kentucky Division of Forestry, the editors of Kentucky Woodlands Magazine commend you for the effort you put forth to manage our woodlands, and we hope that this magazine will help make your efforts more rewarding.
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry
Kentucky Division of Forestry
Associate Editor
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry
Renee' Williams
Assistant Editor
Advertising (print version) and Graphic Designer
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry
Magazine cover photo by Tom Barnes.
