This website provides information for woodland owners that effected by ice damage. The website contains the following pages:
- Photo Guide for Assessing Storm Damage: The photo guide contains a number of pictures of trees of a number of species common to woodlands in Kentucky with a range of damage. Recommendations are provided for each photo regarding the loss of timber value, if timber should be salvaged and when, and a recommendation about the potential of the tree as it relates to long-term management.
- Publications: The publication page contains links to a number of publications useful to woodland owners. These publications are developed specifically to deal with aspects of Kentucky’s storms.
- safety in storm damaged woodlands including ice, tornados, etc.
- how to evaluate loss of timber value
- tax information
- how to care for storm damaged trees
- salvage and improvement harvests
Recent 2012 publications:
FORFS 12-3 Storm Damage - Safety in the Woods
This publication will help to keep you safe in storm-damaged woodlands and while clearing tree debris from roads, trails, and fences.
FORFS 12-4 - Storm Damage - Timber Salvage Decisions
This fact sheet is provided to help you make decisions regarding timber losses associated with storm damage. If timber value loss is significant, a salvage operation may be warranted as well as claiming a tax loss.
- Webinars:
The Webinar page provides links to webinars that were run in 2009 on the ice damage.
For more information, contact the webmaster, UK Department of Forestry Extension at forestry.extension@uky.edu |
