KDFs Mission: Manage State Forests
{"Image DocumentName": "KDFs Mission: Manage State Forests", "Image ImageDescription": "Forest management practices can be seen on all state forest properties. Our foresters and rangers implement stewardship, plant tree seedlings, monitor forest health, enforce fire laws, and oversee timber harvests just as they do on private properties. The difference is \u2026 you can visit the state forests! Explain that although most of our foresters and rangers work with private landowners, we do own and manage 8 different state forest sites that encompass nearly 40,000 acres. Our state forestlands are used as working forests and educational demonstration areas and they are open to the public. Talking Points: We have 8 state-owned forests in Kentucky which are closely managed using the same stewardship principles that are used on private lands\u2014everything from harvesting timber to reforestation. These lands are definitely working forests, however, they are also open to the public for recreational as well as educational purposes. If you were to visit a state forest, you might see some of the following: an active timber harvest with best management practices to protect streams, trees marked for thinning and removal (trees grow bigger and more rapidly when other trees do not crowd them), efforts to eliminate or prevent destructive insects and invasive plants, and/or a reforestation project such as a walnut or pine plantation.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}