Kentucky Forest Sector Economic Contribution Report 2019-2020
Kentucky Forest Sector Economic Contribution Report 2019-2020
Authors* Jeff Stringer, Billy Thomas, Bobby Ammerman, Chad Niman, Domena Agyeman, Steven Nevels, and Thomas Ochuodho
*Department Chair and Extension Professor of Hardwood Silviculture and Forest Operations; Extension Associate for Family Forest Education; Extension Associate for Secondary Forest Industry; Primary Forest Products Specialist, University of Kentucky, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources; Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky, Department of Agricultural Economics; Master Student, University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources; Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Policy, University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources respectively.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Kentucky Division of Forestry (KDF) personnel, particularly Stewart West, for providing necessary and invaluable information to this report; Chris Oswalt with USDA Forest Service’s FIA unit in Knoxville; Mark Schuster, KDF coordinator of the Kentucky Master Logger Program; and members of the Kentucky Forest Industries Association. Special thanks go to Reneé Williams and Briana Fortunato with the University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Extension for publication graphics and layout.
Kentucky Forest Sector Economic Contribution Report
