Forest Products and Stewardship Week

Forest Products and Stewardship Week: Oct. 22-26

UK Department of Forestry and Natural Resources will participate with a week of programs entitled "From Basketball Courts to Bourbon Barrels: Forest Products and Stewardship", the activities will include a scavenger hunt of wood use around campus, a "Goods from the Woods" booth showcasing wood products from around the state, a talk on mushrooms and other non-timber forest products, a cross-laminated timber demonstration talk at Ashland Estate, and much more. To learn more, please contact Forestry and Natural Resources Extension at 859.257.7597 or  email Forestry.Extension@uky.edu

Forests cover nearly half the state of Kentucky and are the foundation of a forest sector that is a major economic force in the Commonwealth.  To learn more about this click here. 

See below for a schedule of events.

Monday, Oct. 22

FREE Hotdogs and Veggie Dogs! - Thomas Poe Cooper Forestry Building (T.P. Cooper) - Wildcat Wagon and Kentucky Division of Forestry kickoff “Forest Products and Stewardship Week” - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Scavenger hunt sites released at 8 a.m. (Prizes at Cooper Bldg. Tuesday)  Click here to reveal locations.

Scavenger Hunt Locations

Click here for Scavenger Hunt locations. 

Tuesday, Oct. 23

Scavenger Hunt and Prizes - T.P. Cooper Bldg. - 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.


Wood Table and Salvage Pin Oak Furniture Story - Student Center - MANRRS Students, Dr. Terry Conners and Chad Niman - 12 - 2 p.m.

Green Talks radio interview on WRFL with Zoe Gabrielson - 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 24

Branch and Bark Urban Sawmill - demonstrating Lucas Sawmill (utilize a declining red oak near Ag North and Cooper Drive) - 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Mass Timber Products: Innovative Wood-Based Building Materials Seminar - T.P. Cooper Bldg. conference room - 1 - 2 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 25

Shitake Mushroom Pasta Salad Tasting - The 90 - Dr. Ellen Crocker - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

Friday, Oct. 26

Ashland Cross Laminated Timber Project - Pence Hall 209 - 2 - 3 p.m.