149.336 Information and education program.
(1)
(2)
There is established within the division an information and education program for
the following purposes:
(a) To develop public awareness of the importance of the forests of Kentucky;
(b) To promote forest stewardship and sound forest utilization practices of private
woodland owners and the forest industry; and
(c) To coordinate with other agencies and organizations to assure effective, longterm forest conservation programs.
The division shall implement an educational program that emphasizes sustainable
forests and the full range of economic, ecological, and social opportunities provided
by privately owned forests by:
(a) Sponsoring field days that enable individual woodland owners to recognize
and resolve problems that they encounter in dealing with their woodland
resources;
(b) Developing demonstration programs involving forests and management of
forest ecosystems including urban forests;
(c) Developing and implementing programs that give special attention to
educational needs of small, private, nonindustrial forest landowners; and
(d) Supporting the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service in promoting and
conducting technology transfer education programs specifically for woodland
owners.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 555, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998.
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