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Forestry Field Day for Landowners

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Workshop is limited to 30 landowners.

  • Learn about the forests and wildlife of Kentucky near beautiful Pine Mountain State Resort Park
  • View a sustainably-managed forest
  • Learn about financial and technical assistance opportunities for landowners
  • Hear from other landowners about their own experiences with these programs

Ben Rhodes, RGS & AWS Forest Wildlife Specialist in Kentucky will be at this event talking and showing active forest management.

Refreshments provided.

RSVP by emailing Liz Brewer at EBrewer@ABCBirds.org or calling 765-490-2234

Little Flat Creek Stewardship Project (Kentucky)

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Agreement Narrative: Little Flat Creek Stewardship Project Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service Location: Daniel Boone National Forest, Peabody, Kentucky Innovation: This is a stewardship agreement between RGS & AWS and the Daniel Boone National Forest. The purpose of this agreement is to promote forest health and improve wildlife habitat. Commercial timber harvests will create young and open forest conditions across 255 acres. Service work items include noncommercial habitat improvement treatments across 757 acres. RGS & AWS’s forest wildlife specialist in Kentucky will administer the project on-the-ground. Impact: The project will accomplish the following outputs: 1.) 255 acres commercial timber harvests, 2.) 166 acres of...

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Promoting Young Oak Forests Through Noncommercial Habitat Improvements in the Southern Appalachians

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Agreement Narrative: Promoting Young Oak Forests Through Noncommercial Habitat Improvements in the Southern Appalachians Primary Funder: American Forests Location: Daniel Boone National Forest (KY), George Washington & Jefferson National Forests (VA), Chattahoochee National Forest (GA) and Cherokee National Forest (TN). Innovation: Our project will restore young oak forests by implementing a noncommercial habitat improvement treatment on the Nantahala Ranger District of the Nantahala National Forest. The habitat improvement treatment will thin smaller diameter trees in the forest’s midstory to promote a high density of oak seedlings and saplings. The treatment will be completed in advance of a commercial timber harvest. Once the oak...

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Forest Stand Improvements on Public Lands in the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee and Kentucky

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Agreement Narrative: Forest stand improvements on public lands in the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee and Kentucky Primary Funder: The Nature Conservancy Location: Catoosa Wildlife Management Area (TN) and the London Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest (KY) Innovation: Our project will restore young oak and pine forests and increase forest habitat diversity in older forests on Catoosa Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Tennessee and the London Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. At Catoosa WMA, noncommercial habitat improvements will promote more structurally diverse old forests (i.e., late successional) as a complement to efforts to increase young and...

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Tri-State Drumming Feathers Chapter Pot Luck

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Dezarn Range – Gate #2 4 P.M. Trap Shooting 6 P.M. Pot Luck Dinner 7 P.M. Ruger Gun Raffle Drawing Join the Tri State Drumming Feather Chapter for a pot luck dinner on January 13, 2024. Please bring a dish to feed 5-7 people. The trap field will be open at 4 P.M. so come early and shoot a round. Dinner will begin at 6 P.M. Drawing for the winner of the Ruger 10/22 semi-auto rifle will be after dinner. Tickets are available for purchase the day of the potluck or contact Dale Perry to purchase. Tickets are $2 each or 6 tickets for $10,...

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