KRS § 149.336 Information and education program.

149.336 Information and education program. (1) 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, long- term forest conservation programs. (2) 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.