Kentucky Forest Sector Economic Contribution Report 2018 - 2019
Kentucky Forest Sector Economic Contribution Report 2018 - 2019
Jeff Stringer, Billy Thomas, Bobby Ammerman, Chad Niman, Domena Agyeman, Gaurav Dhungel 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.
