Kentucky Organizations and Resources

• All Wild About Kentucky’s Environment (AWAKE) is a round-up of resources on habitats and wildlife developed by several of the partners in the Forest Field Trip project.
  <www.kentuckyawake.org>
  


• AppalFor: Appalachian Sustainable Forestry
  <www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/AppalFor/high.html>
  


• Bernheim Forest
  <www.bernheim.org>
  


• Best Management Practices Training Manual from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
  <www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for70/for70.htm>
  


• Blanton Forest
  <www.blantonforest.org>
  


• Daniel Boone National Forest (USDA Forest Service Southern Region)
  <www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/boone/>
  


• Forestry in the Appalachian Hardwoods of Kentucky, compiled by Duane Bristow and Eva Harlan, has links to lots of other resources.
  <www.webcom.com/duane/duanefor.html>
  


• Kentucky Association for Environmental Education
  <www.kaee.org>
  


• Kentucky Department of Agriculture
  <www.kyagr.com>
  


• Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
  <www.kdfwr.state.ky.us>
  


• The Kentucky Division of Forestry site includes an overview of the Kentucky Forest Conservation Act.
  <www.forestry.ky.gov/>
  <www.forestry.ky.gov/programs/masterlogger/The+Kentucky+Forest+Conservation+Act.htm>
  


• Kentucky Environmental Education Council
  <www.state.ky.us/agencies/envred/>
  


• Kentucky Master Logger Program
  <www.masterlogger.org>
  


• The Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet offers environmental education resources and a kids’ page.
  <www.environment.ky.gov>
  <www.environment.ky.gov/nrepc/nred.htm>
  <www.environment.ky.gov/nrepc/students.htm>
  


• Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission
  <www.kynaturepreserves.org>
  


• Kentucky State Parks
  <parks.ky.gov/>
  


• Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation
  <www.woodproduct.com>
  


• The Louisville Zoo has published an educational companion guide to its Gorilla Forest exhibit that includes information on tropical forests and Blanton Forest.
  <www.louisvillezoo.org>
  


• University of Kentucky Department of Forestry
  <www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Forestry/forestry.html>

National Organizations and Resources

• The American Chestnut Foundation
  <acf.org>
  


• American Tree Farm System
  <www.treefarmsystem.org>
  


• InvasiveSpecies.gov links to federal government efforts to control invasive species.
  <www.invasivespecies.gov>
  


• Life of the Forest from International Paper
  <www.iplifeoftheforest.com>
  


• The National Arbor Day Foundation
  <www.arborday.org/NationalTree/>
  


• The National Association of State Foresters
  <www.stateforesters.org>
  


• The National Plant Board works with other countries to control invasive species.
  <www.aphis.usda.gov/npb/>
  


• The National Tree Trust, the organization Tim Womick works for, organizes community tree plantings and conducts other educational activities.
  <www.nationaltreetrust.org>
  


• One of the initiatives of the Nature Conservancy is a Wildland Invasive Species Team, headquartered at the University of California, Davis.
  <nature.org>
  <tncweeds.ucdavis.edu>
  


• Northeastern Weed Science Society
  <www.newss.org>
  


• Smokey Bear
  <www.smokeybear.com>
  


• TreeLink is a site devoted to urban and community forestry. One resource you’ll find there is the Tree Flash Cards (online tree ID cards) from eNature.com.
  <www.treelink.org>
  <www.treelink.org/flashcard/
  


• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  <www.fws.gov>
  


• From the USDA Forest Service:
     <www.fs.fed.us>
  Conservation Education Pages
     <na.fs.fed.us/spfo/ce/index.cfm>
  The Natural Inquirer—a magazine for students and teachers
     <www.naturalinquirer.usda.gov>
  NatureWatch
     <www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/default.htm>
  Woodsy Owl
     <www.fs.fed.us/spf/woodsy>
  National Forest Locations
     <www.fs.fed.us/recreation/map/finder.shtml>
  National Forest Recreation
     <www.fs.fed.us/recreation/>
  


• U.S. Department of Agriculture Kids Page
  <www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/>
  


• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invasive Species Team
  <http://invasives.fws.gov/>
  


• The Vernal Pool Association
  <www.vernalpool.org>

Articles

• The American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) by Judy C. Treadwell, March 1996
  


• Frederick Clements and other early ecologists from the Library of Congress
  <lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award97/icuhtml/aepsp5.html>
  


• Revitalization of the Majestic Chestnut from the American Phytopathological Society
  <www.apsnet.org/online/feature/chestnut/top.html>