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Kentucky Entomology Leadership Program
June 2-6, 2008

The Kentucky Entomology Leadership Program, a week-long, outdoor summer entomology course for high school students, is a new component of the Kentucky Forest Leadership Program (KFLP). For over 40 years, KFLP, a program developed by the University of Kentucky Department of Forestry, has been introducing high-school students to the basics of forest management during a one-week, overnight summer program.  Participating students spend the week investigating an 80-acre plot of woods using real forest-management techniques.

Since 2004 , the Department of Entomology has teamed with the Department of Forestry to expand KFLP by adding Entomology to the mix.  Students who enroll in the entomology component spend most of the week learning the basics of entomology and surveying the impact of insects in the same 80-acre plot of woods that is being investigated by the forestry students.  At key points during the week, the entomology and forestry students share their findings and work together to solve real-life forest management problems. APPLY This program is open to high-school students entering their junior or senior year with an interest in biology, ecology, forestry, or entomology.  For more information, download the complete PDF application. OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS Non-Kentucky applicants are encouraged to apply and several have attended in the past.  All fees and application requirements are the same for out-of-state applicants. PHOTOS Visit our Kentucky Entomology Leadership Program image gallery to see photos from the first 3 years of the program. To learn more about the Leadership Program, and to see more pictures plus feedback from past students, visit the main website at: www.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/draft/KentuckyForestLP.php ARTICLES The College of Agriculture Communications News Service has written two recent articles about the program: Apr 2006: www.ca.uky.edu/agc/news/2006/Apr/forestry.htm Jun 2007: www.ca.uky.edu/agc/news/2007/jun/forestleadership.htm In 2005, participant Lydia Thomas (a senior from Shelby County) contributed a web page on Stag Beetles for our Kentucky Critter Files while she was enrolled at the leadership program.  Future participants will also have the opportunity to create similar web pages.  See Lydia's page here: www.uky.edu/Agriculture/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/beetles/stag/stag.htm See The Film! Click here to watch the short feature (Windows Media format) on KFLP produced in 2004 by the University of Kentucky Agriculture Communications Department.

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Photos courtesy B. Newton and R. Bessin, University of Kentucky Department of Entomology.