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What Is Forestry:
Community made information from the Elliott County School System.
We wanted to celebrate one of our best assets in Kentucky, our youth, by using their help to create a publication for all ages to explain forest resource issues. Students at Isonville, Lakeside, and Sandy Hook elementary schools in Elliott County, Kentucky, took part in a 4-H project using interactive educational activities about 15 different topics in forestry.

The youth were asked to tell us, in words and drawings, what they learned for each of the 15 different topics.

This project was developed and designed by Dr. Marcella Szymanski, Assistant Extension Specialist in Forest Economics and Natural Resources; Gwenda Adkins, Family and Consumer Science Agent, Elliott County; and William Thomas, Agriculture and Natural Resource Agent, Elliott County.

"The major impact of What is Forestry, that I have seen at this time, is that of building self-esteem and pride in 300 young people. When a child from a county that is usually known by the high rate of unemployment, a low per capita income, the low education level of the citizens, and one of the poorest counties in the nation, can look at a publication that is getting positive national attention and say "I helped create that book" and smile with pride as they show it to their parents, the impact is immeasurable."

- Gwenda Adkins, Family and Consumer Science Agent- Elliott
We would like to thank students and teachers at Isonville, Lakeside, and Sandy Hook elementary schools for their hard work on the project.

The publication is available in HTML and PDF formats through the Cooperative Extension Service web site at http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for95/for95.htm or click on the link to the left. The words and pictures in the publication show how much a group of young people can teach others about the forests. The project designers hope that those who read the publication will develop a better understanding of our forests and forest resource issues.

Funding for this project was provided through the Robinson Forest Initiative Trust, the Northeast Area Homemakers Association, and an Agriculture Achievers grant from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Posters of the all artwork from the project were made possible by the Kentucky Wood Products Competitive Cooperation.