Summary
Kentucky has no comprehensive picture of the forest urban and rural landscape
- Needs information to manage forest resource use
- Needs information to manage urban development – smart growth
- Good information to make land management decisions
Develop an accurate landscape baseline against which change can be monitored
- Allows identification of issues
- Quantifies effectiveness of policies
Provide input data and tools for state and local land planning decisions
Provide data and tools for local and statewide forest management decisions
Train KY personnel to support the data generation and maintenance in the long term.