State by State Industry Statistics: Kentucky

• 50% of the state is Forest Land (12 million acres)

  90% owned by private (non-industrial) landowners

  8% owned by the public

  2% owned by forest industry

• Top Trees: Oak and Yellow Poplar
  
  
• 9,000 acres of new trees planted in 1999
  
  
• People: 31,600 workers in Forest Products Industry

For more information, contact the Kentucky Forest Industry Association.

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