Landowner Assistance
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Click on a watershed name listed below to find your Watershed Forester |
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Cimarron
Kansas-Lower Republican
Lower Arkansas
Marais des Cygnes
Missouri
Neosho
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Smoky Hill-Saline
Solomon
Upper Arkansas
Upper Republican
Verdigris
Walnut
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Click
here to learn more about the watershed you live in
Reconnaissance/Inventory Watershed foresters provide on-site visits to collect information and provide recommendations on forest management and forest health for riparian forest buffers. Landowners may need to provide management objectives to their forester.
Forest Stewardship Plan Comprehensive five-year plans identify and describe actions to protect, manage, maintain, and enhance woodlands and related resources based on the management objectives of the landowner. Plans describe the condition of the woodlands and related resources and provide management recommendations.
Practice Plans Practice plans provide specific, detailed information on how to implement forestry practices such as tree planting and timber stand improvement.
Financial Assistance A variety of programs offer financial assistance to landowners to implement forestry practices on their property. Foresters help direct landowners to the program that best suits their needs and objectives. Programs are dynamic and may fluctuate in funding levels. Click
here to see the list of cost-share programs available.
Education Watershed foresters provide educational workshops to promote proper forest management, tree planting, and forest health within riparian forest buffers. An annual Kansas Forest Service Fall Field Day showcases landowners who have done an exceptional job managing their forest resources and provides a variety of educational forestry sessions.
Publications The Kansas Forest Service offers publications for landowners who want to know more about riparian forest buffer best management practices, tree planting, forest health, marketing timber, heating with wood, improving woodlands, and many other topics, at no cost. Click
here to go to the publications page.
Timber Stand Improvement Watershed foresters identify the best quality trees to keep and the lower quality trees to remove in a riparian forest by marking individual trees.
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