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HealthyWoods app helps owners understand their woodlands

HealthyWoods app helps owners understand their woodlands

HealthyWoods app helps owners understand their woodlands

A new mobile app makes receiving research-based woodland management information as easy as reaching for the phone. HealthyWoods, a collaborative effort between forest specialists from Kentucky and other hardwood-producing states in the Appalachian region, provides woodland owners with a convenient tool to scout the health of their woods.

Ellen Crocker takes a picture of the tree canopy for the HealthyWoods app. Photo by Carol Lea Spence
Ellen Crocker takes a picture of the tree canopy for the HealthyWoods app. Photo by Carol Lea Spence

 

Questions walk HealthyWoods app users through an assessment of their woodlands.
Questions walk HealthyWoods app users through an assessment of their woodlands.

 

Ellen Crocker takes a picture of the tree canopy for the HealthyWoods app. Photo by Carol Lea Spence
Ellen Crocker takes a picture of the tree canopy for the HealthyWoods app. Photo by Carol Lea Spence

 

Ellen Crocker uses the HealthyWoods app to determine a woodland stand's health. Photo by Carol Lea Spence
Ellen Crocker uses the HealthyWoods app to determine a woodland stand's health. Photo by Carol Lea Spence

 

The HealthyWoods app walks users through an assessment of their woods.
The HealthyWoods app walks users through an assessment of their woods.

 

Contact Information

Scovell Hall Lexington, KY 40546-0064

cafenews@uky.edu