Forestry
There are 5.2 million acres of forests, woodlands, and trees in Kansas that occupy 10 percent of the state’s total land area. These forests resources can be described as rural forests (2.2 million acres), agroforests (2 million acres of windbreaks, shelterbelts, streamside forests and fence rows), and community forests (1 million acres). Ninety-five percent of the State’s rural forest is privately owned.
Your local conservation districts have established relationships with local, state, and federal agency partners and have spent decades creating trusting relationships with private landowners that allows them to work quickly and collaboratively to address natural resource issues.
A variety of technical and financial assistance options are available to producers. The Kansas Forest Service offers both community forestry and rural forestry assistance programs. Your local conservation district will help you determine the best options for your farm or ranch. Visit Kansas Forest Service for more information.
EQIP > Timber Stand Improvement
Harvest / timber buyers
Conservation Tree Planting Program
Most conservation districts promote the Kansas Forest Service Conservation Tree Planting Program which offers tree and shrub seedlings, as well as other items for use in conservation plantings. Plantings may function as wildlife habitat, windbreaks, wood lots, timber plantations, or educational and riparian (streambank) plantings. A few conservation districts also offer tree planting services.
