Upon completion of these projects, more than 100 new jobs will be created. This extension of the classroom includes a quarter-mile wood chip trail that provides access to a wood lot, reservoir, meadows, and flexible teaching stations. In addition to environmental education, teaching opportunities for youth and adults are improved in the areas of resource management systems and forest product utilization The Centers at Piketon Web site was expanded to include the forest resource base and wood products industry in Ohio. Three special forest product workshops were held for 210 participants. In cooperation with county Extension agents, ODNR foresters, and Soil and Water Conservation Districts, timber marketing workshops were held at three locations in the region.
Technology transfer is a major emphasis of the forestry program.
Besides providing technical assistance to 16 sawmills and wood product manufacturers, Sawmill 2000, a major value-added wood conference, was held at Piketon.