Ulju County Ranks as Outstanding Institution in Forestry Sector for Second Consecutive Year in Government Joint Evaluation

(Ulsan=Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Young-eun = Ulju-gun in Ulsan has been selected as an outstanding institution in the 'Forest Sector of the 2025 Government Joint Evaluation' led by the Korea Forest Service, it announced on the 20th.

Selected as an outstanding institution for the second consecutive year following last year.

The Korea Forest Service conducts an annual joint evaluation of forest sectors for 17 metropolitan cities and provinces nationwide.

The evaluation covers fostering healthy and sustainable forest resources, establishing landslide prevention and response systems, forest fire prevention performance, forest pest control performance, and efforts to revitalize wood utilization.

Ulju-gun received high marks for its active promotion and crackdown to minimize burning waste, timely completion of landslide prevention projects in preparation for typhoons and heavy rainfall, and securing budgets and establishing control strategies for pine wood nematode prevention.

In particular, its efforts were noted for preparing policies and systems to revitalize wood utilization, wood experience events, and promotional activities.

A Ulju-gun official said, "By organically cooperating with Ulsan City, we were able to achieve the outcome of being selected as an outstanding institution for the second consecutive year," adding, "We will continue to actively pursue forest policies that provide practical help to residents in line with the Korea Forest Service's policy direction."

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