ARKANSAS SFI IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE<\/h3>\nPartners with Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation for PLT Workshops<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Teacher Conservation Tour Workshop Series<\/p>\n
Why this Project Matters<\/p>\n
This extensive educator\u00a0workshop, led by the Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation, focuses on the environmental, ecological, and economic benefits of Arkansas\u2019s forestlands and timber industries. These benefits are often not fully appreciated by people outside the forest sector. Engaging teachers, who in turn will educate students, is an effective way to build understanding of and support for Arkansas\u2019s sustainably managed forestlands.<\/p>\n
Why is SFI Involved?<\/p>\n
The SFI Community Engagement Grant Program is supporting this project.This project\u2019s strong youth education component supports a core SFI priority. SFI offers teacher training and engages students in environmental education through\u00a0Project Learning Tree<\/a>\u00a0(PLT) activities. PLT is an initiative of SFI that uses trees and forests as windows on the world to increase youth understanding of the environment and actions they can take to conserve it. PLT activities will be incorporated in the project.<\/p>\nThese workshops provide extensive background information and knowledge to help educators incorporate PLT lessons into their course material and better teach on topics of forestry and natural resources management. Educators who have attended these workshops in the past have used the information with their students in career preparedness classes and job skill enhancement.<\/p>\n
How the Project Builds SFI Community Engagement<\/p>\n
The workshops offer opportunities for the Arkansas SFI Implementation Committee to collaborate with\u00a0Arkansas PLT<\/a>\u00a0and the Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation to offer quality hands\u2011on education promoting sustainable forestry practices and wise use of wood resources. The Teacher Conservation Tour is one of the premier professional development workshops in Arkansas.<\/p>\nThis\u00a0extensive educator\u00a0workshop\u00a0focuses on the environmental, ecological, and economic benefits of Arkansas\u2019s forestlands and timber industries. The sessions and onsite\u00a0tours\u00a0provide educators with a lot of time in the woods, learning about the interaction between forests, the environment, and the economy. Participants\u00a0tour\u00a0forest product manufacturing facilities, view forest ecosystems, and harvesting and replanting operations all while learning valuable information about our forest communities.\u00a0Participants also meet and learn from natural resource professionals and members of the forest products industry who are in the field conducting this work on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
Partners<\/p>\n
This partnership includes educators, researchers, government, and SFI Program Participants.<\/p>\n
\n- Project lead: Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation<\/li>\n
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative<\/li>\n
- Arkansas Forestry Commission<\/li>\n
- Arkansas Game and Fish<\/li>\n
- Farm Credit Services<\/li>\n
- University of Arkansas Department of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Services<\/li>\n
- Green Bay Packaging (SFI Program Participant)<\/li>\n
- Weyerhaeuser (SFI Program Participant)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Related Information<\/p>\n
\n- Project Learning Tree<\/a>\u00a0is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div>About the Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation<\/p>\n
The Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation sponsors a\u00a0landowner education and assistance program\u00a0for landowners seeking forest management information. As part of this program, the foundation holds a number of landowner education workshops throughout the state and publishes a variety of educational guides to provide landowners the information they need to make sound forest management decisions. It also serves as an information and education source to Arkansas’s teachers and students. The foundation offers teacher training as part of the\u00a0Project Learning Tree\u00a0curriculum as well as summer teacher training workshops and other activities. The\u00a0Arkansas Forestry Association<\/a>\u00a0is the only private, nonprofit organization that speaks for the entire forestry community in Arkansas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Share<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Teacher Conservation Tour Workshop Series<\/p>\n
Why this Project Matters<\/p>\n
This extensive educator\u00a0workshop, led by the Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation, focuses on the environmental, ecological, and economic benefits of Arkansas\u2019s forestlands and timber industries. These benefits are often not fully appreciated by people outside the forest sector. Engaging teachers, who in turn will educate students, is an effective way to build understanding of and support for Arkansas\u2019s sustainably managed forestlands.<\/p>\n
Why is SFI Involved?<\/p>\n
The SFI Community Engagement Grant Program is supporting this project.This project\u2019s strong youth education component supports a core SFI priority. SFI offers teacher training and engages students in environmental education through\u00a0Project Learning Tree<\/a>\u00a0(PLT) activities. PLT is an initiative of SFI that uses trees and forests as windows on the world to increase youth understanding of the environment and actions they can take to conserve it. PLT activities will be incorporated in the project.<\/p>\n These workshops provide extensive background information and knowledge to help educators incorporate PLT lessons into their course material and better teach on topics of forestry and natural resources management. Educators who have attended these workshops in the past have used the information with their students in career preparedness classes and job skill enhancement.<\/p>\n How the Project Builds SFI Community Engagement<\/p>\n The workshops offer opportunities for the Arkansas SFI Implementation Committee to collaborate with\u00a0Arkansas PLT<\/a>\u00a0and the Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation to offer quality hands\u2011on education promoting sustainable forestry practices and wise use of wood resources. The Teacher Conservation Tour is one of the premier professional development workshops in Arkansas.<\/p>\n This\u00a0extensive educator\u00a0workshop\u00a0focuses on the environmental, ecological, and economic benefits of Arkansas\u2019s forestlands and timber industries. The sessions and onsite\u00a0tours\u00a0provide educators with a lot of time in the woods, learning about the interaction between forests, the environment, and the economy. Participants\u00a0tour\u00a0forest product manufacturing facilities, view forest ecosystems, and harvesting and replanting operations all while learning valuable information about our forest communities.\u00a0Participants also meet and learn from natural resource professionals and members of the forest products industry who are in the field conducting this work on a regular basis.<\/p>\n Partners<\/p>\n This partnership includes educators, researchers, government, and SFI Program Participants.<\/p>\n Related Information<\/p>\n About the Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation<\/p>\n The Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation sponsors a\u00a0landowner education and assistance program\u00a0for landowners seeking forest management information. As part of this program, the foundation holds a number of landowner education workshops throughout the state and publishes a variety of educational guides to provide landowners the information they need to make sound forest management decisions. It also serves as an information and education source to Arkansas’s teachers and students. The foundation offers teacher training as part of the\u00a0Project Learning Tree\u00a0curriculum as well as summer teacher training workshops and other activities. The\u00a0Arkansas Forestry Association<\/a>\u00a0is the only private, nonprofit organization that speaks for the entire forestry community in Arkansas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Share<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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