Lesson 1
http://www.dnr.state.wi.usThis is the website of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. If you add /org/land/forestry/, you�ll go directly to the forestry page.
http://www.affoundation.org
The American Forest Foundation site contains information on the
Project Learning Tree curriculum.
http://www.wfrea.org
This is the website of the Wisconsin Forest Resource Education Alliance
and has links to lots of
other sites regarding education, resources and organizations.
http://forestry.msu.edu/uptreeid
Tree identification key for Michigan�s Upper Peninsula, written by
Bill Cook
Lesson 2
http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us/This is the website for the U.S. Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, which serves the Lake States. This is a good place to find current information on the activities of the Forest Service. There are also profiles of each state's forest resources.
http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm
U.S. Forest Service: Silvics of of North American Trees on line.
In-depth information on hundreds of tree species.
http://wwwhvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/1999/99_01_21.html
The USGS website for Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has a good article
on primary succession and links for further information about volcanoes.
http://interactive.usask.ca/skinteractive/modules/forestry/ecosystems/forest_succession.html
Photos enhance this description of succession in a boreal forest in
Saskatchewan. Follow the links for other forestry information and
pictures.
Lesson 3
http://www.wisc.edu/botit/links.htmlThe Department of Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed five sets of digital images for use with their courses. As part of their obligations as a public institution, they have made these sets available for general educational use. The digital images include plants, trees and forests and are divided into Wisconsin major forest types. They will prove very useful in illustrating different tree species, forest types, and many ecological concepts.
Lesson 5
http://www.forestinfo.org/Discover/facts.htmThis is the website for the Temperate Forest Foundation. They have a good glossary of terms related to forestry. They also have a kid's section, which includes Cool Facts. In this section there is a long list of tree products, as well as interesting facts and statistics on wood and paper use.
www.fpl.fs.fed.us/
This is the website for the Forest Product Laboratory in Madison WI.
The FPL is part of the US Forest Service.
This site offers more technical information, but may be interesting
for students to see what professionals in the field are doing.
http://www.consolidatedpapers.com
This is the website for Consolidated Paper Co.
They offer guest speakers and the website helps you contact the
right person. They also have
a children�s section, but it is geared towards younger students.
http://www.wipapercouncil.org
This is the website for Wisconsin Paper Council.
Their kid�s section is designed for younger students.
Lesson 6
www.envirolink.orgThis is a large clearinghouse for other websites. Click on Education to get a list of organization, material, and other resource websites specific to education.
www.fao.org/forestry
This is the website for the Food and Agriculture Organization, which
is international. The subject
navigator section is a good place to find articles on international
forestry issues. One of their
journals is called Unasylva.
Lesson 7
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/undergrad.htmThe University of Wisconsin Stevens Point College of Natural Resources highlights majors in a variety of environmental related fields.
http://www.eco.org/
The Environmental Careers Organization lists internships in various
environmental related fields.
http://www.outdoornetwork.com/jobnetdb/
The Outdoor Job Net
http://www.ecojobs.com/index.shtml
Environmental Career Opportunities is a subscription job service but
allows viewers to see a selection of jobs in various categories for free.
Lesson 9
http://forestry.about.com/education/scilife/forestry
About.com is a large clearing house for information through which you can access forestry information. The address given here is a direct path to the forestry section. Use above address and add /library/blartdex to get a list of forestry related articles. Add /library/tree/bltypdex to get forest type maps for U.S.
http://roadless.fs.fed.us
This is a website devoted to information about the proposed plan to halt
the building of roads through 40 million acres of National Forests in the
U.S. The website is easy to
read and provides clear background information on the proposed plan. This is a very controversial issue and worth exploring with
your students.
http://ens.lycos.com
This website is for the Environmental News Service.
They post articles and information on current environmental issues.
www.emagazine.com
This is the website for the magazine E.
It contains articles in an easy to read and understand format.
www.ecolonomics.org
This is the website for a new foundation called Ecolonomics, created
by the actor Dennis Weaver. Its purpose is to demonstrate and highlight
businesses that are environmentally sustainable as well as economically
profitable.
www.metla.fi/info/vlib/Forestry/Topic/
A virtual library site that gives a topic index for forestry
issues and research.
www.safnet.org/pubs/jof
This is the publications section of the Society of American Foresters,
who publish the Journal of Forestry.
This is a good way to find articles on current forestry issues and
research.
http://www.scicentral.com/B-forest.html#articles
Provides articles, reports, databases, and directories for renewable
resource issues in the United States. This SciCentral website is a great
cache for resources and information.
http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Forests/for-24.cfm
This website overviews the roadless policy recently adopted by the
U.S. Forest Service.
Lesson 10
http://www.vpm.com/wfi/
This website for the World Forest Institute is mostly for
professionals, but it does have a link to the World Forestry Center in
Oregon.
http://www.forestinfo.org/Discover/facts.htm
This is the website for the Temperate Forest Foundation. They have a good glossary of terms related to forestry.
They also have a kid�s section, which includes Cool Facts.
In the Cool Facts section there is a huge list of tree products, as
well as interesting facts and statistics on wood and paper use.
The Issues and options section is worth taking a look at.
http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/sofo/sofo99/sofo99-e.stm
The State of the World�s Forests is published every two years to
give the most comprehensive and up-to-date picture available of the status
of forests worldwide. The State of
the World's Forests 1999 reports
on the latest figures on global forest cover; current efforts to assess
forest resources; the forest fires of 1997 and 1998; recent trends in
forest management; the significance to forestry of the Kyoto Protocol of
the Framework Convention on Climate Change; current and projected forest
products production, consumption and trade; recent trends in forest
policy, legislation and institutions; and the international dialogue and
initiatives on forests, among other topics.
Others
www.blm.gov/education/ecosystem/ecosystem.html
The Bureau of Land Management is part of the US Department of the
Interior. They manage 264
million acres of land, mostly in the western part of the country.
Under the education section, their Ecosystem Management information
and lesson is reprinted from Science
and Children magazine, Nov/Dec 94.
From the BLM Home Page, go to Kid�s Page, then to family history
and from here students can type in their family name and see if their
family was one of the firsts to receive land from the federal government.
www.freenetwork.org
The Forest Resource Environmental Education website is devoted to
sharing information about forests and the forestry industry. This site has a kid�s section and a teacher section.
In the kid�s section there are a few interesting games, like
choosing which items on a list came from trees and matches pictures of
leaves to the correct tree name. It�s a MN based organization.
http://www.stateforesters.org
Website for the National Association of State Foresters, who provide
management assistance and forest protection services to National Forests
in the U.S. It is also a
clearing house for other forestry and related links.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html
This is the website of the Library of Congress and it contains a few
historical photographs from the University of Chicago, some of which are
related to forestry.
http://www.fs.fed.us
Home page for the US Forest Service.
www.hardwoodhandbook.org
This website
lists common uses of hardwood tree species.
http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/winr/articles.htm
This is the website for Women in Natural Resources and has links to
articles related to forestry and written by women.
http://www.endangeredspecie.com/states/wi.htm
This endangered species website categorizes and explains the state of
endangered species throughout Wisconsin.
This page is part of a network that does the same for endangered
species throughout the world.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/index.html
This website allows free access to all the information in the newest
Wisconsin Blue Book. The 1999-2000 Wisconsin Blue Book is comprised of 13 sections and almost
1,000 pages. It presents the
economic statistics for all of Wisconsin�s industries, including the
forest industry.
http://badger155.hypermart.net/nature.html
Supplies information on much of Wisconsin�s wildlife.
http://www.oldforest.com/
Interesting forestry website containing information and pictures on a
variety of topics including forest ecology, history, exploration, artists,
issues, and more. It is maintained by a professor at Texas A&M
University.
http://www.afandpa.org/
Site of the American Forest and Paper Association. Contains many
topics including wood and paper recycling, legislation, and a kids and
educators section.
http://www.americanforests.org/
The American Forests website contains facts from the National Register of
Big Trees and a climate change calculator worth looking at.