Services for Schools - School Forest

Wisconsin has a full-time School Forest Education Specialist available to help you effectively utilize your school forest. Services provided include:
  • Guidance and consultation in developing school forest education plans
  • Connection to forest management resources
  • Networking and information through an electronic newsletter and website
  • Professional development for educators, administrators, and natural resource managers
  • Information about funding sources and education resources

Summer Courses and Workshops

NRES 742: School Forest Programs and Administration

June 14 - August 29, 2008

This one-credit, graduate level course is offered in a hybrid format. The initial component of the course is offered on-line. The final component is a face-to-face workshop. You can expect to spend approximately 25 hours on the course including reading, researching, field, workshop, and assignment time. You must attend one of the education plan workshops as the face-to-face component of the course. These workshops are:

  • Fennimore, July 10, 10:00 - 3:00
  • Medford, July 24, 10:00 - 3:00
  • Eau Claire, July 29, 10:00 - 3:00

A course syllabus and regional meeting location information will be mailed to you upon registration.

The first ten (10) registrants will receive a scholarship for the course. The scholarship will cover all but $100 of the registration cost (graduate credit tuition is approximately $350 per credit).  Registration info coming soon.

From Forest to Finish: A Community-Based Learning Course for School Forest Educators

Reedsburg School Forest - July 21-23, 2008  Heres the registration form (pdf)
Elcho School Forest - August 11-13, 2008   Here's the registration form (pdf)

Only $30!  Participants will receive: CURRICULUM, STIPEND, RESOURCES, FOOD, EQUIPMENT AND LODGING!

The LEAF Program and the Wisconsin Forest Resources Education Alliance (WFREA) are offering a three-day, community-based learning course for 4th-12th grade teachers and non-formal educators. The course will apply project-based learning methods to research the question “What is the environmental impact of using wood products?”

Participants will conduct forest research, develop a forest management plan, harvest trees, and process lumber. The course will provide information, model activities, and development tools to help participants create interdisciplinary, standards-based forestry field programs at their school forests. One graduate credit will be available.

Contact Jeremy Solin at jsolin@uwsp.edu or Nick Hylla at nick@wfrea.org for more information.