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NEW WI School Forest: Rudolph Environmental Center Plans Underway for New School Forest |
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School Forest Champions 2007 Teacher: Pat Hoffman School Administrator: Karen Dostal Resource Professional: Tom Quilty Community Member: Liz Roy |
What is a school forest?
A school forest is an outdoor classroom. Officially, a school forest is land owned or controlled by a public or private school and used for environmental education and natural resource management, which is registered through the state community forest program (see information on registration HERE).
What is the Wisconsin School Forest Program?
The school forest program serves as a resource for all school forests in the state. The program is coordinated by the Wisconsin School Forest Education Specialist, who is part of the LEAF program.
The school forest program and the Wisconsin School Forest Education Specialist position are the result of a partnership between the Department of Natural Resources - Division of Forestry and the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education in the College of Natural Resources at UW-Stevens Point. The school forest program is part of the LEAF program.