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“…uses the forest to teach environmental education.”

Welcome Educators!

Tree Factory

Basics… Tree structure and how it functions…

Seed Orchard

Young Graft

MatureGraft

Cone Picking

ConesDrying inCrates

Genetic research provides tomorrow’s improved seedlings…

Tree Nursery

Field at Rest / Lying Fallow

8 Rows per 4ft.Bed of Loblolly Pine

Oak, Cypress & Slash Pine Seedlings

Educators at the Nursery

A foundation for sustainable forestry…

Lifting and Bagging of Seedlings

Scenes from winter … How trees are lifted and made ready for planting…

Plant

Machine Planting

Hand Planting &Hand Tools

Scenes from winter continued… Planting techniques…

Some problems through the years……

Texas Leaf Cutting Ants

Wildfire Herbaceous Competition

Pine Beetle Damages

Inside bark Aerial view

Growth over time

Greening up and growing!

Aerial Fertilization.

Longleaf Pine Plantation

BMP’s Best Management Practices

Shallow stream crossing “rocked” to prevent erosion thereby preserving water quality.

Water bars and turnouts in roads help keep sediment out of streams and help prevent road erosion.

Harvesting…Logging Operations

Feller buncher/sawhead shear

Fuelwood Operation… (On site chipper)

Log Landing

CALTEX Lumber Company

Sash Gang Saw

Drop Sorter

Board edger

Utilizing large diameter trees…

NORBOARD OSB Mill

Oriented strands before the press.Oriented Strand Board ready for shipping.

Tower crane unloading logs.

Utilizing smaller diameter trees…

Site Prep

3-in-1 Plow for BeddingAerial Application of Herbicides

Management options that increase yields….

Urban Forestry

Properly managed trees in an urban setting produce many benefits…

Trees outside ROW

Tree inside ROW

Tree Farm Tour

Managing responsibly for sustainable Wood, Water, Wildlife and Recreation…

Texas Forestry Museum

Preserving the history of forestry in East Texas…

Nothing Succeeds Like Succession

Identifying successional stages and species diversity in ecosystems…

How “Big” Is Your Tree?

Measuring tree heights in a systematic and consistent way…

“DBH” Tree Diameter

Measuring tree diameters at a consistent height with various instruments…

Hike Through The Guide

Getting acquainted with PLT’s TEKS correlated Environmental Education Classroom materials…

Looking at Leaves

Greg Garcia. Tree ID walk. Leaf Prints

Understanding how leaf shapes and sizes vary from plant to plant…

Wildlife Is Everywhere

Woods, Pond Edges, Roads, Sidewalks, Homes…

Realizing that wildlife is present around the world and living in human-made and natural wildlife habitats…

And on the move!

How Many Bears Can Live in This Forest?

Experiencing how the limiting factor of food affects bear populations…

Let’s Talk Turkey

Learning about domestication of animals, their influences on cultures, how humans affect their populations and identifying resulting laws and management…

National Wild Turkey Federation

Dale Bounds

A close look at how people helped reestablish wild turkey populations…

Native Snakes

Canebrake Rattlesnake

Hognose Snake

“Career Critters” from what ecosystem?

Ethi-Reasoning

What would you do if…..?

400 Acre Wood

Planning with a purpose… What did you learn?

Skits

TCI

Teach your students “how to think, not what to think.”

An interdisciplinary workshopthat “focuses on the environmental,economic, and social well-being ofthe state that comes throughscientific stewardship of its natural resources.”