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PHOTO: A past Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tour. (Maine TREE photo)
AUGUSTA – The Maine Timber Research and Environmental Education Foundation Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tours will return this year for in-person programming, the organization announced.
After transitioning to a virtual format last year, two tours — n the Moosehead Lake and Katahdin regions — are being finalized and applications are now open. There is a fee to attend and the application deadline is April 15.
Founded in 1989, Maine TREE’s mission is to educate and advocate for sustainable use of the forest and the ecological, economic and social health of Maine’s forest community. For more than 20 years, Maine TREE has hosted the four-day, three-night Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tour – a professional development program focused on immersing Maine educators in the northern forests of Maine.
Opening with a workshop featuring Project Learning Tree, an award-winning, standards-aligned curriculum that uses forests as a teaching tool, the tour explores sustainable forest management through the eyes of many stakeholders including landowners, foresters, loggers, mills, and community members.
The forest tour in the Moosehead Lake region will run from July 13-16 and will be based out of The Birches in Rockwood. The forest tour in the Katahdin region will run July 27-30 and will be based out of Twin Pines camps on Millinocket Lake.
Because of expected restrictions from Maine CDC and the host venues, Maine TREE is limiting attendees and is using an application process to select participants. Preference will be given to those familiar with or using environmental or place-based education tools or have access to forested areas at their schools. All applicants commit to following safety and healthy requirements established by Maine TREE at the start of each tour.
For more information visit www.mainetree.org.
