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Welcome Educators!

Welcome Educators!. “…uses the forest to teach environmental education.”. Tree Factory. Basics… Tree structure and how it functions…. Seed Orchard. Young Graft. Mature Graft. Cone Picking. Cones Drying in Crates.

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Welcome Educators!

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  1. Welcome Educators! “…uses the forest to teach environmental education.”

  2. Tree Factory Basics… Tree structure and how it functions…

  3. Seed Orchard Young Graft Mature Graft Cone Picking Cones Drying in Crates Genetic research provides tomorrow’s improved seedlings…

  4. Tree Nursery A foundation for sustainable forestry… Oak, Cypress & Slash Pine Seedlings Field at Rest / Lying Fallow 8 Rows per 4ft.Bed of Loblolly Pine Educators at the Nursery

  5. Lifting and Bagging of Seedlings Scenes from winter … How trees are lifted and made ready for planting…

  6. Plant Machine Planting Hand Planting & Hand Tools Scenes from winter continued… Planting techniques…

  7. Some problems through the years…… Aerial view Inside bark Texas Leaf Cutting Ants Pine Beetle Damages Herbaceous Competition Wildfire

  8. Growth over time Aerial Fertilization. Greening up and growing! Longleaf Pine Plantation

  9. 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.

  10. Harvesting…Logging Operations Fuelwood Operation… (On site chipper) Feller buncher/sawhead shear Log Landing

  11. CALTEXLumberCompany Board edger DropSorter Sash Gang Saw Utilizing large diameter trees…

  12. NORBOARD OSB Mill Utilizing smaller diameter trees… Tower crane unloading logs. Oriented Strand Board ready for shipping. Oriented strands before the press.

  13. Site Prep Aerial Application of Herbicides 3-in-1 Plow for Bedding Management options that increase yields….

  14. Urban Forestry Trees outside ROW Tree inside ROW Properly managed trees in an urban setting produce many benefits…

  15. Tree Farm Tour Managing responsibly for sustainable Wood, Water, Wildlife and Recreation…

  16. Texas Forestry Museum Preserving the history of forestry in East Texas…

  17. Nothing Succeeds Like Succession Identifying successional stages and species diversity in ecosystems…

  18. How “Big” Is Your Tree? Measuring tree heights in a systematic and consistent way…

  19. “DBH” Tree Diameter Measuring tree diameters at a consistent height with various instruments…

  20. Hike Through The Guide Getting acquainted with PLT’s TEKS correlated Environmental Education Classroom materials…

  21. Looking at Leaves Greg Garcia. Tree ID walk. Leaf Prints Understanding how leaf shapes and sizes vary from plant to plant…

  22. Wildlife Is Everywhere And on the move! Woods, Pond Edges, Roads, Sidewalks, Homes… Realizing that wildlife is present around the world and living in human-made and natural wildlife habitats…

  23. How Many Bears Can Live in This Forest? Experiencing how the limiting factor of food affects bear populations…

  24. Let’s Talk Turkey Learning about domestication of animals, their influences on cultures, how humans affect their populations and identifying resulting laws and management…

  25. National Wild Turkey Federation Dale Bounds A close look at how people helped reestablish wild turkey populations…

  26. Native Snakes Canebrake Rattlesnake Hognose Snake “Career Critters” from what ecosystem?

  27. Ethi-Reasoning What would you do if…..?

  28. 400 Acre Wood Planning with a purpose… What did you learn?

  29. Skits

  30. TCI An interdisciplinary workshop that “focuses on the environmental, economic, and social well-being of the state that comes through scientific stewardship of its natural resources.” Teach your students “how to think, not what to think.”

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