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Educators take to the woods during the 2025 Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tours
The Maine TREE Foundation is proud to announce the completion of the 2025 Forests of Maine Teachers' Tours season.
Hope Light
Sep 153 min read
The Shelterwood Project Connects Youth to Northeastern Forest Industry
Students explore the latest in logging machinery at the NELA Expo in Bangor The Shelterwood Project, an initiative of the Northeastern...
Hope Light
Jun 262 min read
Educating for the Future: Integrating Forests in School Curricula
Maine TREE is renowned for engaging students and community members in hands-on, forest-based education, fostering a shared understanding...
Hope Light
May 123 min read
2023 Year in Review
At Maine TREE Foundation, forest-based education and workforce development were key themes in 2023. With a dedicated and creative staff,...
Hope Light
Feb 14, 20244 min read
Teachers Implement Teachers’ Tours Learning
First graders at Hilldale Elementary working on PLT’s The Closer You Look. Photo credit: Stephanie Baker By: Hope Light & Gavriela...
Hope Light
Nov 28, 20233 min read
Forest Awards Night
Join Maine TREE during Forest Products Week for our first 🌲 Forest Awards Night 🌲 October 19, 2023 5:00 – 9:00pm Morgan Hill Event...
Hope Light
Sep 6, 20231 min read
2023 Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tours
The 2023 Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tours brought Maine educators to commercial timberlands, recreation areas, mills, conservation lands,...
Hope Light
Sep 6, 20231 min read
Forest Ecology Research Network Workshop – Using Forests to Engage Students in Your Community
When: August 10, 2023; 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Where: Yankee Woodlot, Skowhegan Join us for an exciting workshop on using forests as a...
Hope Light
Jul 21, 20231 min read
Empowering the Future of Maine’s Forests
Old Town Elementary third-graders at NELA Logging Expo in Bangor Written by: Gavriela Mallory Investment in green workforce development...
Hope Light
Jun 29, 20236 min read
Maine Project Learning Tree Stewardship Award Renamed Anita Smith Stewardship Award
Maine Project Learning Tree coordinator Lena Ives (left) presents Anita Smith (right) the inaugural Anita Smith Stewardship Award With a...
Hope Light
Nov 15, 20222 min read
Edna Drinkwater School Climate Activity Follow Up
As highlighted in previous seedlings and OverSTORY articles, Maine TREE Programs and Outreach Coordinator Kelly French worked on a...
Hope Light
Jul 7, 20221 min read
Project Learning Tree 2022 Annual Conference
After three years of virtual meetings and webinars to fill the absence of in-person conferences, the national Sustainable Forest...
Hope Light
Jul 7, 20222 min read
Sanford High School Wildlife Biology Class Visits Maine Wildlife Park
by Lindsay Strout – Wildlife Biology Teacher, Sanford High School I want to give a huge thank you to Maine TREE for helping fund Sanford...
Hope Light
May 25, 20222 min read
LD 1902: A Resolve To Establish a Pilot Program To Encourage Climate Education in Maine Public Schoo
Since 2020, the Nature Based Education Consortium’s (NBEC) Climate Education (Advocacy Working Group has been committed to expanding the...
Hope Light
May 25, 20222 min read
Trees & Me: Activities for Exploring Nature with Young Children
With the continuous evolution of education pedagogy, Project Learning Tree (PLT) is consistently creating and revising curriculum for all...
Hope Light
May 20, 20222 min read
Connecting Students & Teachers to Maine’s Forests
The past three school years have had an upending impact on students, teachers, and parents alike. From countless days spent virtually...
Hope Light
Mar 12, 20222 min read
Edna Drinkwater School Students Research Climate Change Effects on Local Tree Species
This winter, a 6th-grade science class at Edna Drinkwater School (EDS) in Northport, ME, is diligently investigating the impacts of...
Hope Light
Mar 12, 20223 min read
Maine TREE welcomes Lena Ives as Director of Education
Maine TREE is excited to welcome Lena Ives as its new director of education. This position is responsible for sustaining and expanding...
Hope Light
Feb 13, 20222 min read
Appalachian Mountain Club Brings Green Jobs to Piscataquis County Classroom
After completing a climate change unit, middle school students from Sedomocha and Piscataquis Secondary School were excited to see what...
Hope Light
Feb 12, 20222 min read
Sanford Pleasant River Mill Tour – Maine TREE and Sanford High School JMG
SANFORD – This past month, Maine TREE partnered with Sanford High School JMG (formerly known as Jobs for Maine Graduates) to support an...
Hope Light
Nov 21, 20212 min read
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