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Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tours written in lime green on a deep navy/purple background

One of the Maine TREE’s most popular programs, Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tours, is over twenty-five years old. Each year, the four-day tours focus on the growth, harvest, and processing of wood products in Maine. 

Educators earn up to 30 contact hours toward your continuing education requirement for your teacher certification. Classroom teachers, Girl and Boy Scout leaders, conservation organization staff, and other educators are among those who join the tour to learn about Maine’s forest resources from professionals working in the woods.

Educators, seated in chairs, enjoy a mountain view on a 2023 Forests of Maine Teachers' Tour

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Applications for the 2025 Forests of Maine Teachers' Tours will be available in late winter 2025. Subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don't miss the deadline!

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Each year, we invite teachers to join us in various regions of Maine. Discover where our previous tours have taken educators...

2024

Educators spent four days in Fort Kent and four days full of local history and ghost stories in Poland Spring.

Educators pose for a group photo at a harvest site
Educators listen to Maine TREE Director of Educator explain tree growth patterns while a District Forester counts tree rings.

2023

Maine educators spent a week in the Katahdin Region and a week Downeast learning about Maine's forest ecology, economy, and community.

Educators in safety gear pose for group photo
Tour participant, wearing  pink sweatshirt, crouches and looks up at a birch tree

The tours prepare participants to return to the classroom with stimulating approaches to share knowledge about the forest with students, colleagues, and communities. Throughout the four-day tour, participants engage in Project Learning Tree activities, meet professionals who work in the Maine woods, and develop ideas on how to bring the forest to the classroom or the classroom to the forest.

Earlier Tours

Each year, Maine TREE hosts two tours featuring different regions of Maine. Each tour is unique, yet each highlights the most recent technological advancements within the forest product industries and current best practices in environmental education.

Bethel

Sugarloaf

Ashland

Rangeley

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