Podcast: Keys to Being Firewise

“Keys to Being Firewise®.” Trees Are Key, Episode 28. In this 12-minute podcast, a guest speaker from Firewise.org talks about how to maintain defensible space …

[Archive] PLT’S FOREST LITERACY FRAMEWORK

A Guide to Teaching and Learning About Forests   PLT’s Forest Literacy Framework translates the complex language of forests, trees, forest practices, and sustainable forest …

EVEN-AGED STAND

a forest area in which all the trees are the same age due to simultaneous planting or harvesting or having originated following a major disturbance …

Earth Day 2021 – Restore the Earth With Native Plants

The theme of Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our Earth.” Explore the differences between native, non-native, and invasive plants; how invasive plants threaten the environment and why native plants sustain it — and what your classroom can do to get involved.

Theme-based Activity Collections

PLT’s hands-on activity collections offers fun and multi-disciplinary activities that connect youth in grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 to nature and the outdoors.

Flat Smokey

This printable cutout of Smokey Bear, courtesy of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, can be colored, shared on social media, and sent through the mail …

Ready, Set, Goat

A group of high school students in Colorado are analyzing the environmental impacts of goat browsing as a form of wildfire mitigation.