Here’s where you can spot PLT in the wild at events happening across the U.S & Canada! Mark your calendar and be sure to register early!
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- West Coast/Mountain West Professional Development Workshops & Events
- Midwest Professional Development Workshops & Events
- East Coast Professional Development Workshops & Events
- Canada Professional Development Workshops & Events
- National/Regional Conferences

Upcoming PLT Professional Development Workshops
Save your spot for these upcoming PLT professional development events!
If you’ve never taken a PLT course, get ready to roll up your sleeves, learn ways to elevate your teaching, and have a ton of fun! You’ll form lasting connections with other educators all while exploring how to use nature to teach students about STEM, language arts, social studies and more.
Don’t see your state listed below? Visit your state’s PLT webpage and connect with your PLT State Coordinator to get more information about future workshops happening near you!
West Coast/Mountain West
- Alaska | February 27 – Alaska Outdoor & Environmental Education Symposium
- California | March 13-15 – Spring Forestry Institute for Teachers Focus (3 Day) El Dorado County
- Colorado | Virtual (Available Anytime) – Forest Literacy: Understanding the Values of Trees, Forests, and Sustainability
- Idaho | Virtual (Available Anytime) – Trees & Me: Activities for Exploring Nature with Young Children
- Oregon | March 2 – Under the Canopy: Growing Readers & Building Literacy Skills
Midwest
- Arkansas | March 17 – PLT & Project Wet: Arkansas Woods & Waters Workshop
- Illinois | March 27-28 – EEAI Annual Conference
- Indiana | March 31 – Conserving Hoosier Amphibians with Project WET, WILD, and Learning Tree
- Kansas | February 23-March 13 – Trees, Ecosystems & Wildlife – Active Lessons for the Classroom, PLT & WILD eeCourse
- Kentucky | May 1 – Early Learning Symposium: Nature-Based Education for Early Childhood Educators
- Michigan | March 14 – PLT K-8 & Project WILD K-12 Combo Workshop
- Minnesota | Virtual (Available Anytime) – PLT’s Explore Your Environment Online Course
- North Dakota | February 25 – Nature’s Classroom Comes Alive with PLT & Project WILD’s Early Childhood Curricula
- Oklahoma | April 11 – Nature Journaling with PLT
- Wisconsin | Virtual (Available Anytime) – Teaching about Careers in the Forest
East Coast
- Florida | March 14 – PLT Energy & Society
- North Carolina | March 17 – PLT Explore Your Environment K-8 Workshop
- Pennsylvania | March 20 – Teacher Workshop: Meaningful Woodland Educational Experiences with Project Learning Tree
- Virginia | April 3 – Trees & Me PLUS Growing Up WILD
Canada
- Check back soon for future events!
National & Regional Conferences
- San Diego, California | February 17-19 – 2026 Green Schools Conference


