Forest
Stewardship News Release
March
15, 2003 - For Immediate Release
Contact: Rance
Harmon, Phone: 814-863-0401 E-mail: rsh144@psu.edu
Free
Youth Natural Resources Publications Are Available
Today's youth are tomorrow's
landowners, voters, stewards, and policy makers for our nation's natural
resources. However, "To date, most educational programs and publications
about natural resources are designed for adults," according to Sanford
Smith, a Lecturer in Penn State's School of Forest Resources and a Natural
Resources and Youth Education Specialist. " A need exists in Pennsylvania
for educational resources that address sustainable forestry and forest
product awareness directly for youth."
To help meet this need, Smith and the Penn State Cooperative Extension are producing and distributing a series of educational fliers for youth. Each flyer in the From the Woods series contains attractive color photographs and illustrations. The flyers are written at a middle-school reading level. Although the publications are designed for youth, Smith has found that adults also enjoy them. "Many of the existing publications about sustainable forestry and forest products for adults are fairly technical. The From the Woods flyers provide a useful introduction to natural resource issues for adults as well as youth."
Titles in the series include: Maple Syrup, Forest Stewardship, Hardwood Lumber, Harvesting Trees, White-tailed Deer, Watersheds, Paper!, Hardwood Veneer, Incredible Wood, and Sustainable Forestry.
To request a free copy of any of the titles in the From the Woods series, contact the Pennsylvania Forest Stewardship Program: 1-800-235-WISE (toll-free); RNRext@psu.edu; Forest Stewardship Program, Forest Resources Extension, The Pennsylvania State University, 320 Forest Resources Building, University Park, PA 16802. You can also request the free publication: Forest Stewardship Bulletin #3:Teaching Youth about Forest Stewardship.
The From the Woods flyers are also available the Sustainable Forestry Teacher Resource Center (SFTRC) Web site: http://sftrc.cas.psu.edu. To assist educators in using the From the Woods series, lesson plans and pre- and post-tests are available from the SFTRC Web site. Educators and youth leaders can request multiple copies of the publications by contacting the Penn State Cooperative Extension office in their county.
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry and USDA Forest Service, in partnership with the Penn State's Forest Resources Extension, sponsor the Forest Stewardship Program in Pennsylvania.
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