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Teaching Kids About Trees Through Music
“I love to engage kids in learning about the environment through music,” says children’s performing artist and songwriter Billy B. Brennan. Billy B. has teamed with Project Learning Tree® (PLT) to produce a new CD — all about trees.
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Eastman Chemical Company in Texas Recognized
The Eastman Chemical Company in East Texas, a Certified Tree Farm under the American Tree Farm System, was recently selected as a “Certified Forest Steward.”
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Students Gain Perspective And Knowledge In Outdoor Classroom
Watch this video clip about why environmental education is so important to our nation’s children.
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There’s a new museum on the horizon
Today, I was reading the March 2009 issue of The Forestry Source, okay so I’m a little behind in my reading. Anyway I read that my association, the Society of American Foresters (SAF), is an instrumental player in the creation of the National Museum of Forest Service History in Missoula, Montana. What a novel concept, a place where visitors can learn about the history of the USDA Forest Service in one of the most beautiful areas of the country - Montana, at least I think so.
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Having our wood count toward renewable fuels
Last month, one of our family forest landowners from Virginia, Anitra Webster, testified on Capitol Hill about the Renewable Fuel Standard and how it could impact family forest owners across the country.
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