K-12 Forestry Materials
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Information about Alaska Project Learning Tree (www.dnr.state.ak.us/forestry/consedu.htm
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Tour of average U.S. home showing the forest products used in each room. Part of the Wood Magic Show website at Virginia Tech.
http://woodmagic.forprod.vt.edu/kids/daily/outside.htm
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Properties and Uses of Wood, lesson plan for the 7th grade. [A PDF Download].
(http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/education/materials/lessonplans/files/7AliceFerland.pdf)
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Kids Korner: Create with paper. This site focuses on paper and includes instructions for making home made paper.
(http://www.ppic.org.uk/htdocs/info/child/kidshome.htm)
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Timber Trek. Join this Australian site for free to help you with your school projects relating to forest management and regeneration.
(http://www.timbertrek.com.au//join.asp)
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Tree Education. Help kids learn about types of forests, ecology and trees, agroforestry nitrogen fixation and legumes and solar box cookers.
(http://www.newforestsproject.com/teacher.html)
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Fire prevention & control links to on -line curricula for educators.
(http://www.firewise.org/www/educate_win.htm))
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A Guide to Dendrochronology (the study of tree rings) for Educators. From the University of Arizona.
(http://tree.ltrr.arizona.edu/lorim/lori.html)
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Search a glossary for definitions of forestry terms: (www.for.gov.bc.ca/pab/publctns/glossary/glossary.htm
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"Under the Canopy", UAF Extension Forestry Newsletters. Newsletters contain articles related to forestry in Alaska
(http://www.uaf.edu/coop-ext/forestry/)
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General forestry information for teachers in PDF format from the Temperate Forest Foundation.
(http://www.forestinfo.org/teachers/
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Boreal Forests of the World. Discusses boreal fores management and sustainability, boreal forest plants and animals, boreal forest science and innovation.
(http://www.borealforest.org/world.htm)
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"Outstanding Science Findings" related to research carried out by the scientists of the Pacific Northwest Research Station. Some of these findings related to research conducted in Alaska.
(Http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/scifind.htm)
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Basic material for those who want to learn about identifying trees. Prepared by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests. (www.for.gov.bc.ca/pab/publctns/treebook)
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Thorough description of how trees grow by Theodore T. Kozlowski of the University of Wisconsin. It is an 8 page PDF [Download] file.
(http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pubs/pdf/G3277.PDF
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How trees grow in an urban environment, from the University of Florida.
(http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR002
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Tree growth that is related to the increased carbon dioxide in the earth¹s atmosphere. (www.greeningearthsociety.org/Articles/2001/grow.htm)
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Silvics of North America. Get a very complete description of any of the forest tree species of North America. (http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm)
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Purchasing firewood in Alaska (www.dnr.state.ak.us/forestry/pdfs/firewood.pdf : a 4 page fact sheet in Adobe Acrobat format prepared by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. [A PDF Download ]
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Wood identification: the structure of wood. From the Wood Handbook of the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory. It is in PDF format, will download 5 pages when clicked. (http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/FPLGTR/fplgtr113/Ch02.pdf)
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"Use of wood and non-wood forest products by amazon forest dwellers" by J.C.L. Dubois. Good intro to wood uses in the tropical rain forests. (http://www.fao.org/docrep/w1033E/w1033e04.htm)
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Traditional uses of wood by Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest.
(http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/temprain/trwood.html)
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"Building a Traditional Dog Sled: An Interview with Howard Luke." From the Northstar Borough School District. (http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/upk/chena/luke/sleds.html)
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Brief descriptions of 120 popular world woods. The majority from the States. From WoodBin a site for amateur woodworkers
(http://www.woodbin.com/ref/wood/)
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Window to Russia's Forest Industry and Ecology prepared by forest industry consultants from the Pacific Northwest.
(http://home.netcom.com/~runar/about.htm)
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Glossary of terms used in timber harvesting and forest engineering. From the U.S. Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station.
(http://www.pfmt.org/glossary/publication/default.htm)
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Preparing a house for wildland fire season. Excellent interactive site from FIREWISE
(http://www.firewise.org/www/active_win.htm)
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Forest Fire Management. Website for the Province of Saskatchewan.
(http://www.serm.gov.sk.ca/forests/fire/
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Forest Fire Prediction and Analysis. Describes the USDA Forest Service's Wildland Fires Assessment System and the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System.
(http://www.borealforest.org/world/innova/fire_prediction.htm)
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Position statements of the Society of American Foresters. on various forestry related issues. (http://www.safnet.org/policyandpress/positionstatements.cfm)
Hypertext book on biological diversity by Peter J. Bryant, University of California, Irvine
(http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm)
Forest Management Workshop Manual. Discusses all aspects of wood lot management. It has 14 sections and 20 appendixes.
(http://www.webcom.com/duane/wood/woodindx.html)
Government Organizations
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Alaska Board of Forestry. The Alaska Board of Forestry advises the state (Alaska Department of Natural Resources - Division of Forestry) on forest practices issues and provides a forum for discussion and resolution of forest management issues on state lands.
(www.dnr.state.ak.us/forestry/forpract.htm
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Alaska Division of Forestry. Information about all of the programs of the Division including employment opportunities. (www.dnr.state.ak.us/forestry/)
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State of Alaska forestry related councils & Boards. Alaska Board of Forestry, Tanana Valley State Forest Citizens' Advisory Council, Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committee, Alaska Urban and Community Forest Council. (www.dnr.state.ak.us/forestry/boards.htm)
Forest Industry Organizations
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Alaska Forest Association. Industry organization that promotes a healthy growing forest based industry in Alaska.
( www.akforest.org )
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Wood Industries Information Center. The starting place for locating the views and news of the wood-based industries on current issues. (www.woodcom.com/woodcom/wiic/index.html)
Other Related Sites and Organizations
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Alaska Boreal Forest Council. Environmental organization promoting forest stewardship and assisting communities in developing sustainable forestry practices. (www.akborealforest.org)
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American Forests. The mission of American Forests is to help people to improve the environment with trees and forests. Has articles of general forestry interest especially related to tree planting and forestry issues and projects.
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Forest Stewardship Council, a non-profit organization promoting responsible forest management by evaluation and accrediting certifiers, and by providing public education and information about independent, third-party certification as a tool for ensuring that the world's forests are protected for future generations.