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Welcome Educators!. “…uses the forest to teach environmental education.”. Tree Factory. Basics… Tree structure and how it functions…. Seed Orchard. Young Graft. Mature Graft. Cone Picking. Cones Drying in Crates. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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“…uses the forest to teach environmental education.”
Welcome Educators!
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Tree Factory
Basics… Tree structure and how it functions…
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Seed Orchard
Young Graft
MatureGraft
Cone Picking
ConesDrying inCrates
Genetic research provides tomorrow’s improved seedlings…
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Tree Nursery
Field at Rest / Lying Fallow
8 Rows per 4ft.Bed of Loblolly Pine
Oak, Cypress & Slash Pine Seedlings
Educators at the Nursery
A foundation for sustainable forestry…
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Lifting and Bagging of Seedlings
Scenes from winter … How trees are lifted and made ready for planting…
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Plant
Machine Planting
Hand Planting &Hand Tools
Scenes from winter continued… Planting techniques…
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Some problems through the years……
Texas Leaf Cutting Ants
Wildfire Herbaceous Competition
Pine Beetle Damages
Inside bark Aerial view
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Growth over time
Greening up and growing!
Aerial Fertilization.
Longleaf Pine Plantation
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BMP’s Best Management Practices
Shallow stream crossing “rocked” to prevent erosion thereby preserving water quality.
Water bars and turnouts in roads help keep sediment out of streams and help prevent road erosion.
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Harvesting…Logging Operations
Feller buncher/sawhead shear
Fuelwood Operation… (On site chipper)
Log Landing
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CALTEX Lumber Company
Sash Gang Saw
Drop Sorter
Board edger
Utilizing large diameter trees…
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NORBOARD OSB Mill
Oriented strands before the press.Oriented Strand Board ready for shipping.
Tower crane unloading logs.
Utilizing smaller diameter trees…
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Site Prep
3-in-1 Plow for BeddingAerial Application of Herbicides
Management options that increase yields….
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Urban Forestry
Properly managed trees in an urban setting produce many benefits…
Trees outside ROW
Tree inside ROW
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Tree Farm Tour
Managing responsibly for sustainable Wood, Water, Wildlife and Recreation…
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Texas Forestry Museum
Preserving the history of forestry in East Texas…
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Nothing Succeeds Like Succession
Identifying successional stages and species diversity in ecosystems…
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How “Big” Is Your Tree?
Measuring tree heights in a systematic and consistent way…
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“DBH” Tree Diameter
Measuring tree diameters at a consistent height with various instruments…
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Hike Through The Guide
Getting acquainted with PLT’s TEKS correlated Environmental Education Classroom materials…
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Looking at Leaves
Greg Garcia. Tree ID walk. Leaf Prints
Understanding how leaf shapes and sizes vary from plant to plant…
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Wildlife Is Everywhere
Woods, Pond Edges, Roads, Sidewalks, Homes…
Realizing that wildlife is present around the world and living in human-made and natural wildlife habitats…
And on the move!
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How Many Bears Can Live in This Forest?
Experiencing how the limiting factor of food affects bear populations…
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Let’s Talk Turkey
Learning about domestication of animals, their influences on cultures, how humans affect their populations and identifying resulting laws and management…
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National Wild Turkey Federation
Dale Bounds
A close look at how people helped reestablish wild turkey populations…
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Native Snakes
Canebrake Rattlesnake
Hognose Snake
“Career Critters” from what ecosystem?
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Ethi-Reasoning
What would you do if…..?
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400 Acre Wood
Planning with a purpose… What did you learn?
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Skits
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TCI
Teach your students “how to think, not what to think.”
An interdisciplinary workshopthat “focuses on the environmental,economic, and social well-being ofthe state that comes throughscientific stewardship of its natural resources.”