The Florida Forestry Teachers' Tour brings 45 teachers from across the state to Fernandina Beach each June to see firsthand how forestry works in Florida. Participants visite a research forest, a privately-owned tree farm, a paper mill, a saw mill and a chemical lab that manufactures frangrances from tree by-products.They see all aspects forestry practices, from the planting and growing processes, to the mills and finally to the end products. Learning that over 5,000 products are made from trees, the teachers see how chemical by-products from the paper-making process are used in products like soap, fabrics and even food. They learn how the industry works hard to see that no part of a tree goes to waste.

The application process for the 2008 tour has closed.

2008 Sponsors - Florida Forestry Teachers Tour

Florida Division of Forestry (10)

Coastal Lumber Company (1)
Edward & Ruthie Cole (1)
Gator Timber & Land (1)
Nextran Corp. (1)
Plum Creek (5) + meal TBD
Rayonier (3)
M&M Trucking (1)
Wood Products, Inc. (1)
Smurfit-Stone (4)
School of Forest Resources and Conservation (1)
Neal Land & Timber (1)
Jeff & Nancy Main, Mike & Diane Gaff (1)
Society of American Foresters, Florida (1)
Buckeye (1)
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc. (1)
Roland Stern (1)
Cochran Forest Products (1)
Georgia-Pacific (4)
Jack & Jeanie Vogel (1)
RMK Timberland Group (1)

Foley Timber & Land Company (1)
Gilman Building Products (2)
Don and Michele Curtis (1)
Greg and Martina Driskell (1)

Forest Investment Associates (1)