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.

Dates for the tour are June 15-18, 2010.

 

The 2010 Teacher Tour Application can be downloaded here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to these sponsors!

 Greg and Martina Driskell (1)
Phillip Allen (1)
Akerman-Senterfitt (1)
Association of Consulting Foresters (1)
Buckeye Florida (1)
Coastal Plywood (1)
Cochran Forest Products (1)

Division of Forestry (10)

Division of Forestry/Forest Health (1)

Division of Forestry Urban Forestry (2) 

Florida SFI State Implementation Committee (2)

Foley Timber & Land Company (1)

Georgia Pacific LLC (3)

M.A. Rigoni, Inc. (1)

Nextran Truck Center Jacksonville (1)

North Florida Lumber Co. (1)
North Florida Woodlands (1)
Ocala Lumber Sales Co. (1)
Plum Creek Timber Co. (6)

Rayonier Foundation (3)

Rex Lumber Co. (1)
The Langdale Company (1)
School of Forest Resources & Conservation (1)
USDA Forest Service (1)

Williams Family Investments (1)

Wood Products, Inc. (1)