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1 Title Address City, State, Zip Overview Geared Towards Website Phone Audubon Center of the North Woods Bear Creek Educational Audubon Drive 8125 Pat Thomas Parkway Sandstone, MN Quincy, FL Residential environmental learning center that offers a variety of forestry learning opportunities. Educational forest that provides a variety of programs for students; examples of topics: forest management, forest products, tree identification, fire management Students, teachers and the general public Students (K-12) audubon1@auduboncenter.org _creek_educ.html weberk@doacs.state.fl.us Bent Creek Experimental 1577 Brevard Road Black Mountain ry Center 9006 Silver Lake Road Asheville, NC Maple Falls, WA Experimental forest that focuses on forest regeneration and erosion control. Contains demonstration areas and interpretive trails. An industrial forest site that provides tours dedicated to educating the public about timber management, forest growth, habitat management and watershed management; site also contains museum ndex.htm x 104 juliamurphy@fs.fed.us /index.htm kendallfarmjh@aol.com Boulder Lake Mangement Area Center for Sustainable ry at Pack Clemmons Educational State 7328 Boulder Dam Road rd Street East 2411 Old U.S. 70 West Duluth, MN Eatonville, WA Clayton, N.C Natural Resource management area that provides interpretive trails, as well as environmental educational programs and activities boulder@d.umn.edu ry education center that sits at the foot of Mount Rainer and is located on 4,300 acres of working forestland. Interpretive program opportunities include self-guided tours, sustainable forestry demonstrations and naturalist lead trail walks on forest ecology ettl@u.washington.edu ClemmonsESF.DFR@ncmail.net Clemson Experimental Cloquet ry Center 263 Lehotsky Hall 175 University Road Clemson, SC Cloquet, MN Cradle of ry Hwy. 276 Brevard, NC Eagle Bluff Learning Center Goodview Drive Lanesboro, MN Research and demonstration forest focusing on forest resource management Experimental and demonstration forest site in northern MN dedicated to forest education, research and outreach Site contains interpretive trails and a restored logging locomotive. Also contains Discovery Center, which has forestry films, hands-on exhibits, and forest management history displays. Eagle Bluff is located near the picturesque town of Laneboro in the hills and valleys of southeast Minnesota. It offers accredited, overnight, multi-day classes for school groups, teachers and chaperones. Classrooms are indoors and outdoors. Researchers, students, the general public ents/forestry/cef/ kcox@clemson.edu Undergrad & grad students, professional forestry researchers, natural resource managers and the general public oberg086@umn.edu _of_forestry/ ccarpenter02@fs.fed.us Students, environmental educators, and the general public info@eagle-bluff.org

2 Fernow Experimental P.O. Box 404 Fisher Museum at Harvard Florida Discovery Center Ford ry Center 324 North Main Street 4800 US Hwy. 301 North Alberta Avenue Parsons, WV Petersham, MA Tampa, FL L'Anse, MI Teaching and demonstration forest site focusing on the study of hydrology, erosion, regeneration and harvesting. The forest has guided and unguided interpretive tours. Researchers, the general public Museum located in 3,000 acre research forest. Contains 23 dioramas portraying New England's forest history, conservation and management. Additional exhibits include forest history, land use and ecology. Interpretive trails and guided tours are also available in the forest. Exhibit at the Florida State Fairgrounds containing interactive exhibits that focus on products produced from wood and wood by-products as well as sustainable forestry practices. Research forest, conference center and sawmill museum me.htm seum.html ter.html Undergrad and grad students, professional educators, natural resource professionals, and the general public Discovery Center 533 Louis Smith Road Starlight, IN center attached to a mill that informs visitors about woodlands and reforestation. le/316666/the_forest_discovery_center. html?cat= Environmental Education Center Heritage Center PO Box University Drive Wappapello, MO Broken Bow, OK Run by the University of Missouri, the site provides natural resource teaching and research opportunities. University Students; educational, governmental and ecologicallyrelated organizations obournm@missouri.edu Located in Beavers Bend State Park, the center features educational exhibits and 14 large dioramas that portray the development of the forests and forest industry in the region History Center 2609 County Road 76 Giant Museum P.O. Box 89 Grand Rapids, MN Sequoia National Park, California, Cotnains visitor center with interactive exhibits about natural and cultural history of the forest, self-guided forest trails, and a recreated logging camp foresthistory@mnhs.org Museum that focuses on giant sequoias and the natural and human history of the Giant in which it is located. Self-guided interpretive trails of the forest leave from the museum. Museum.aspx H. J. Andrew Experimental USFS Road Holmes Educational State 1299 Crab Creek Road Blue River, OR Hendersonville, N.C., Research forest focusing on forest and stream ecosystem dynamics Researchers, students, the general public hjafacilities@fsl.orst.edu holmesesf.dfr@ncmail.net Hubbard Brook Experimental 234 Mirror Lake Road North Woodstock, NH Research forest that focuses on the effects of forest management on the hydrological cycle, provides forestry education and outreach Researchers, students (K-12 and college), the general public ceagar@fs.fed.us

3 Illinois Resource Center Jordan Lake Educational State 2832 Big Woods Road Simpson, IL Chapel Hill, NC Provides forest stewardship workshops Students, teachers, natural resource professionals and the general public Service/programs/UIUC128.html il.net Kemp Natural Resources Station 9161 Kemp Road Woodruff WI ry teaching and research center located in old growth forest, focuses on innovative environmental and natural resource research Undergrad and grad students, researchers, scientists Long Lake Conservation Center th Lane Merk and Farm Center 3270 Route 315 Michigan Visitor Center/Hartwick Pines Logging Museum Mountain Island Educational State 4216 Ranger Road 534 Killian Road Mount St. Helens Learning Center Mile marker 33 on SR 504 Nolde Environmental Education Center 2910 New Holland Road Palisade, MN Rupert, VT Grayling, MI Stanley, NC Mount St. Helens, WA Reading, PA Environmental school that teaches students about natural resources and conservation stewardship Demonstrates sustainable management practices of farmlands and forests through on-site educational programs. Site contains many trails, including hiking and interpretive trails Logging museum and exhibit hall located in Hartwick Pines State Park. Contains hands on learning exhibits and foresry dioramas. also includes interpretive trails. Museum located inside of the blast zone from the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Contains exhibits about forest recovery, reforestation, resource conservation and biodiversity. education center dedicated to helping people develop a sound environmental ethic through environmental programs and studies; contains trails, wildflower garden, and teaching stations Students, the general public kasmerc@michigan.gov m Learning-Center.html mountainislandesf.dfr@n cmail.net parks/noldeforest.aspx noldeforestsp@state.pa.us North Carolina Museum of ry Oak Ridge and Arboretum 415 S. Madison St. 901 S. Illinois Avenue Opal Creek Ancient Center1220 SW Morrison, Suite 527 Whiteville, NC Oak Ridge, TN Portland, OR ry museum containing interpretive and interactive exhibits, and educational programming Owned by the University of Tennessee, the site acts as a research, education and demonstration forest that provides the public with information about forestry and wildlife. Site contains interpretive trails, as well as an opportunity to view urban forestry demonstrations. Educational forest site that offers self-guided trails, school programs, workshops and summer programs about natural resources, ecology and forest history forestry.museum@ncmail.net html UTforest@utk.edu opalcreek@opalcreek.org

4 Oregon History Center Rendezvous Mountain Educational State 2600 State Street 1956 Rendezvous Mtn. Rd. Salem, OR Purlear, NC Building that contains exhibits on forestry history in Oregon, seeks to preserve historical forestry items and educate the public orycenter.shtml#mission Goals and _Objectives m rendezvousmountainesf.df R@ncmail.net Seno Woodland Education Center 3606 Dyer Lake Road Burlington, WI education center focusing on sustainable forest management Students, the general public senocenter@senocenter.org Sierra Institute Center of ry P.O. Box 11 Sturgeon's Historic Sawmill 2150 Green Hill Road Taylorsville, CA Sebastopol, CA The Center of ry offers a variety of educational tours that focus on natural resource management. restry.html info@sierrainstitute.us Fully restored operating sawmill provides tours that showcase the history of sawmilling as well as technological changes in forest management and timber harvesting. Students, the general public sturgeonsmill@yahoo.com Texas ry Museum 1905 Atkinson Dr. Tillamook Center Wilson River Highway Turnbull Creek Educational State Turtle Bay Exploration Park Tuttle Educational State 4803 Sweet Home Church Rd Arboretum Drive, Suite A 3420 Playmore Beach Road Lufkin, TX Tillamook, OR Elizabethtown, NC Redding, CA Lenoir, NC Portsmouth, NH Contains indoor and outdoor exhibits related to forest history, logging, resource management, paper milling, and wildlife info@treetexas.com Interpretive and educational state forest that focuses on reforestation and sustainable forestry; contains forestry building with artifacts, exhibits, games, and computer simmulations tfcinfo@odf.state.or.us Environmental education site that contains a forest camp and an interpretive forest as well as a museum with changing environmental exhibits. m ans.php turnbullcreekesf.dfr@ncm ail.net tuttleesf.dfr@ncmail.net Contains self-guided trails, tree farm that demonstrates forest management, bird sanctuary, landscape demonstration site, and learning center that provides seminars and educational programs related to forestry. Urban ry Center 45 Elwyn Road Research forest focusing on tree breeding, planting, genetics, and plantation establishment and W.K. Kellogg Experimental management; contains interpretive trails aimed at 7060 N. 42nd Street Augusta, MI public use Researchers, the general public t/ gkowalewski@kbs.msu.edu

5 Warnell Education Center 5960 Highway 17 South Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center World ry Center 6282 Cranberry Road 4033 SW Canyon Road South Guyton, GA Finland, MN Portland, OR Located in the Warnell Research, Education and Demonstration ; provides education programs regarding forest ecosystems and sustainable forest management Students, the general public An accredited environmental school that provides students with field based forestry learning. Site focuses on focus on natural and cultural history, outdoor skills, team-building, and personal growth mail@wolf-ridge.org Contains Discovery Museum that seeks to educate the public about sustainable forestry, two educational tree farms, and the World Institute (which and forestry provides services to those in the forestry profession) professionals anization/wfc_aboutus.php mail@worldforestry.org