Conservation Education
The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) website is full of information for learners of all ages. This page links to VDOF information for kids, students, adults, and teachers.
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Family Activities
- Fall Foliage - learn about fall colors in Virginia
- Nature Near You (activity sheets)
- Forest Facts
- How A Tree Grows: How A Tree Grows | puzzle
- Identifying Trees Identifying Trees | puzzle
- Why We Need Trees: Why We Need Trees | puzzle
- Trees Protect Water: Trees Protect Water | puzzle
- Forestry in Virginia: Forestry in Virginia | puzzle
- Virginia In The Fall: fall foliage information | puzzle
- Go on a treasure hunt by visiting our geocache site on the Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest.
- Places to Go
- Things to Do
- Virginia Big Tree Program
- National Wildlife Federation’s Green Hour
- Family activities from Project Learning Tree.
Kids' Stuff
- Forestry Camp - Information and registration.
- Coloring sheets from the Virginia Department of Forestry.
- Terrific tree links
- 4-H Virtual Forest Tour
- Other 4-H forestry materials.
- U.S. Forest Service Kid's Page.
- Arbor Day
- Discover the Forest.
- Forestry Tools. Get acquainted with some common forestry tools.
- Boy Scouts: forestry merit badge.
- Girl Scouts: Linking Girls to the Land
- Smokey Bear's Home Page Join Smokey for some forest and campfire fun, and learn Smokey's rules for forest fire safety and prevention.
- Online tree identification keys.
Adult Education and Outreach
- Driving Tour: Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest
Learn about forestry from the comfort of your car! Listen to our self-guided driving tour as it takes you through 17 different locations on the Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest, revealing what's going on “behind the scenes.”
- Driving Tour: Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest (English; MP3 format; 27MB)
- GPS Coordinates for the Driving Tour
- Map of the Driving Tour (English; PDF format)
- Script of the Driving Tour. Print out the script and follow along - not while driving, of course!
- Trees 101: Learn how to plant, prune, and care for individual trees.
- The Virginia Master Naturalist Program is a statewide corps of volunteers providing education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities.
- Resources for small woodlot owners - http://www.forestryforthebay.org/
- Links to design your own learning program
- Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program.
- LEAF - Links to Education About Forestry.
- Forestry publications from Virginia Cooperative Extension.
- Tree care publications from Virginia Cooperative Extension.
- Forest and Range interactive learning forestry modules.
- Online tree identification keys.
- Partner agencies, organizations, and state forestry agencies
Forest Education Centers
New Kent Forestry Center
- General information and history
- Programs
- Trails and facilities
Matthews State Forest
- General information and history
- Programs
- Trails and facilities
Last modified: Thursday, 10-Jan-2013 14:59:49 EST
