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One of the Maine TREE’s most popular programs, Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tours, is over twenty-five years old. Each year, the four-day tours focus on the growth, harvest, and processing of wood products in Maine.
Educators earn up to 30 contact hours toward your continuing education requirement for your teacher certification. Classroom teachers, Girl and Boy Scout leaders, conservation organization staff, and other educators are among those who join the tour to learn about Maine’s forest resources from professionals working in the woods.
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Each year, we invite teachers to join us in various regions of Maine. Discover where our previous tours have taken educators...
2024
Educators spent four days in Fort Kent and four days full of local history and ghost stories in Poland Spring.
2023
Maine educators spent a week in the Katahdin Region and a week Downeast learning about Maine's forest ecology, economy, and community.
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The tours prepare participants to return to the classroom with stimulating approaches to share knowledge about the forest with students, colleagues, and communities. Throughout the four-day tour, participants engage in Project Learning Tree activities, meet professionals who work in the Maine woods, and develop ideas on how to bring the forest to the classroom or the classroom to the forest.
Earlier Tours
Each year, Maine TREE hosts two tours featuring different regions of Maine. Each tour is unique, yet each highlights the most recent technological advancements within the forest product industries and current best practices in environmental education.
