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Recommended Links for Student Research

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Associations & Organizations

Association of BC Forest Professionals - www.abcfp.ca
Canadian Forestry Association
- www.canadianforestry.com
Canadian Institute of Forestry
- www.cif-ifc.org
Council of Forest Industries
- www.cofi.org
Federation of BC Woodlot Association - www.woodlot.bc.ca
Festival of Forestry Teacher Tours -
www.festivalofforestry.org
Interior Logging Association - www.interiorlogging.org
Interior Lumber Manufacturers' Association
- www.ilma.com
Temperate Forest Foundation
- www.forestinfo.org

Government

Alberta Ministry of the Environment
www.environment.gov.ab.ca/edu/

BC Ministry of Forests
Info in Research, Library, Forest Science, Forest Practices sections.
www.gov.bc.ca/for/

Canadian Forest Service
Resources available through bookstore / info on many issues through the science/research categories, such as forest health(insects, disease, fire), forest ecosystems- disturbance agents, etc.
www.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/regions/pfc

Natural Resources Canada
Info on Canada’s forests, climate change and renewable energy. Go to "Student and Educator" section under Forests, Environment or Science and Technology.
www.nrcan.gc.ca

Pacific Forestry Center
Resources available from the BC division of the Canadian Forest Service
www.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/regions/pfc

Forestry Companies

Ainsworth - www.ainsworth.ca
Canfor
- www.canfor.com
Downie Timber Ltd. - www.downietimber.com
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd. - www.gormanbros.com
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
- www.lpcorp.com
Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation - www.rcfc.bc.ca
Tolko Industries Ltd.
- www.tolko.com
Weyerhaeuser - www.weyerhaeuser.com

School Districts

School District 22 Vernon - www.sd22.bc.ca
School District 23 Kelowna
- www.sd23.bc.ca
School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson -
www.sd73.bc.ca
     · McQueen Lake Environmental Education Centre -
www.mcqueenlake.sd73.bc.ca
School District 83 Salmon Arm
- www.sd83.bc.ca

Post-Secondaries with Forestry-Related Programs

British Columbia Institute of Technology - www.bcit.ca
Camosun College - www.camosun.bc.ca
College of New Caledonia - www.cnc.bc.ca
College of the Rockies - www.cotr.bc.ca
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design - www.eciad.bc.ca
Kwantlen University College - www.kwantlen.bc.ca
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology - www.nvit.bc.ca
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology - www.nait.ca
Northwest Community College - www.nwcc.bc.ca
North Island College - www.nic.bc.ca
Northern Lights College - www.nlc.bc.ca
Okanagan College - www.okanagan.bc.ca
Royal Roads University - www.royalroads.ca
Selkirk College - www.selkirk.ca/rr
Thompson Rivers University - www.tru.ca
University of Alberta - www.rr.ualberta.ca
University of British Columbia - www.forestry.ubc.ca
University of British Columbia (Okanagan) - web.ubc.ca/okanagan
University College of the Fraser Valley - www.ucfv.bc.ca
University of Northern British Columbia - www.unbc.ca/forestry
Vancouver Island University - www.mala.ca

Miscellaneous

BC Teachers' Federation Lesson Plans - www.bctf.ca
Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force - www.mountainpinebeetle.com
Safe Planting - www.safeplanting.com

Check out these Forest Info Websites:

BC Forest Information
Info, videos and fact pages under "Resources"
www.naturallywood.com

California's Talk About Trees-The Forest Foundation
Classroom lessons include vocabulary listings and student activity pages on topics such as Forest Health, Nature's Treasure Chest, Forest Carbon & Our Climate, Forest Watersheds.
www.talkabouttrees.org

Canada Wood Council
www.cwc.ca

Canadian Ecology Center
Forest Research Partnership - forest ed links, fire.
www.canadianecology.ca

Canadian Forest Products
Self- directed student information at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels on topics such as forest management, wood products, forest ecology, insects, disease and fire.
www.canfor.ca/treeschool/

Canadian Forestry Association
Teacher guides/lesson plans for past and present National Forest Week booklets, eg. Fire, air, endangered species/ links to university/college programs.
www.canadianforestry.com

Canadian Institute of Forestry
www.cif-ifc.org

Council of Forest Industries
Forestry links, education and research, facts.
www.cofi.org

Council of Forest Industries
Forest Education resource site, featuring teaching kits such as BC's Mountain Pine Beetle (Elem. and Sec.), Climate Change and Our Forests (Elem. and Sec.) BC Forest Products for the World (Sec.).
www.forest-education.info

Canadian Model Forest Network
www.modelforest.net

Canadian Women in Timber
www.canadianwomenintimber.com

Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN)
School age resource list.
www.cbeen.org

Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology
Secondary level materials in the “National Park Feature” articles.
www.cmiae.org

Dr. Patrick Moore
www.greenspirit.com

Fire Information:

www.fire.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca
www.canfor.ca/treeschool/library/files/
www.bcwildfire.ca/FightingWildfire/
www.smokeybear.com        

Forest Board Game
Upper Elementary and Secondary versions.
www.mysteriesoftheforest.com

Forest Ecosystems of Canada
http://ecosys.cfl.scf.rncan.gc.ca/classification/intro-region-eng.asp

Forest Regions of Canada
http://ecosys.cfl.scf.rncan.gc.ca/images/classif/forest-reg2_e.pdf - PDF

Georgia-Pacific
Wildlife in the forest, water, energy, paper recycling, the forester's job… with lessons & activities in a well-designed format.
www.gp.com/EducationalinNature

Idaho Forest Products
Lessons, free materials, tree facts, paper info.
www.idahoforests.org

Inside Education Society of Alberta
Great teacher resources.
www.insideeducation.ca

International Paper
Free posters, booklets and teacher guides on trees and related topics.
www.iplifeoftheforest.com

Lakehead University Faculty of Forestry:
Global boreal forests, including wildlife and vegetation, forest management and sustainability.
www.borealforest.org

Living Landscapes
Old Forest Ecosystem Study Unit- Gr. 7 science unit.
www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/cbasin/oldgrowthforest

Mountain Pine Beetle Information:

www.beetleinfo.com
www.mountainpinebeetle.com
www.for.gov.bc.ca
www.mpb.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca

New MPB Poster
available from Natural Resources Canada (in conjunction with the Gov't of Alberta): http://nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/bookstore_pdfs/26913.pdf
To order (max. 2/ free of charge), go to the CFS bookstore at: http://bookstore.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/search_e.php. Fill in the top line "Mountain Pine Beetle Poster", the year- 2007 and the Publication type- Other.

Powell River Forestry Museum
Archive pics and story text on the history of coastal logging from the "Early Logging Days" to the 1950's.
www.prcn.org/forestrymuseum/logging.htm

Real Trees For Kids
Graded material for elementary to secondary students with topics such as tree classification, tree species and the life cycle of a tree.
www.realtrees4kids.org

Royal BC Museum
Enter the Time Machine and then go to BC Resource Development- Forestry to read about the history of BC's forest industry.
www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-484B076/exhibits/timemach/

Saskatchewan Forestry Association - Forest Education Resources 
www.whitebirch.ca/education/focus_on_forests.shtml

Silver Lake Forestry Camp
www.silverlakekidscamp.com

Temperate Forest Foundation
Videos, books, posters, brochures (Ecolinks).
www.forestinfo.org

Tree Canada
Arboreal provincial emblems, tree ID, tree trivia, tree planting and Canada’s forests.
www.treecanada.ca

Virtual Museum
Early logging in B.C., including historical photographs of logging camps, workers and communities, interview clips with loggers and retired foresters and an interactive walk through an old logging camp.
www.camptocommunity.ca/english

Walk in the Woods
Video clips, nature notes, links and resources for studies about the environment. Great for elementary student research.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/kids/index.html

What Comes From Trees?
www.freenetwork.org/kids/comes_from_trees.html

Wonderful World of Trees
Biodiversity, forest protection, tree ID. Includes lessons, puzzles and experiments.
www.domtar.com/arbre/english

WoodLinks
Secondary level value-added forestry program.
www.woodlinks.com

Wood Manufacturing Council
www.wmc-cfb.ca

Wood Promotion Network
www.beconstructive.com/professional/ourforests.asp


Last updated: November 2009

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