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  • In the past, forest managers always put out wildfires. More recently, forest managers have discovered that fire can be a good thing for…
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    Keeping It Local: How Federal Wildfire Policy Is Implemented at the Local Level

  • In this study, the scientists studied trees growing on Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean Sea. The scientists wanted…
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    Leaf Me Alone! The Movement of Nutrients Between Trees and the Soil

  • In this study, the scientists studied trees growing on Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean Sea. The scientists wanted…
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    Leaf Me Alone! The Movement of Nutrients Between Trees and the Soil (Spanish)

  • In this module, we will explore trees and what they need, and we will learn how tree seeds have gone…
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    Learning Module – Countdown to Moon Trees

  • In this module, we will explore many different invasive species and the effects they are having on different environments. Below…
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    Learning Module – Invasive Species

  • In this lesson plan, students will analyze the problems with fresh water use on Earth by completing some water usage…
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    Lesson Plan – Do What You Water

  • This lesson plan introduces students to The World’s Forests 2 and walks them through each section of the journal. Students…
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    Lesson Plan – The World’s Forest 2

  • In this lesson plan, students will assess the biological diversity of trees on their school grounds or another designated area.…
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    Lesson Plan – Urban Forests

  • A set of 8 lesson plans to walk your students through the entirety of the World’s Forest edition. There is…
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    Lesson Plan – World’s Forests 1

  • Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the…
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    Let Nature Take Its Course: Helping the Environment Take Care of Itself

  • Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the…
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    Let Nature Take Its Course: Helping the Environment Take Care of Itself (Spanish)

  • Over the past decade, humans have introduced two species of Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois volitans and Pterois miles) into the Atlantic…
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    Lion In Wait: How Citizens Helped Scientists Identify a Rapid Invasion of Lionfish