Forest Use and Management Education for the Community
Family Forestry Expo is a yearly, week long forest use education and forest management education program, sponsored and created by a diversified group of organizations including: local service groups, resource users, professional societies, government agencies, conservation groups, forest industry, local businesses, and interested individuals.
The goal of this program is to educate local area students and families on the many issues of forest use and forest management. The Expo is created by a diverse group so that a wide range of issues on forest use can be explored from varying points of view.
The theme of thisyear's Expo was "Landscapes of Many Uses". The Expo highlighted the many benefits and resources our forests provide.
This year's Expo is scheduled for May 3th through May 8th. The student portion of the Expo is the week of May 3th. The whole community is invited to share the weekend activities of the Expo on Saturday, May 8.
Family Forestry Expo for Area Students and Families
Over 1,275 area fifth grade students in 55 classes attended the Monday to Friday portion of Expo XX and another 1,500 - 2,000 adults attended the weekend family portion of the Expo last year. The weekday program included a large range of topics: archaeology, fisheries, plant identification, forest management, wildlife, riparian areas, low impact camping, fire, mill tours, logging practices, and ORV demonstrations. The weekend program added stations on water quality, Montana birds, Hunter Safety, and other topics. If you attended the weekend program you could have also enjoy demonstrations by the FVCC Logging Sports team.
See pictures of all of these activities in the pages of our web site.
FFE Forest Education Schedule
If you missed last year's Expo you are invited to share the experience with us through the pages of this web site. Pictures and student work from the 2010 FFE were added to this site and should give you a preview of the 2011 activities.