Learn about forest management at Family Forestry Expo!
Instructors at this station show how disease, insects, and fire can help or harm trees. Disease can help the forest by making homes for birds, even though it can also kill trees by making them unhealthy. Insects can kill trees by eating the heart of the tree. See bug traps at work. Fires can help the forest because some trees need heat for their seeds to be able to grow.
A walking tour of the area gives students a look at factors that affect a tree’s health and growth. Get an up-close look at tree cookies (thinly sliced cross sections of a trunk) grown in different conditions and learn how to plant seedlings to help reforest an area.