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Conservation Education

Promoting public understanding of the role and value of Colorado’s forests and other natural resources is critical to the mission of the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS). The agency is non-regulatory – our accomplishments proceed from our educational approach. Learn more about Conservation Education.

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Educators

Project Learning Tree

Project Learning Tree® (PLT) is an award winning, multi-disciplinary environmental education program for educators and students in PreK-grade 12. PLT is one of the most widely used environmental education programs inside and outside the United States.

CSFS delivers the program to an average of 500 teachers per year in workshops around the state – this translates into approximately 1500 students reached per year.

For more information, go to PLT - Colorado's website or contact Shawna Crocker at scrocker@lamar.colostate.edu.

Fire Ecology Institute

Since 2001, CSFS annually has held a Fire Ecology Institute in various regions of the state. This weeklong intensive training institute for teachers and natural resource professionals has become a model for other states.

For more information, visit the Fire Ecology Institute information website or contact Shawna Crocker at scrocker@lamar.colostate.edu.

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Youth

Camp Rocky

Camp Rocky is a week long, residential camp near Divide, Colorado for those who have finished 8th grade through 19 year old. The camp is in July every year and is for anyone who enjoys the outdoors and is interested in natural resources. Camp Rocky staff, made up of resource professionals from around the state, help participants learn about their environment, while working in teams and making new friends.

Visit the Camp Rocky information website.

Check out the links below for great activities!

Woody Debris: Make Your Home FireWise Coloring Book (433 KB PDF)
The Colorado Reader Series from Colorado Foundation for Agriculture (External PDF)
Colorado Reader - Agriculture in the Classroom: Colorado Fire! (External PDF)
Colorado Reader - Agriculture in the Classroom: Fire & Water (External PDF)
Colorado Reader - Agriculture in the Classroom: What is a Native Plant? (External PDF)

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Education Links

CSFS Interactive Learning Tools
Colorado Division of Wildlife - Project WILD
Project WET - Water Education for Teachers
Colorado Front Range GK12: Connecting Kids and Ecology — Teachers and Researchers
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
North American Association for Environmental Education
Colorado Foundation for Water Education
Environmental Education and Training Partnership
Environmental Protection Agency: Educational Resources
EPA: Environmental Education
NPS Nature Net
The GLOBE Program
Colorado Water Knowledge
BLM Learning Landscapes
E-Nature

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