Outdoor learning

Fifth Grade Studies Prospect Hill

November 22, 2017 By vtplt

This year the fifth grade class of Dummerston School immersed themselves in learning about the natural area on local Prospect Hill. They wrote poems, did research and created a wonderful new trail guide. Lindsay Glabach Royce was the teacher and Lynn Levine was the project coordinator and trail guide designer for the Dummerston Conservation Commission. The… [read more]

Stafford Tech Forestry Students in Action

September 13, 2017 By vtplt

The Forestry and Natural Resources Program (FNR) at Stafford Technical Center is well underway on the completion of a small-scale sugarhouse with the aid of the PLT grant from the American Forestry Foundation. Throughout the 2016-2017 school year, students worked to develop strategies for the completion of the project, and learned and implemented a range… [read more]

Research shows that people who enjoyed meaningful experiences in the outdoors as a child, are able to think critically and act responsibly on behalf of the ecological, social, and economic values of our forests and other natural resources as adults.

VT Project Learning Tree achieves its mission by training educators in Project Learning Tree®, the time-honored environmental education curricula developed by the American Forest Foundation.

VT Project Learning Tree relies on the support of every facet of the community--businesses, individuals and government--to accomplish its mission.