State And Private Forestry

The Natural Resource Conservation Education Program enhances existing local, state and federal education programs and strengthens partnerships between education organizations and natural resource managers by:

• Increasing the awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of natural resources and ecosystems
• Helping develop critical thinking skills needed to recognize the complexity of resource issues and make realistic choices
• Encouraging individual responsibility for conserving natural resources and using them wisely

 Key Partners

• State Foresters - S&PF Natural Resource Conservation Education funds are granted to the State Foresters to support each state's conservation education efforts
• Education associations
• National Forests
• Other federal agencies targeting forest visitors, youth, and urban communities

Opportunities for National Forests and Grasslands

• Partnership with state foresters in developing a quality program on Natural Resource Conservation Education
• Funding for both State and National Forests is very small. Coordinating between the two agencies helps leverage funds

Program Coordinator for ID, MT, NV, ND, UT

For further assistance contact Margie Ewing.