Field
Trips - North Carolina
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PISGAH FOREST
Forest
Discovery Center
Cradle of Forestry in America
1001 Pisgah Highway
Pisgah Forest, NC 28768
www.CradleOfForestry.com
Contact: Cindy Carpenter
telephone: 828-877-3130
fax: 828-884-7527
e-mail: ccarpent/r8_nc_pisgah@fs.fed.us
Comments:
The Forest Discovery Center at the Cradle of Forestry in
America features interactive exhibits on forest ecosystems
and habitats, careers, forest products, forest history,
and the first forestry school in America (1898). The site
is managed by the USDA Forest Service and Cradle of Forestry
in America Interpretive Association. Groups should call
for reservations for special trail tours or interpretive
programs. Allow 2-3 hours for visits. Offers two one-mile
paved walking trails, either self-guided or with a guide.
One focuses on the Biltmore Forest School (historic cabins);
the other, the Forest Festival Trail, focuses on forestry
practices, past and present. Activity sheets in the exhibit
hall entrance enhance the visit for visitors of all ages.
The Forest Discovery Center works with visiting scouts on
forestry merit badges, and also offers special events, including
Smokey's Birthday Party in August and Forest Festival Day
in October. Also celebrates Arbor Day and Earth Day.
RALEIGH
North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural
Resources
Division of Forest Resources
PO Box 29581
Raleigh, NC 276626-0581
www.dfr.state.nc.us/
Contacts: Clemmons Educational State Forest
2411 Old Garner Road
Clayton, NC 27520
telephone: 919-553-5651
Holmes Educational
State Forest
Rt. 4, Box 308
Hendersonville, NC 28739
telephone: 828-692-0100
Jordan Lake Educational
State Forest
2832 Big Woods Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
telephone: 919-542-1154
Rendezvous Mountain
Educational State Forest
1956 Rendezvous Mountain Road
Purlear, NC 28665
telephone: 336-667-5072
Turnbull Creek Educational
State Forest
Route 2, Box 942-A
Elizabethtown, NC 28337
telephone: 910-588-4161
Tuttle Educational
State Forest
3420 Playmore Beach Road
Lenoir, NC 28645
telephone: 828-757-5608
Comments:
The North Carolina Division of Forest Resources operates
six educational state forests which are located throughout
the state. Conducts educational programs and nationally
known workshops, such as Investigating Your Environment,
Project WET workshops, and Project Learning Tree. The educational
forests have hiking and walking trails, outdoor education
facilities, picnic areas, ranger-conducted programs, camping
for groups, and demonstration forests. The forest season
is mid-March to mid-November. For more information on the
programs available, please contact each of the educational
state forests directly (see above listings and telephone
numbers). The North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
also makes presentations to schools and community groups,
and participates in Arbor Day activities. It also offers
tours of timberlands in cooperation with forest extension
service and forest landowners associations.
ROANOKE
RAPIDS
Champion International Corporation
PO Box 580
North Roanoke Ave.
Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
Contact: Debra E. Williams
telephone: 919-533-6287
fax: 919-533-6451
e-mail: willid@champint.com
Comments:
Offers tours of mill which manufactures kraft paper and
linerboard used to make grocery bags, multiwall bags and
corrugated containers. Children must be at least 13 years
of age. Schedule tours two weeks in advance. Length of tours
depends on the group's area of interest. Also makes presentations
to schools and community groups. Participates in other community
outreach programs. Offers tours of timberlands and/or tree
farms.
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