School Forests in Minnesota

Welcome to the School Forest Program Web site!

A School Forest is an outdoor classroom. Students learn about math, art, science, and geography while gaining an appreciation and awareness of natural resources. School Forests build a student's self-esteem, sense of community, skill level, and knowledge base. School Forests provide students with an opportunity to develop life-long critical thinking skills as they encounter real-life situations in their forest. Student enjoy time spent outside and are engaged by the lessons.

The School Forest Program provides a variety of program benefits and support to ensure that school forests are successful, including land management and environmental education (EE) assistance.

The School Forest Web site includes a Coordinators' Section. This password-protected section of the Web site is for program participants only. Here you will find student activities, in-depth program information, grant opportunities, and more. The Coordinators' Section is a program benefit reserved for official School Forest sites only.

Open the door to natural resources for your students today!