About – Steering Committee – Program News
About Maine PLT
Maine Project Learning Tree, a program of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and housed within Maine TREE, is an award-winning environmental education program and curriculum designed for teachers, informal educators, parents, and community leaders.
We offer in-person, custom, and standards-based workshops which include:
- Elementary and Middle School Guide
- Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood
- High School Supplements
On-line offerings are also available:
- Environmental Education for Kindergarten to Grade 8
- Treemendous Science! for Grades K-2
- Energy In Ecosystems for Grades 3-5
- Carbon & Climate for Grades 6-8
- Early Childhood
Maine PLT Steering Committee
About – Steering Committee – Program News
| Anita Smith, Chair China Schools Forest Educator, Master Naturalist tasmith@fairpoint.net | Rob Taylor Spruce Mountain Middle School, Science Teacher & Envirothon Coach RTaylor@rsu73.com |
| Barry Burgason Certified Wildlife Biologist (retired) b.burgason@myfairpoint.net | Shari Templeton Maine Department of Education Science & Technology Specialist shari.templeton@maine.gov |
| Kenny Fergusson Huber Resources, Forester k.fergusson@huber.com | Genevieve Trafelet AMC Education & Program Manager g.trafelet@outdoors.org |
| Kayla N. Higgins, PhD Unity College, Experiential Education k.higgins@unity.edu | Warren Whitney Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Program Director wwhitney@mcht.org |
| Sarah Medina Forester (retired) smedina@sevenislands.com | Linda Woodard Maine Audubon, Scarborough Marsh Director lwoodlard@maineaudubon.org |
| Tom Mullin Unity College, Parks & Forest Interpretation t.mullin@unity.edu | Timothy Surrette, M.Ed. University of Maine, Augusta, Science Education timothy.surrette@maine.edu |
| Jonathan LaBonte Maine TREE, Executive Director jonathan@mainetree.org |
PLT NEWS
About – Steering Committee – Program News
- Maine TREE Welcomes Jessie Rack as New Director of Education
We at Maine TREE are excited to announce Jessie Rack’s hiring as our new Director of Education. This position is responsible for sustaining and expanding Maine TREE’s… - Virtual Adaptations of Your Favorite Project Learning Tree Activities
For educators in our Maine Project Learning Tree network, there are some digital versions for many of your favorite activities now available for download and sharing… - Video: Introducing “Green Jobs: Exploring Forest Careers” Educators Guide
This introductory video for educators, guidance counselors, and school leaders, hear from Maine TREE and its award-winning Project Learning Tree program about the newest curriculum… - Barry Burgason Awarded the Maine Project Learning Tree Stewardship Award
Every year, Maine TREE selects a partner with the Project Learning Tree program to be recognized with the Stewardship Award. This year, Barry Burgason, a… - Maine Project Learning Tree Volunteers Provide Workshop for Bangor Region YMCA
On Wednesday, August 26, In our first in-person public event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine TREE and Maine Project Learning Tree (PLT)… - Maine TREE welcomes Tom Mullin as Maine Project Learning Tree Associate
Maine TREE Foundation is pleased to announce that we have brought a well-known name in forest education onto our team on an interim basis to…