Discover more about your national forest through our Conservation Education Program.
Learn about the resources available to teachers, families and students to help you explore your public lands and use the forest as an outdoor classroom.
The Forest Service Conservation Education Program helps people of all ages understand and appreciate our country's natural resources -- and learn how to conserve those resources for future generations. Through formal and non-formal educational activities and experiences, you can investigate how natural resources and ecosystems affect each other -- looking at the connections between people and the land and how resources can be used wisely.
The Forest Service teams up with many different partners to provide quality programs and materials.
To learn more about the Flathead National Forest Conservation Education Program, contact Teresa Wenum, Conservation Education Specialist at 406/758-5218.
The center is a partnership with the Whitefish Mountain Resort that offers a fun place for families with plenty of hands-on discovery. Located at the resort on the top of Big Mountain, visitors get to the center by hiking the popular Danny On Trail or riding the scenic chairlift. The center is open seven days a week through the summer and on weekends during the winter season. Winter 2012 center is open on weekends and holidays, January through mid-March, 11:30am to 2:30pm. Come check out the Jr. Snow Ranger Program for kids ages 8-12.
Each year families and youth are invitied to participate in a citizen science opportunity with Flathead National Forest biologists to survey amphibians and reptiles in forest wetlands. In 2012 the event takes place June 28 on the Hungry Horse/Glacier View Ranger District.
Discover more about your national forest through our Conservation Education Program.
