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Telephone: 715-479-6456
Toll Free: 800-838-9472
Fax: 715-479-2318
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519 Sheridan Street East
P.O. Box 609
Eagle River, WI 54521


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Trees For Tomorrow (TFT) is an independent, nonprofit natural resource specialty school which uses a combination of field studies and classroom presentations to teach conservation values as well as demonstrate the benefits of contemporary resource management.

TFT's target audience is elementary, middle and high school students. During the school year (September through May) groups of 30 to 90 students, along with their teachers, travel to the "Trees" campus in Eagle River from a three state area of Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and northern Illinois for student workshops which generally last three days. Over 5,000 attend annually.

Participants stay in comfortable, furnished student dormitories, eat three meals a day in a full service dining hall and prepare for field studies in the classrooms of TFT's Education Center.

During a workshop, students participate in field studies conducted in the forests, lakes, streams and bogs of the Northwoods. The field studies involve activities like tree identification, orienteering, wildlife tracking, water chemistry sampling and dozens of others.

These activities not only familiarize students with the plants and animals of the forest ecosystem, they also demonstrate how forests and other natural resources can be sustained through conservative use and proper management.

Field studies and field activities are Trees For Tomorrow's specialty. TFT's field workshops are taught by a full time staff of 10 natural science professionals including foresters, biologists, resource management specialists and naturalists.

In addition to student workshops offered during the school year, TFT hosts teacher workshops during the summer. Skill builder workshops for adults and families are also held throughout the year. Click on Course Offerings to see all that's available.

MISSION

To deliver balanced, objective information on the management and use of trees, forests, and other natural resources. Our field-based programs, which place people in direct contact with resources which support human needs, teach knowledge and skills leading to responsible lifestyle choices. This experience inspires informed participation in policy making and promotes stewardship and renewal of natural resources for use by future generations.

MAJOR MESSAGES

  • Humans rely on natural resources for survival and quality of life.

  • Our natural resources base is limited, and demand is increasing, so proper management and responsible use is essential.

  • The Great Lakes forest ecosystem is resilient and is sustainable when properly managed.

  • Natural resources – forest, water, wildlife, soils, and others – are globally interdependent. One resource cannot be managed without considering the effect on all others.

  • Forest resources must be managed for multiple uses for the long-term benefit of everyone. These multiple uses include forest products, recreation aesthetics, wildlife, wilderness and others

  • Individuals have a responsibility to make informed decisions and take positive action on natural resource issues.

CENTER GOALS

  • Awareness, knowledge and understanding of natural resources and related issues, including the social and economic impacts now and for the future.
  • Skills needed to understand and make informed decisions regarding the management and wise use of natural resources.
  • Attitudes and values for the motivation to actively participate in the management and wise use of natural resources.

ed staff

Trees For Tomorrow's outstanding education staff.