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Sustainable Forestry Teachers' Academy
Mountain Academy
June 24-28, 2013
Asheville, NC
The Mountain Academy will visit a variety of mills, forests, and educational stops throughout the Asheville area. Teachers will stay at the Comfort Suites Biltmore Square Mall located off I-26 in Asheville. Rooms will be assigned, double occupancy, for all Academy participants. Breakfast consists of the continental breakfast provided by the hotel, lunch is usually sandwiches/salads, and the group visits various restaurants around Asheville for dinner. Transportation is provided by a licensed motorcoach company. Lodging, meals, and transportation are provided for all Academy participants.
Registration for 2013 is Closed
Sample Schedule - Asheville
| MONDAY | |
| 12:30pm | Registration Opens |
| 1:00pm | Orientation and Forestry Introduction |
| 2:00 | Project Learning Tree Session 1 |
| 6:30 | Dinner & Western North Carolina Forest History Presentation by Bill Alexander, Landscape Historian for the Biltmore Estate |
| TUESDAY | |
| 7:30am | Daily Briefing |
| 8:00 | Biltmore Forest & Wildlife Management |
| 12:15pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Forest Measurements Exercise & Intro to Bent Creek Research Station |
| 5:00 | Urban Forestry Intro |
| 6:00 | Urban Forestry Walking Tour |
| 7:30 | Dinner |
| WEDNESDAY | |
| 7:30am | Daily Briefing |
| 8:30 | Jackson Paper |
| 11:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30pm | Cradle of Forestry Visit & Technology Exercise |
| 4:30pm | Free Time - Downtown Hendersonville |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| THURSDAY | |
| 7:15am | Load Bus, Daily Briefing on Bus |
| 8:00 | Columbia Forest Products |
| 10:15 | Parton Lumber Company |
| 12:45pm | Lunch |
| 2:30 | Biltmore Estate |
| 7:00 | Dinner |
| FRIDAY | |
| 8:00am | Project Learning Tree Session 2 |
| 10:00 | Review/Group Presentations |
| 11:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30pm | Continue Review/Wrap-up/Evaluations |
| 2:00 | Adjourn - Safe Travels Home! |