Forestry and Environmental Outreach Program

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Coastal Academy
Sample Schedule, Location, and Lodging Information

Mountain Academy
Sample Schedule, Location, and Lodging Information

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2010 Sustainable Forestry Teachers' Academy

June 21 - 25, 2010 : Coastal Academy in New Bern, NC
July 19 - 23, 2010 : Mountain Academy in Asheville, NC

Coastal Academy

The Academy will visit a variety of mills, forests, and educational stops throughout the New Bern area. Teachers will stay at the Comfort Suites River Front Park located in New Bern. Rooms will be reserved for all participating teachers.

Sample Schedule - New Bern

Monday
12:00 p.m. Academy Begins
5:30 p.m. Trolley Tour of Historic New Bern
6:30 p.m. Dinner and Guest Speaker
9:00 p.m. Return to Hotel

Tuesday
6:30 a.m. Breakfast
7:15 a.m. Morning Meeting
7:45 a.m. Urban Forestry
10:30 a.m. NC Division of Forest Resources Nursery
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Technology in Forestry
6:30 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Return to Hotel

Wednesday
6:30 a.m. Breakfast
7:15 a.m. Morning Meeting
8:00 a.m. Croatan National Forest .
11:45 a.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Atlantic Veneers
4:00 p.m. Tryon Palace (optional)
6:30 p.m. Dinner
9:00 p.m. Return to Hotel

Thursday
6:30 a.m. Breakfast
7:15 a.m. Morning Meeting
8:30 a.m. Weyerhaeuser Lumber Facility
11:30 a.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Craven Wood Energy
2:30 p.m. Private landowner
5:00 p.m. Cool Springs Environmental Education Center
7:00 p.m. Dinner at Cool Springs
9:00 p.m. Return to Hotel

Friday
7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Curricula Wrap-up
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Group Presentations, Review Discussion, Evaluation, Lunch
2:00 p.m. Adjourn