Tongass National Forest

Natural Resource Conservation Education

Natural resource conservation education is core to the Forest Service's mission of "caring for the land, and serving people." We work to educate and inspire children about the value of America's incomparable public lands. Conservation education helps land managers build public awareness and understanding that natural resources are limited, and that social and ecological concerns are interdependent.

The POW Conservation Education and Interpretation Guidebook (6 mb PDF) provides the long term strategy for implementing National Resource Conservation Education on Prince of Wales Island.

The focus of conservation education on Prince of Wales Island is on teaching children about the sustainability of natural and cultural resources. Our goal is to build an awareness and understanding of the interrelationships in natural systems and between people and the land.

The heart of our conservation education program is our on-going relationship with community schools. Working together we are building a place-based approach to conservation education that helps local school children appreciate the unique natural resources that surround them.