Education

 

Forest Education in South Australia

PIRSA Forestry supports a range of initiatives to further forest education in South Australia. Programs and activities include:

  • Developing and promoting forest education materials
  • Supporting educators and forest education programs 
  • Linking with other outdoor, environmental and natural resource management education programs
  • Developing vocational training and career development opportunities
  • Working with the forest growing and timber processing industry
  • Participating in national forest education initiatives

Forestry matters! - a Forest Education Resource

PIRSA Forestry has worked with teachers, educational consultants and industry to develop Forestry matters! as a comprehensive education resource designed to promote forest awareness from a uniquely South Australian perspective. It contains:

  • teacher resource and activity units that focus upon Junior Primary, Primary and Middle Years
  • 16 forest information sheets covering contemporary forest issues
  • A Forest Fun activity section
  • A forestry glossary, reference list and weblinks
  • 72 photographs of modern and historical forestry
  • A 'Find the Forest in Your House' poster  

Click here to go to the resource - Forestry matters!

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'In Forest' Activities

Three forest reserves are located within one hour's drive of Adelaide (Kuitpo, Mount Crawford and Second Valley). These reserves are multiple use forests and are managed for commercial timber production, recreation and biodiversity conservation. Their diversity and location make them ideal places for educational activities.  

About 8,000 school and university students visit these and other forest reserves each year for outdoor and forest education. These visits are supported by ForestrySA via the provision of education materials and ranger talks.

The Thomas Hill Study Centre has been established near Cudlee Creek in the Mount Crawford Forest Reserve as a venue for those undertaking day or overnight activities.

ForestrySA provide a wide range of information signs and pamphlets in forest reserves that help interpret forests and forest management practices.