National Forest Products Week is a time to recognize the many products that come from our forests, the people who work in and manage our forests, the people who make the products, and how they all contribute to our lives.

Forest Products Week Essay Contest


Here are some links to interesting websites about forest products.

1) Amazing Stuff from Trees

TAPPI: Common & Uncommon Paper Products Stuff We Get from Trees Check here for simple explanations of how we get building materials, chemicals, paper, and much more from trees Extensive list of products made from wood    Eaten Any Wood today? From the Woods: Incredible Wood See How Veneer is Made How Many Toothpicks Will One Cord of Wood Produce? Non-Wood Forest Products from Temperate Broad-Leaved Trees (Find information about products from leaves, flowers, oils, sap, resins, gums, corks, tannins, dyes, nuts, mushrooms, insects and other foods.)

2) Forest Products & Education Links

Fun with Paper and Forest Products (Don't miss "Fun Toilet Paper Facts"!). Wood Magic Show (Kids' section, Take time to explore this one. There’s lots to see and do!). BIG Word Search puzzle - Chemicals and Products from Trees Click on Tools for Teachers for a variety of colorful educational flyers about paper, forest products, and sustainable forest management Downloadable PDF brochures from Georgia Pacific, with teacher guides Titles available: Mammals and Forests, Energy, The Right Chemistry, People and Trees, Water and Forests, Paper Recycling, A Forest Is..., Birds and Forests, From the Forest, and The Forester's Job. Have You Thanked a Tree? (Activity from "Forests of Washington" curriculum supplement.) Interesting Information about Tree Products and Recycling Forest Products and History (lesson plan) Learn Where Everyday Stuff Comes from (tree products and much more) Fun Info about Paper - including Games and Puzzles Common and Uncommon Paper Products Tree Products Scavenger Hunt (lesson plan with numerous links)

3) Test Your Environmental IQ!

More Forest Products Information:

Forest Products Week - President Proclamation