a 15 minute presentation
recommended for grades 6-12 and beyond
Designed mainly for Kitsap County classrooms, this nature video showcases our region's forested acreage and the amazing variety of plants and animals that depend on this rich habitat. Your students may be surprised to learn that we human residents share our county not only with giant trees that date back hundreds of years, but with wildlife species ranging from eagles to elk, bears to bobcats, salmon to sapsuckers. Viewing this video may remind your students that they are future stewards of these valued ecosystems.
Jim Trainer is a nationally known Community Forester. He has been recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation to be the only forester in the United States to win both Tree Line USA and Tree City USA awards. He is an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist and a founding member of KiTSA, Kitsap Trees and Shoreline Association, a 501 C (3) non-profit environmental organization in Kitsap County, WA. He is presently owns and operates a business called Treez, Inc. in Bremerton, WA.
This forest world is a complex ecosystem consisting of trees that buffer the earth and support our wild creatures. Trees are TREEmendous! They go "out on a limb" and supply oxygen to breathe, cool the air, and give us some "releaf." Trees bark; they do no bite. Our trees and critters are the forest and their roots are planted firmly. "We move through the forest; thus the forest moves through us."
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