Adopt A Tree
Adopt A Tree was created in 2002 by Pfeiffer Nature Center volunteers as a venue to provide nature-based environmental education to local school children; to cultivate the next generation of earth stewards; and to meet our mission of creating opportunities where science, art and nature come together.
Volunteers marked off two acres of forest on Lillibridge Road in Portville, NY to create an outdoor living museum. These two acres encompass one of the few remaining stands of accessible old-growth northern hardwood forest in the eastern United States.
Each tree in the Adopt a Tree forest is jointly sponsored by businesses and individuals paired with local classrooms. These supporters recognize the importance of students participating in meaningful ways to learn about old-growth forest habitat and ecosystems through science, art, and language skills.
Classrooms are invited each spring to participate in Adopt A Tree. The program provides for two visits with the Pfeiffer Nature Center Naturalist. The first visit is a 30-45 minute school-based lesson followed by a 60-90 minute field based lesson conducted at the Nature Center’s Outdoor Learning Laboratory on Lillibridge Road.
Each year, the Nature Center staff and volunteers design a fun, interactive learning adventure for grades K—5 focusing on current environmental issues that affect our community. The lessons dovetail with both New York and Pennsylvania State Learning Standards and provide an experiential enhancement to most curricula.
To date, thousands of school children have visited this beautiful spot to learn about the old-growth forest ecosystem and have developed an appreciation of the value in conserving these precious resources.
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For more information on Adopt A Tree please contact us.
Time Warner Cable is the proud Champion Sponsor of Adopt A Tree for 2010.
