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A Model Forest is a defined eco-geographic unit comprised of a relatively large area in which forestry is the main land use, and serves to promote effective forest management and stewardship practices that are compatible with water quality protection.
Supported through a voluntary partnership among individuals and organizations with a stake in the management of the forest resources, a Model Forest benefits from the combined expertise and resources to identify, develop, apply and monitor the effects of innovative, locally-specific approaches to sustainable forest management. Model Forests serve as outdoor classrooms to educate students, teachers, forest landowners, and communities by sharing knowledge and demonstrating sustainable, replicable approaches.
The vision for the Clearpool Model Forest is to create broad public commitment to forest stewardship by helping students, teachers, forestry professionals, and the community to understand and experience the shared benefits that can be attained and preserved through properly managed forests, including:
With the completion of an elaborate new habitat built by Green Chimneys’ woodshop students, the Farm Science classroom was able to welcome Brownie into her new home. Brownie previously lived alone in her cage in the farm and wildlife office, but guinea pigs do best in larger environments. The new habitat allows her to live in a herd as she would in the wild, with many places to hide and ways to practice her skills. Brownie has always been a social creature, and she has taken over the guinea pig herd but is a very peaceful leader.