We've gathered a collection links to more information about trees, education, and forestry for you to explore. Keep checking back, as we'll be continually adding more!
Utah's Hardiness Zones
Hardiness Zones are categories assigned to specific geographic areas that indicate which types of plants can survive based on the range of temperatures. Needless to say this is crucial information for any budding arborist or organic gardener. Find your hardiness zone here:
http://extension.usu.edu/forestry/HomeTown/Select_HardinessZones.htm
Educator's Links
PLT is an award-winning environmental education curriculum of the American Forest Foundation which "helps students learn how to think, not what to think, about the environment."
http://www.plt.org/
Project WILD:
A conservation education program for students K-12 emphasizing wildlife.
http://www.projectwild.org/
Project WET:
An education program for children, teachers and the community emphasizing the importance of water.
http://www.projectwet.org/
USU Extension Forestry Extension for Kids:
A small collection of games and essays aimed at teaching children about trees.
http://extension.usu.edu/forestry/kids.htm
ERTHNXT:
A national non-profit committed to protecting the future of life for all species, ERTHNXT's goal is to engage young people around the world to be good stewards of our environment.
http://www.erthnxt.org/index.html
If Trees Could Talk:
An environmental education curriculum for middle school teachers.
http://www.foresthistory.org/Education/Curriculum/index.html
2010 Arbor Day Poster Contest
http://www.ffsl.utah.gov/urban/arborday/postercontest.php
Statewide & Community Tree Resources
The following is a list of links to local tree resources information resources by county.
Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands: Urban and Community Forestry
http://www.ffsl.utah.gov/urban/urbanforestry.php
Beaver County
http://extension.usu.edu/beaver/htm/horticulture/landscape-trees
Box Elder
http://extension.usu.edu/boxelder/htm/gardening/trees
Cache County
http://extension.usu.edu/cache/htm/horticulture
Carbon County
Fruit Trees:
http://extension.usu.edu/carbon/htm/fruit
General Horticulture:
http://extension.usu.edu/carbon/htm/hort
Davis County
http://extension.usu.edu/davis/htm/horticulture/ornamental-trees-and-shrubs
Duchesne County
http://extension.usu.edu/duchesne/htm/horticulture
Emery County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Garfield County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Grand County
http://extension.usu.edu/grand/htm/gardening_information
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Iron County
http://extension.usu.edu/ironmg/
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Juab County
http://extension.usu.edu/juab/htm/horticulture
Kane County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Millard County
http://extension.usu.edu/millard/htm/garden
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Morgan County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Piute County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Rich County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Salt Lake County
http://extension.usu.edu/saltlake/htm/horticulture-gardening
http://www.milliontrees.slco.org/
San Juan County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Sanpete County
http://extension.usu.edu/sanpete/htm/horticulture
Sevier County
http://extension.usu.edu/sevier/
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Summit County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Toole County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Uintah County
http://extension.usu.edu/uintah/htm/horticulture
Utah County
http://extension.usu.edu/utah/htm/horticulture
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Wasatch County
http://extension.usu.edu/wasatch/htm/horticulture
Washington County
http://www.dixiegardener.org/
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Wayne County
http://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/
Weber County
http://extension.usu.edu/weber/htm/horticulture