Into the Woods

In this adventure we discussed different tree types and they ways that we use wood. A guide to Pennsylvania's Trees can be downloaded here - Pennsylvania's Trees

As a Boy Scout you can earn the Forestry Merit Badge. You can see the Forestry Merit Badge Pamphlet by clicking in the merit badge. Earning the Into the Woods Adventure Pin prepares you for this merit badge when you are a Boy Scout. 

We can protect our forests by practicing Leave No Trace and by following the Outdoor Code.

Our forests are sometimes damaged by wildfires and disease.

In the past, American Chestnut trees almost completely disappeared due to disease.

Dutch Elm Disease killed almost all the elm trees that once shaded our neighborhoods,

Recently and visible in our park is the damage inflicted by the Emerald Ash Borer. This is a beetle that eats its way under the bark of ash trees and very effectively kills them. Most of the ash trees in our area have succumb to the Emerald Ash Borer. 

Here is a copy of the Into the Woods Adventure Worksheet