Facts:

• Project Leaning Tree (PLT) is an award winning, environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators working with students in grades K-12.
• PLT uses the forest as a "window" into the natural world, helping young people gain awareness and knowledge of the world around them, as well as their place within it.
• PLT began in West Virginia in January 1976.
• PLT provides more than 175 interdisciplinary, instructional activities.
• PLT provides workshops and in service programs for teachers, foresters, youth group leaders, resource managers and others.
• In West Virginia, nearly 300 people have been certified as workshop leaders and more than 5,000 teachers and youth group leaders have attended the local workshop training.
• Nationally, PLT is sponsored by the American Forestry Foundation (AFF) and the Western Regional Environmental Education Council (WREEC).
• In West Virginia PLT is sponsored by the West Virginia Forestry Association and the West Virginia Division of Forestry, with support coming from the West Virginia Conservation Education Council and U.S. Forest Service - sate and Private Forestry.