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Visitors will enjoy a shady respite as they spend time under towering examples of native California tree species. Interactive wood product displays demonstrate how forests impact climate change, provide essential materials for daily life and offer renewable, recyclable, biodegradable and energy efficient building materials. Learn solutions to the wildfire problem. View insect displays. Weekly, toy log truck giveaways to those who complete the Forest Center quiz. Obtain a free tree seedling and view photos of trees grown from Forest Center seedling giveaways.Forest products gameThe California Forest Center was created in 1971 by a partnership of organizations from the forest products industry and the California State Fair to educate the public about California forests, wood products, important forestry issues and the forest products industry. The Forest Center is managed by The Forest Foundation.Visitors will find The Forest Center provides an enjoyable way to learn about the forests that cover 40 percent of our state. Walking the shaded Forest Center trail and viewing interpretive displays offer information on the multiple benefits of managing healthy forests. A study released today of four large California wildfires shows they collectively will put an estimated 38 million tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere through fire and subsequent decay of dead trees. Together emissions from fire and decay undo much of the progress California is making to fight global warming.The poster graphically demonstrates the cycle of carbon absorption, storage and release into the atmosphere. Included are visuals that explain the role of sustainable forestry, wood products and wildfires.
Visitors will enjoy a shady respite as they spend time under towering examples of native California tree species. Interactive wood product displays demonstrate how forests impact climate change, provide essential materials for daily life and offer renewable, recyclable, biodegradable and energy efficient building materials. Learn solutions to the wildfire problem. View insect displays. Weekly, toy log truck giveaways to those who complete the Forest Center quiz. Obtain a free tree seedling and view photos of trees grown from Forest Center seedling giveaways.Forest products gameThe California Forest Center was created in 1971 by a partnership of organizations from the forest products industry and the California State Fair to educate the public about California forests, wood products, important forestry issues and the forest products industry. The Forest Center is managed by The Forest Foundation.Visitors will find The Forest Center provides an enjoyable way to learn about the forests that cover 40 percent of our state. Walking the shaded Forest Center trail and viewing interpretive displays offer information on the multiple benefits of managing healthy forests. A study released today of four large California wildfires shows they collectively will put an estimated 38 million tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere through fire and subsequent decay of dead trees. Together emissions from fire and decay undo much of the progress California is making to fight global warming.The poster graphically demonstrates the cycle of carbon absorption, storage and release into the atmosphere. Included are visuals that explain the role of sustainable forestry, wood products and wildfires.