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Community Education
Classroom Education
Since 1990, Tree New Mexico has brought the wonder of trees to the classroom, making presentations interactive,
fun, and grade-appropriate. Our facilitators use discussion, storytelling, and hands-on activities to engage and
inspire the students about the benefits of trees and keep them actively involved.
The presentations also incorporate teaching aids such as videotapes, books, posters, common and uncommon tree products
(e.g., pencils, chopsticks, cinnamon, cork), and sample tree parts (trunk cross-sections, branches, leaves, pine
cones, nuts, seed pods, etc.).
TreePath Program
The TreePath program was established in 1996 as an outgrowth and expansion of our classroom education program. It
is a more intensive and comprehensive curriculum, which incorporates classroom sessions, other activities, and on-campus
trees planting projects. Generally we target 5th Grade classes, and the curriculum is specially developed for that level.
Since 1996, we have presented the program in eleven schools, mostly in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas: Adobe Acres,
Alamosa, Alvarado, Cochiti Pueblo, Georgia O'Keefe, Mark Twain, Mitchell, Mountain View, and Valle Vista Elementary Schools
and McKinley and Truman Middle Schools.
Trainings
Throughout the year, Tree New Mexico holds training sessions for specific groups and the general public. Topics include:
planning and site selection, tree selection, planting and care, proper pruning, insect and disease problems, species
selection, windbreaks, riparian restoration, etc. TNM staff, along with experts from State Forestry, Cooperative Extension
Service, BLM, and other agencies lead the trainings. We use TNM's Citizen Tree Planting Training Manual as a basis for
presentations and handouts.
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