Ways of the Woods:
People and the Land in the Northern Forest—2008
Tour
CONTACT:
Kelly Short, Communications
Director, Northern
Forest Center, 603-229-0679 ext 105; email:
WHO:
The
Northern Forest Center presents…
WHAT:
Ways
of the Woods: People and the Land in the Northern
Forest—2008 Tour
Ways of the Woods is the Northern Forest
Center’s mobile museum about forest heritage and
culture across northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
and New York. This traveling exhibition combines
multi-media displays housed inside an 18-wheel
tractor-trailer with outdoor displays, artifacts
and children’s activities to explore the ever-changing
relationships between people and land across the
Northern Forest region.Created in part through support
from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ways of
the Woods helps people appreciate the
past, better understand the present and plan for
the future in one of the nation’s most important
and rapidly changing regions.More than 40,000 people
in 40 Northern Forest communities have toured Ways of the Woods since
its launch in 2006. The 2008 Tour will include school
visits in the spring and a 20-community Fairs & Festivals
Tour that will travel across all four states from
April through October.
WHERE and WHEN
School
Visits
| April |
23-24 |
Mascoma Valley Regional High School |
Canaan, NH |
| May |
1-2 |
Foxcroft
Academy |
Dover-Foxcroft, ME |
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15-16 |
Telstar
High School |
Bethel, ME |
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21-22 |
Hazen
Union School |
Hardwick, VT |
| |
27 |
Milan
Village School |
Milan, NH |
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28 |
Stratford
Public School |
No. Stratford, NH |
| June |
4-5 |
Saranac
Lake High School |
Saranac Lake, NY |
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11 |
Madrid-Waddington
Central School |
Madrid, NY |
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Fairs & Festivals Tour
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| April |
26 |
Discover
Wild New Hampshire Days |
Concord, NH |
| May |
9-10 |
Northeast
Forest Products
Equipment Expo |
Essex Junction, VT |
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24 |
Hardwick
Spring Festival |
Hardwick, VT |
| June |
7 |
Paul Smiths
College Alumni Weekend |
Paul Smiths, NY |
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14-15 |
St.
Lawrence Power & Equipment Expo |
Madrid, NY |
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21 |
Canoe
Hullaballoo |
Old Town, ME |
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27-29 |
Acadian
Festival |
Madawaska, ME |
| July |
3-6 |
Houlton
Fair |
Houlton, ME |
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12 |
Lincoln
Heritage Celebration |
Lincoln, NH |
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15-20 |
Saratoga
County Fair |
Ballston Spa, NY |
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26-27 |
Bicentennial
Celebration |
Keene Valley, NY |
| August |
2 |
Warren
County Youth Fair |
Warren, NY |
| |
8-9 |
Forest
Heritage Days |
Greenville, ME |
| |
15-17 |
New
York State Woodsmen's Field Days |
Booneville, NY |
| |
20-24 |
Caledonia
County Fair |
Lyndonville, VT |
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29-Sept.
7 |
Vermont
State Fair |
Rutland, VT |
| September |
12-21 |
Rochester
Fair |
Rochester, NH |
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28-Oct.
5 |
Fryeburg
Fair |
Fryeburg, ME |
| October |
11-12 |
Apple Fest |
South Hero, VT |
WHAT IS THE NORTHERN FOREST?
The Northern
Forest is the largest intact forest ecosystem east
of the Mississippi, spanning 30 million acres across
northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York.
Its ecological significance is well known: vast areas
of wild forest, critical habitat and the headwaters
of major rivers. But it is more than an ecological
resource. It is also home to 1.5 million people whose
cultures, livelihoods, families, aspirations and dreams
are tied to the forest.
WHAT IS THE NORTHERN FOREST
CENTER?
Founded in 1997, the Center works through networks
and partnerships to build a sustainable economy,
revitalize local communities and conserve the landscape
of the Northern Forest of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
and New York.
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