Project Learning Tree - Ohio

Ready to make an impact?🌿
🏅 Project Learning Tree is a national, science‑based environmental education program that equips educators, youth leaders, and community members with high‑quality, hands‑on resources. Through award‑winning curriculum focused on forests, wildlife, water, and sustainability, PLT helps learners build critical thinking skills, connect with the natural world, and explore real‑world environmental concepts in meaningful ways.

🍃 There are two pathways to get involved. As a PLT Educator, you gain access to ready‑to‑use activities, practical teaching strategies, and curriculum designed to bring environmental learning to life in classrooms and community programs. If you choose to become a PLT Facilitator, you take on a leadership role, training other educators, supporting professional development, and helping expand environmental education across Ohio.

🔔 Stay up to date with Project Learning Tree Ohio and join us at one of the many workshops we host throughout the state. For questions, please contact [email protected] or visit https://ohiodnr.gov/plt to learn more.

𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞! 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬
When someone says the word "gall," the horned oak galls that plague pin oaks in the St. Louis area may come to mind. But did you know that there are an estimated 210,000 types of insect-induced galls in the world, 2,000 of which occur in the U.S.? Each gall is a unique work of art specific to the gall former and serves as a key structure that insects rely on to complete their life cycles.

Join Daria McKelvey, Horticulture Supervisor for the Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden for a webinar that takes a closer look at the mysterious, yet beautiful, world of plant galls and how they are formed, where they can be found, and the most common types seen in the Midwest.

This free webinar, to be held via Zoom, will include a presentation and a live question-and-answer session.

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. 𝐖𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫!

Wednesday, July 1, at 4:00 p.m. 1 GNPCP CEU. Register here: https://ow.ly/xjHT50ZcTjU

𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑎𝑘 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑎𝑘 (𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑎) 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑀𝑂𝐵𝑂𝑇

💧📚 Join Us for Our Summer Educator Workshop Series! Mark your calendars for July 7 and dive into a hands-on, engaging learning experience designed for educators of all grade levels!

💦 Project WET Workshop
Explore the world of water through Project WET, a nationally recognized conservation education program for K–12 educators. This interactive session covers:

Physical & chemical properties of water
The water cycle
Water in life & earth systems
Water as a resource
Managing water resources
Water in social & cultural contexts

🌎 Healthy Water, Healthy People: Designed for grades 6 through university level, this program builds awareness around:
Water quality issues
Connections to personal, public, and environmental health

📘 Bonus: Participants will receive both curriculum and activity guides to take back to their classrooms!

⏳ Spots are limited, don’t wait to register! 👉 To register or view information around other upcoming workshops, visit https://lickingswcd.com/education/adult-workshops.html.

📢Registration closes THIS Wednesday, June 17th so register today!

Join us as we celebrate one of Ohio’s living landmarks!

The America 250 Legacy Tree Celebration highlights the history, beauty, and significance of one of Ohio’s Champion Trees. Discover how this amazing tree has grown for generations and learn about the stewardship that assists in preserving these trees for the future.

🗓️Thursday, June 18, 2026
⏰10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
📍Spring Grove Cemetery 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45232

This event is free and open to the public. Come along with us and experience a tree measurement demonstration, a chance to guess the tree’s diameter, a guided interpretive hike, and opportunities to learn about Ohio’s Champion Tree Program from forestry professionals. Participants will also see how much the tree has grown since it was first recognized as a champion.

We 💚 Camp Canopy!! Reach out if you have a student who you know would love it too!!

If you’re looking to join the pack of responsible campers, here’s your starter kit. It’s got the essentials I look for before we get a campfire rolling. 🐻

We are 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 excited to announce our Earth Science Summer event series with Ohio Geological Survey!

We are hosting free events in celebration of America 250 and the 2026 Collaborative Summer Library Program theme, “Unearth a Story.”

Earth Science Summer features programs led by our geologists, offering Ohioans of all ages the chance to discover fossils, minerals, landscapes, and the stories our rocks and sediments can tell. Participants at these special events will also receive a limited-edition commemorative decal while supplies last.

Our statewide lineup of events includes:
𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 at Oakes Quarry Park, Lake Hope State Park, and Rocky River Reservation
𝗢𝗵𝗶𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 at the H.R. Collins Laboratory in Delaware
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus
𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 at Kelleys Island State Park
𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 at Fossil Park in Sylvania
𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 Open House in Heath

Also, our geologists have curated age-specific geology reading lists featuring books about rocks, fossils, minerals, ancient life, and Earth systems.

For complete information about events and to view our reading lists, visit https://bit.ly/42oGd2X