Address: P.O. Box 1300, Canyonville, OR 97417

Phone: (541) 839-4379
E-mail: info@aldercreek.org
Web site: http://www.aldercreek.org/

Contact

• Jim Proctor, President of ACCF Board of Directors,
  (541) 839-4379,
  info@aldercreek.org

Named after a creek that runs through it, the Alder Creek Children's Forest (ACCF) offers an outdoor education laboratory, rich in diversity, with the promise of numerous natural learning experiences.  The site is located one mile west of Canyonville, and surrounded by the Alder Creek-Jordan Creek catchment in Douglas County, Oregon.  It offers hands on, natural resources learning activities and helps young citizens consider how management decisions shape natural resources and spaces.  Programs create opportunities for school groups to practice working together to create healthy, sustainable forests, watersheds and communities. ACCF also offers training opportunities for teachers.

For those without easy access to the field location, the Alder Creek Web site offers interactive activities and resources.  Log on to the Virtual Tour and Treasure Hunt and explore a 360° panoramic view of a fern draw, stump forest, mixed forest, mountain meadow or creek bed, accumulating points as you locate forest features in a guided discovery activity.  Go further in your forest exploration by taking the 'Forest Quiz' and test your knowledge of unique forest features and ecosystem dynamics through multiple choice questions and photos. If you are a teacher, check out the interactive course management system called Moodle where you can download lesson plans aligned to Oregon's curriculum standards and share teaching ideas.

Visit the ACCF Web site for information about how to visit the forest, upcoming events and ways to volunteer at Alder Creek.

Jim Proctor

Authored by The Institute for Natural Resources (2008)
Reviewed by Jim Proctor, President of the ACCF Board of Directors (2008)