Honors and Awards

Aunt Gussie and Grandfather Tree has been chosen as a resource for Project Learning Tree. Project Learning Tree (PLT) is a national environmental program for educators and students in Pre-K-grade 12. PLT, affiliated with the American Forest Foundation, is one of the most widely used environmental education programs in the United States and abroad.

Information from their website, www.plt.org., states that PLT is a network of 3,000 grassroots volunteers and over 120 state coordinators that work with formal and non-formal educators, school staff, state agencies, foresters, businesses, civic organizations, museums, nature centers, and youth groups to provide professional development programs. To date, more than 500,000 educators are trained in using PLT materials, reaching approximately 26 million students in the United States and abroad.

Aunt Gussie and Grandfather Tree was featured reading in the USDA‘s Treelink Woodnotes. Treelink at www.treelink.org is an internet resource for urban and community foresters across the United States.