Charles Lathrop Pack Experimental and Demonstration Forest
The purpose of the Center is to discover, teach and demonstrate the concepts of sustainable forestry, with a special focus on advancing the strategic themes of the University of Washington's College of Forest Resources. The Center aims to provide internationally recognized leadership for sustainable forestland management through research, demonstration and technology transfer. The Center is actively advancing the concept and practice of sustainability, engaging resource scientists, professionals, policymakers and communities.
Their mission is to actively advance the concept and practice of sustainability, guided by the strategic themes of the College, and engage resource scientists, professionals, policy makers and communities. Expertise in the social, economic and ecological sciences will contribute to the success of the Center. Pack Forest provides a field location for faculty, staff, and students from the University of Washington's College of Forest Resources to teach, study, conduct research, and demonstrate modern forest management.
The interpretive program at Pack Forest provides a number of opportunities for you or your group to learn about forest ecology, forest management, new ideas in forestry, and what we're doing at Pack today. These opportunities range from self guided trails, and displays in our gatehouse, to naturalist lead trail walks and a curriculum on forest ecology for elementary to middle school students.
