Frank Family Foundation Vision statement and Educational Objectives

The vision for the Frank Family Foundation Property is that the property will be used for the following compatible purposes:

Serving as an Educational Facility by:
Demonstrating long-term, sound, well-reasoned, and best management forestry practices, including harvesting.
Modeling past, present, and future forest management techniques.
Maintaining and documenting a variety of forest stand types.
Creating a history of Cranberry Lake and surrounding property.
Providing an education and research facility to be used to study forest and watershed environments.

Being Economically Self-Sustaining by:
Utilizing profits earned from the sale or lease of forest products to provide for the maintenance of the property.
Developing research facilities and underwriting research activities by applying for and receiving educational and research grants.

Engaging in Forest Management Practices which:
Keep the property attractive and park-like in its appearance.
Maintain the underdeveloped shoreline around Cranberry Lake.
Provide a habitat for native fish, wildlife and flora, mixed forest species and special forest products.
Provide limited and selective access to approved individuals.

Frank Family Foundation
Educational Objectives

Provide an outdoor classroom and field laboratory for local school children to learn about the ecology and management of forest-related resources, such as; trees and all other associated forest vegetation; air, water and aquatic resources; geology and soils; wetlands; fish and wildlife; insects, fungi and micro-organisms; aesthetics; recreation; and cultural resources.

To provide a forested setting for use by a variety of academic disciplines (e.g. history, mathematics, etc.)

Provide an educational site that youth groups (e.g. 4H clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc.) can use to learn about forestry and forest-related resources and develop their outdoor skills.

Provide a site for youth and youth group 'conservation projects'.

Provide a site for training teachers and youth group leaders who will conduct educational activities for youth.

Provide a demonstration and education site where forest landowners can learn about management alternatives that may help them manage their own properties.

To demonstrate the effects of management practices using 'treated vs. untreated' comparison sites.

To demonstrate integrated management techniques that benefit multiple resources including trees and associated forest vegetation, wildlife and aquatic resources.

To demonstrate new and innovative resource management techniques that may be of interest to forest owners.

To provide a site for educational events for forest owners.

To provide a site to educate community leaders and citizens about forest resources and management of those resources.

To provide a site for colleges, universities, agencies and others to conduct forest and aquatic-related scientific research and/of install field trial plots.

To invite and encourage field trials and scientific research applicable to the management of non-industrial private forestlands.

To assist in the development and oversight of educational projects and to assure that field studies planned and carried out under any of the objectives are conducted in a scientifically credible manner but consistent with the ability levels of those conducting projects.