Green Jobs Fair is coming back to Dover-Foxcroft

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis Environmental Education Collaborative has organized our third annual Green Jobs Fair for area middle school classes. This year students and teachers from Piscataquis Community Elementary School and SeDoMoCha Middle School will be participating. Over 27 Maine businesses and organizations will be volunteering their time to lead the students through a series of hands-on activities and demonstrations showcasing their jobs in the natural resource sector.

The Green Jobs Fair will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District’s public land, the Law Farm Nature Trails. Students will rotate through six stations, giving them an opportunity to explore professions while enjoying the beautiful space at the Law Farm.

Partner organizations and businesses included in this day are William London & Sons, Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife game wardens and biologists, Maine forest rangers, foresters and ranger pilots, University of Maine, Monson Arts, Weyerhaeuser, Registered Maine Guides, AMC trail and lodge crews, professional logging contractors, Natural Resources Conservation Services, The Nature Conservancy, Maine Audubon, UMaine Cooperative Extension, Pleasant River Lumber, UMaine Veterinary Diagnostics Lab and more. 

Event hosts are excited to welcome students, teachers and partner organizations to the Law Farm for this incredible event! 

PEEC is a local Piscataquis County collaborative consisting of the organizations of the PCSWCD, the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Natural Resource Education Center, Maine Audubon, Maine TREE and Rural Aspirations Project. PEEC’s mission is to offer diverse educational opportunities in rural Maine. By banding together each organization’s expertise, PEEC hopes to expand educational opportunities and student aspirations within Piscataquis County schools, strengthening every student’s sense of place, community and belonging.

To find out more information, or to become more involved with PEEC, please contact Kacey Weber at katherine.weber@piscataquisswcd.org or Dawna Blackstone at dawna@ruralaspirations.org.