The
Texas Forestry Museum and Urban Wildscape Trail, located at 1905 Atkinson
Drive in Lufkin, is the only museum in the state dedicated solely
to preserving the legacy of the people, places and products of forestry
and forest industries in Texas. Exhibits focus on tools and equipment
from the industry, modern forest management techniques including forest
fires and forest regeneration, and life in a company-owned sawmill
town. Inductees into the Texas Forestry Hall of Fame are presented
in the museum. There is a logging train exhibited outdoors. The adjacent
Urban Wildscape Trail with comfortable walks and species interpretation
is partially handicap accessible.
The
Texas Forestry Museum and Urban Wildscape Trail, located at 1905 Atkinson
Drive in Lufkin, is the only museum in the state dedicated solely
to preserving the legacy of the people, places and products of forestry
and forest industries in Texas. Exhibits focus on tools and equipment
from the industry, modern forest management techniques including forest
fires and forest regeneration, and life in a company-owned sawmill
town. Inductees into the Texas Forestry Hall of Fame are presented
in the museum. There is a logging train exhibited outdoors. The adjacent
Urban Wildscape Trail with comfortable walks and species interpretation
is partially handicap accessible.