Friday Afternoon

Friday afternoon we will take a tour of Millenium Specialty Chemicals factory, followed by a tour of Jennings State Forest to learn about Urban Interface.

Millenium Tour

Millennium Specialty Chemicals Tour in Jacksonville, Florida processes 10 million gallons of turpentine annually. Turpentine, which is produced from pine, is received from 60 pulp and paper mills throughout North America. From a ton of wood 1/2 to 2 gallons of turpentine is produced.

At the Millennium plant in Jacksonville, turpentine is fractionated into alpha-pinene and beta-pinene, two of its major components. These two materials are the starting points for a host of other chemicals used in the flavors and fragrance industry in food and beverage, household, and personal-care products.

Some of the products using chemicals from Millennium.

Jennings State Forest Tour

The Jennings State Forest encompasses 22,000 acres of land in Middleburg, Florida. Four agencies manage the forest and try to balance public use (recreation, fishing, hunting, timber production) with natural resource conservation making it an ideal location to learn about forest urban interface. In addition, we'll learn about forest conservation and restoration efforts.

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