United States
Environmental Protection
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Education, and Media Relations
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1997 Environmental Education
Grant ProfHes
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Environmental Education
Office of Communications, Education, and Media Relations
401 MStreet, SW(MC 1707)
Washington, DC 20460
http://www.epa.gov
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Table of Contents
SUMMARY STATEMENT 7
USING THE GRANT PROFILES 2
GRANTS AWARDED BY EPA HEADQUARTERS 3
GRANTS AWARDED BY EPA REGIONAL OFFICES 9
CHART: RATIO OF APPLICATIONS TO AWARDS 53
EPA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COORDINATORS 55
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SUMMARY STATEMENT
SIXTH ANNUAL AWARD UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACT
(PUBLIC LAW 101 -619)
This report summarizes 265 environmental education grants awarded by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) during fiscal year (FY) 1997. The Environmental Education Grants
Program was created under Section 6 of the National Environmental Education Act, and the
first grants were awarded in 1992. EPAs Office of Environmental Education (OEE) manages
the program. Larger grants are awarded annually by EPA Headquarters and smaller grants by
the 10 regional offices, as described below.
The grants are awarded to stimulate environmental education by supporting projects that address
EPA priorities such as: education reform, issues related to children's health, teacher training,
and community environmental issues, including those related to environmental justice. The
goal of the program is to support projects that enhance the public's awareness and knowledge
of environmental issues and the skills they need to make informed and responsible decisions
that affect environmental quality. Any tribal or local education agency, college or university,
state education or environmental agency, nonprofit organization, or noncommercial educational
broadcasting entity is eligible for grants under the program.
In FY 1997, Congress appropriated approximately $3 million for the grants program. It is
anticipated that similar appropriations will fund the program in the future. EPA regional
offices award grants of $25,000 or less; larger grants are awarded by EPA Headquarters. Federal
funds may not exceed 75 percent of the total funding for a project. Dollar amounts reported in
this document are the EPA funds awarded to the project only. Each project listed also has
secured matching funds from sources other than federal programs. Such matching funds, often
exceeding 25 percent of total funds for a project, are not reported in this document.
In FY 1997, Headquarters awarded 13 grants larger than $25,000, for a total of $1,248,588.
Grants awarded averaged $96,000; more than half of the Headquarters grants were less than
$70,000, and the largest awarded was $177,485. Each regional office awarded approximately
$185,000 for an average of 25 grants each. The competition for grants is intense, especially as
the amount of funding requested increases every year. On page 83 is a chart that illustrates the
ratio of applications received to awards made.
EPA's annual Environmental Education Grants Solicitation Notice describes the solicitation,
evaluation, and award process through which EPA arrives at final decisions about grant awards.
The solicitation notice is published and available for review in the Federal Register, which can
be obtained at most libraries, and can be viewed on the Internet at http:Heelink.umich.edu. The
most recent solicitation notice also can be obtained by contacting EPA Headquarters or an
EPA regional office. A list of EPA contacts is provided on page 85 of this document.
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USING THE GRANT PROFILES
The main section of this document provides profiles of environmental education grants awarded
in FY1997. Profiles are listed in alphabetical order by the state or United States (U.S.) territory
in which the project was conducted. Each profile identifies the organization that received the
award, the amount of the award, and a point of contact for the project and presents a summary
of the project. Illustrated below is a sample profile:
CALIFORNIA
Name of organization
that received the grant
EAST BAY ASIAN YOUTH CENTER - $5,000<-
-£>RASJIDAH FRANKLIN, 2065 KITTREDGE STREET, SUITE M, BERKELEY, CA 94704
Training Teachers and Teens in Environmental Education <
Amount of EPA award
Name of the project
This project provides training through a two-day workshop for 10 high school students and
24 teachers from three elementary schools. The training equips participants to implement
compost projects at school sites. Joint workshops for the teachers and students employ inquiry
models to teach waste reduction, pollution prevention, and health in the context of urban
organic gardening. After training, the high school students serve as mentors to elementary
school students to guide the younger students in understanding the relationships among
waste, pollution, and nutrition issues. The University of California Cooperative Extension
Service in Alameda County and the Alameda County Waste Management Authority
collaborate with the East Bay Asian Youth Center in the sustainable urban agriculture project.
Summary of the project
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GRANTS AWARDED BY EPA HEADQUARTERS
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ALABAMA
JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY - $162,615
MARGARET B. BOGAN, 700 PELHAM ROAD NORTH, JACKSONVILLE, AL 36265
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, FROM AWARENESS TO ACTION
Under this teacher training project, secondary school teachers improve their skills at 1 1-day in-
service workshops, during which they examine model teaching strategies. The project is intended
to increase the teachers' environmental awareness and attitudes, as well as to prompt them to
take action to influence the use of water resources and to foster public understanding of the
effects of such use. Teachers learn new teaching and assessment strategies that inspire students
to become active learners and high achievers, communicate with an international network of
colleagues teaching about the environment, facilitate action programs for students, and provide
district in-service education. The teachers keep and submit notebooks of the projects and Internet
communications their students conduct. The project serves teachers in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
COLORADO
PROJECT FOOD, LAND, AND PEOPLE - $66,700
ROXANNE BRICKELL, 635 IRIS AVENUE, BOULDER, CO 80304
PROJECT FOOD, LAND, AND PEOPLE
Project Food, Land, and People fills a gap by addressing the interrelationships among agriculture,
the environment, and society. The goals of the project are to build educational capacity in
various states to train educators to use existing curriculum materials related to those issues; to
implement an improved training workshop model; to meet the need for environmental education
materials in Spanish; and to serve a culturally and geographically diverse cross-section of educators
in states in six EPA regions California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, and Texas.
The project trains more than 150 facilitators, who in turn conduct workshops for several thousand
educators. The educators reached through the project include teachers in bilingual classrooms
in which curricula are taught in Spanish and English. The project also serves organizations that
work in environmental education, natural resources, and agriculture. In addition, the project
provides additional lessons in Spanish in response to needs expressed by educators in bilingual
classrooms.
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HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - $133,465
COLLEEN MURAKAMI, RO. Box 2360, HONOLULU, HI 96804
WATER ISSUES TEACHER TRAINING PROJECT
This project supports both education reform and environmental education in Hawaii. Its
objectives are to create and implement a development program that improves teachers'
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understanding of water issues and strengthens their skills, to develop partnerships with the
Department of Health and the University of Hawaii, to upgrade an electronic database to be
used throughout the state for the study of water issues, and to develop a cadre of 24 master
teacher trainers to deliver workshops. The project involves 120 public school teachers of diverse
ethnic origins who teach grades 6 to 12.
ILLIMOiS
CENTER FOR INSTRUCTION, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND EVALUATION - $153,843
TRUDI VOLK, 1925 NEW ERA ROAD, CARBONDALE, IL 62901
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP
The Environmental Education for Responsible Citizenship project builds upon an earlier project
of the Center for Instruction, Staff Development, and Evaluation that trained 300 educators in
10 states and Puerto Rico in the use of two curricula. The new project introduces a leadership
component, the Trainer of Trainers Workshop, which brings together 50 of the trained and
experienced teachers to prepare them to conduct five-day workshops in their regions for an
estimated 1,250 other educators. The project involves more than 1,200 formal and informal
educators in grades 5 through 12 and makes special effort to target teachers of minorities. The
curriculum is published in both English and Spanish.
KANSAS
KANSAS ASSOCIATION FOR CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - $25,200
JOHN STRICKLER OR GARY HULETT, 2610 CLAFLIN ROAD, MANHATTAN, KS 66502-2798
DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STANDARDS
Through a partnership of public and private-sector organizations, the project integrates
environmental education into kindergarten through 12th-grade programs and fosters the state's
current efforts in education reform. The three objectives of the project are to develop
environmental education standards for the state that are based on national standards, to conform
various teacher training materials, and to distribute the new standards and materials with the
state's core curricular standards through teacher training workshops. The project reaches more
than 1,500 kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers and pre-service teachers each year.
LOUISIAMA
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, DEEP SOUTH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - $177,485
BEVERLY WRIGHT, 7325 PALMETTO ST, CAMPUS Box 45B, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125
THE NEW ORLEANS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM
This teacher training program addresses environmental threats to health, especially those that
affect children. The project uses a newly designed curriculum that incorporates issues and
concerns related to environmental justice into the regular science curriculum taught by 225
elementary school teachers. The curriculum emphasizes those issues, as well as skills correlated
to Education Goals 2000, Louisiana Education Assessment and Curriculum Program Objectives,
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and Science 2000 objectives. Modules address lead, air pollution and asthma, pesticides, landfills,
and the abandoned and possibly contaminated urban sites known as brownfields. Teachers
trained through the program reach more than 6,000 students. The Deep South Center for
Environmental Justice, the public school system of New Orleans, and the National Lead
Information Center are partners in the project.
MARYLAND
LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION - $165,850
SCOTT RAYMOND, 802 S. CAROLINE STREET, BALTIMORE, MD 21231
CHESAPEAKE LITTLE SHEDS NITRATE NET PROJECT
This project involves hands-on education at shoreside facilities and in floating classrooms that
complements the efforts of scientists to implement areawide pollution monitoring and to address
the interactions between air and water. Under the project, students study technology to increase
their scientific literacy and understanding of the complex environmental issues that affect the
Chesapeake Bay. Students collect and analyze environmental data to be used by both the education
and the scientific communities. The skills and knowledge students develop through the project
are a crucial factor in meeting the challenge to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
MASSACHUSETTS
MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY - $60,000
CLETI CERVONI, 208 So. GREAT ROAD, LINCOLN, MA 01773
WATERSHED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION PROJECT
The Watershed Environmental Science Education Project uses environmental education as a
catalyst to advance education reform on the state, local, and tribal levels. Using watersheds as
a theme, the project provides professional development services to science teachers. It documents
best practices and communicates them to staff of the Massachusetts Audubon Society and to
environmental educators in Massachusetts, other New England states, and other parts of the
United States. More than 70 middle and high school science teachers at 30 schools develop
their knowledge of concepts related to watersheds and confidence in leading field-study trips to
natural areas. In turn, they act as mentors for other teachers and share with more than 4,000
students exciting new ways to learn about mathematics and science through exploration of
their local watershed. Staff at six Audubon wildlife sanctuaries work in partnership with the 30
schools to conduct the project.
MICHICAM
GLOBAL RIVERS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NETWORK - $65,673
KEITH WHEELER, 206 SOUTH FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 150, ANN ARBOR, Ml 48104
THE GREEN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE: CHEATING LEARNING COMMUNITIES FOR WATERSHED EDUCATION AND HEALTH
The GREEN Leadership Initiative addresses the high-priority environmental issue of water
quality and its effect on human health. The project provides training and evaluation sessions
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for facilitators, as well as 10 watershed workshops. A training retreat enhances understanding
of capacity-building and health-related issues. In addition, the project has improved existing
watershed programs and established new programs in targeted areas by providing two
workshops in each of five EPA regions.
MINNESOTA
TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION - $78,107
RICHARD HUDSON, 172 E. 4 STREET, ST. PAUL, MN 55101
"NEWTON'S APPLE": ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH
"Newton's Apple": Environmental Impacts on Children's Health is a series of three video
segments designed to be aired on the public television series "Newton's Apple" to educate
viewers about environmental threats to health and strategies for minimizing the exposure of
children to those threats. The videos are reinforced by an outreach effort that includes lessons
arid resource pages in the teachers guide to the series and a special feature on the "Newton's
Apple" World Wide Web site. The video segments and supplementary materials, broadcast on
300 stations across the nation, educate millions of parents, teachers, and young people about
environmental hazards and guide them in taking responsible action to minimize the exposure
of children to those threats.
NEW JERSEY
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - $30,150
TANYA OZNOWICH, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PO. Box 402, TRENTON,
NJ 08625-0402
NEW JERSEY CLASSROOM REFORM
This project provides faculty, parents, and students in kindergarten through grade 12
comprehensive and effective supplemental and enrichment materials in environmental education
that support the New Jersey core curriculum content standards (CCCS) and other needs
identified through education reform efforts in the state. Under the project, 13 trained facilitators
develop a multisubject matrix for each activity and a master matrix of cross-referenced activities
for each of the four projects the program includes. Further, 15 to 20 trained facilitators identify
needs and develop new modules or a series of enhancements of current workshops that link
each project to the CCCSs. The modules or enhancements are pilot-tested in eight project
workshops. A three-day workshop for facilitators that highlights support for education reform
rounds out the project.
OREGON
ROGUE VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS - $69,500
DAVID JACOB, RO. Box 3275,155 S. SECOND STREET, CENTRAL POINT, OR 97502
BEAR CREEK STEWARDSHIP PROJECT
The Bear Creek Stewardship Project provides educational opportunities for students and teachers
in the Bear Creek watershed and in rural communities in southwestern Oregon. The project
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sponsors a training session for educators that focuses on monitoring of water quality and
provides equipment, supplies, and references necessary to conduct such testing. It also provides
study kits and supports a water quality monitoring program for students. A student congress
and a watershed education symposium give students the opportunity to share the results of
their projects and work to improve the condition of Bear Creek. In addition, the program
funds school and class environmental education projects through a small grant program and
sponsors two large-scale stream cleanups, as well as the Adopt-a-Storm-Drain Program that
provides drain-painting kits and informational brochures for use by students and teachers.
Completing efforts under the project are two videos produced by students, one that focuses-
on the project itself and another that addresses misuse of storm drains, and a rural outreach
program. Approximately 1,000 students in grades 1 through 12, as well as 40 educators, are
involved in the project.
UTAH
UTAH STATE OFFICE OF EDUCATION - $60,000
BRETT MOULDING, 250 EAST 500 SOUTH, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84111
SYSTEMATIC EDUCATION REFORM IN UTAH
This project integrates environmental education into Utah's statewide education reform efforts.
It works with teachers and students to build learning based on environmental projects into
the states new ninth-grade Earth Systems Science Course. Through action projects, students
apply the concepts they have learned to real-world environmental problems. Under the project,
40 science teachers receive training and funding to help engage their students in such learning
experiences, and ninth-grade students in the earth systems course plan and implement
environmental projects and enlist the assistance of local community and government
organizations. In addition, high school students use the Internet to communicate their
experiences and share resources with other earth systems science classes and teach local
elementary school students about the work the older students have done and its significance.
Project staff refine the system for training and supporting teachers, evaluate the project, and
distribute the results nationwide.
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ALABAMA
Seepage 3 for a profile of a grant awarded to Jacksonville State University by EPA Headquarters.
CAHABA RIVER SOCIETY - $17,500
RACHEL REINHART, 2717 7iH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 205, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35233
CahabalBlack Warrior Clean
This project provides for 105 water resource field trips for approximately 2,300 students and
60 teachers. Four teacher workshops, each a week in length; six day-long teacher field trips and
planning sessions; and fifteen curriculum training workshops, each a full-day session, are
conducted for 315 teachers. A curriculum developed by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation was
adapted to create an interdisciplinary classroom and field curriculum that is tailored to regional
issues and that complements the field experiences.
CULLMAN COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT - $5,000
ROBERT HARBISON, 301 IST STREET N. E., CULLMAN, AL 35056-1456
Teaching the Teachers
Under this project, teachers and other educators learn to develop and deliver their own
environmental education programs for elementary and secondary school students. In addition,
members of conservation district boards and Earth Team volunteers have the opportunity to
participate in workshops. The two-day workshop trains participants to use the material provided
to teach classes and gives them the opportunity to practice their newly acquired skills in a
classroom setting.
FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM/EAST FRANKLIN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - $5,000
WYATT HUTCHESON, RO. Box 610, RUSSELLVILLE, AL 35653
Development of an Environmental Education Program
This project develops an environmental education center at the East Franklin Junior High
School. The center includes an outdoor classroom and nature trail that has a wetlands habitat,
a bird habitat, and a native plant habitat. The project is designed to teach students about the
threats to human health posed by pollution and to educate them about environmental careers.
A companion workshop trains teachers in the use of Project Learning Tree.
ALASKA
ALASKA BIRD OBSERVATORY - FAIRBANKS - $4,995
NANCY DEWITT, RO. Box 80505, FAIRBANKS, AK 99708
Songbirds of Interior Alaska
The purpose of the Songbirds of Interior Alaska project is to create an interactive workbook
and curriculum module guide for kindergarten through sixth-grade programs that promotes
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conservation of migratory and resident birds in Alaska's boreal forest. The project provides in-
service training for 60 elementary school teachers in the North Star Borough School District,
Fairbanks, where minorities represent more than 25 percent of the school population. Emphasis
is placed on activities that introduce students to protection of habitat and bird conservation.
KUIGPAGMUIT INC. - $5,000
VINCE J. BEANS, RO. Box 32209, MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, AK 99632
Tribal Environmental Training Program
The Tribal Environmental Training Program is intended to establish a culturally sensitive
environmental education program that emphasizes tribal responsibility for dealing with hazards
created by human activities. Under the projects Trainers-of-Trainers (TOT) component,
biologists and environmental scientists from the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society
provide culturally sensitive training to tribal leaders in diree Yu'pik Eskimo villages. The society's
technical assistance database is available to the project, as well. Each TOT graduate implements
at least two community activities, using a plan the trainer developed through the TOT program.
Under the program, a game and a community awareness activity are being developed, and
information is being made available on the World Wide Web.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA - FAIRBANKS - $4,782
INSTITUTE FOR ARCTIC BIOLOGY, DOUGLAS SCHAMEL, RO. Box 757000, FAIRBANKS, AK 99775-7000
Wetlands Ecology Training Project
The Wetlands Ecology Training Project (W.E.T.) is conducting a series of interactive workshops
and outdoor activities for elementary teachers who have little or no experience in the conduct
of scientific investigations. The project increases teachers' knowledge of pond ecology, methods
of scientific investigation, and use of scientific equipment and relevant curriculum materials.
Teachers learn firsthand how to conduct field studies and use scientific supplies. The workshop
requires that each participant conduct an investigation widi his or her class. The project is
being conducted in the North Star Borough School District, Fairbanks, which has 9,400 students
in 19 elementary schools. Minorities, most of whom are Alaska natives, make up approximately
25 percent of those students.
AMERICAN SAMOA
AMERICAN SAMOA COMMUNITY COLLEGE - $5,000
DON VARGO, RO. Box 26, AS 96799
Field Guide to the Wildlife of the Protected Areas of Samoa
American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, is developing a field guide to the wildlife
that inhabit Samoa's wetlands, rain forests, and coral reefs. The guide is intended for use both
in the field and in the classroom by middle and high school students and adults to identify
wildlife species that inhabit protected areas of Samoa. The guide describes and illustrates in
full color numerous species of birds, fish, and reptiles and includes thought-provoking questions
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and activities that stimulate an understanding of the environmental challenges facing the tiny
island ecosystem. Key partners that provide monetary or technical support to the project
include the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Education,
the Department of Marine and Wildlife, Fagatele Bay Marine Sanctuary, Le Vaomatua, and
Le Tausagi.
ARIZONA
AGUA FRIA-NEW RIVER NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT - $5,000
KATHY KILLIAN, 3150 N. 35TH AVENUE, SUITE 7, PHOENIX, AZ 85017
Project Preserve Expansion Effort
This project is designed to expand the community's 20-acre outdoor environmental education
facility to include a desert tortoise habitat that complements the dry wash, modern vegetable
and flower garden, native Arizona plant garden, pond, and Native American village currently
in place. In addition, the curriculum that accompanies the outdoor resource is being updated
to incorporate lessons on threatened and endangered species and on aquatic ecosystems and
water quality. Teachers, in particular 40 who are new to the area, are being trained in the use of
the facility.
ARIZONA 4-H YOUTH FOUNDATION - $5,000
JAWANDA MAST, 4341 EAST BROADWAY, PHOENIX, AZ 85040
Maricopa County 4-H Project: Stop Trashing Our Planet
This project trains teenagers from 10 junior high schools to deliver environmental education to
schools and community groups. The mentor teens, in keeping with the 4-H "learn-by-doing"
tradition, organize children in their own and nearby schools to participate in recycling activities.
The project also is producing a guidebook to help teachers support the teen activities. Partners
in the effort include the Extension Service of Maricopa County; Phoenix Clean and Beautiful;
and Kennedy K-8 School, which conducted a successful pilot program.
NOTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY - $5,000
LYNDA HATCH, RO. Box 4085, FLAGSTAFF, AZ 86011
Northern Arizona University Alpine Partnership
Alpine Partnership brings together faculty and pre-service teacher candidates at the university
with staff of informal education facilities in the Flagstaff area to develop and implement an
environmental education curriculum that the teacher candidates present to school children
and other visitors to those institutions. Lessons developed for this project enable students and
visitors to examine and identify the ecological, political, economic, social, and educational
issues that affect each environmental decision. Major partners working with Northern Arizona
University's Education Department to support the project include Lowell Observatory; the
Arboretum at Flagstaff; the Museum of Northern Arizona, and the National Park Service
monuments of Walnut Canyon, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Wupatki. Those institutions provide
visitor services to approximately 40,000 school children per year, as well as to more than 100,000
other visitors from throughout the United States and the world.
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PIMA CENTER FOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION - $4,816
KIMBERLY OTERO, 4343 NORTH OARCLE ROAD, M-192, TUCSON, AZ 85705
A Simulation Activity in Natural Resources Management: Working Within the Framework of the
National Environmental Policy Act
This project is developing resource material for social studies classes at Cross Middle School
that employ simulation and role-playing to demonstrate the steps usually taken to perform an
environmental impact assessment. The students are assigned a role as a member of one of four
stakeholder groups: proponents, public agencies, private consulting firms, and the general
public. Over the course of several weeks, students visit a site; research the environmental and
economic factors that affect it; and identify the regulatory, sociopolitical, and resource constraints
that influence the particular position they will defend. The culminating activity is the effective
communication to the group of the stand each student developed during the simulation.
PIMA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - $4,030
JOHN BERNARDO, 130 WEST CONGRESS STREET, SRD FLOOR, TUCSON, AZ 85701-1317
Bilingual Air Quality Education
The Bilingual Air Quality Education project is training 15 teachers who are bilingual in English
and Spanish through a half-day workshop designed to increase their knowledge of air quality
issues. Each school represented at the workshop receives 10 copies of a clean air curriculum.
After the teachers complete the workshop, trainers work with them in their classrooms for a
minimum of two class sessions to demonstrate ways to integrate air quality lessons into the
classroom schedule.
PHOENIX COLLEGE/MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT - $23,677
KATHLEEN PREECE, 2411 WEST 14m STREET, TEMPE, AZ 85281-6941
Fresh Air Project: Collaborative Program to Link Community Problem Solving and Awareness About
Air Pollution to K-12 Systemic Reform Initiatives
This project establishes 35 collaborative teams, each usually made up of a class, a teacher advisor,
and a community advisor, to explore air pollution problems in Phoenix. Teachers attend
workshops, 20 of which are scheduled under the project, at which they learn about the city's air
pollution problems, appropriate hands-on classroom activities, and a format for developing
student projects. A similar number of workshops for parents acquaint them with air pollution
problems and increase their knowledge of potential hazards to their children's health. During
the workshops, parents also explore ways to minimize those effects. The closing event scheduled
for the project is a "Fresh Air Fest" at which students display their science fair projects and
explore environmental careers. The event also provides an opportunity to solicit innovative
solutions to air quality issues in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - $4,992
NADER CHALFOUN, RO. Box 210075, TUCSON, AZ 85721
House Energy Doctor: Interactive Multimedia Workshop
This project conducts energy awareness and conservation seminars at three Tucson high schools.
Approximately 120 high school students participate in the round of three workshops. Under a
competitive format, teams of 1 Ith-grade science students assess various energy-saving strategies
to reduce the utility bills for a residence typical of the neighborhood. Multimedia computer
analysis showing the fundamentals of each strategy, the energy-saving results achieved, and the
resulting reduction in annual utility bills provides information that students on the various
teams use to debate among themselves which plan is most effective before they submit their
selections for judging.
ARKANSAS
SEVER COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL - $5,000
RALPH TYLER, 115 N. SRD STREET #212, DEQUEEN, AR 71832
Upstream Educational Activity for Youth
The Upstream Educational Activity for Youth is an intensive educational program aimed at
involving students in environmental issues. Youth learn about water quality and assist in the
development of programs related to the topic. They develop videos and slide shows on farming,
land management, timber operations, and mining. In addition, they show how downstream
water quality is affected. Further, the young people collect water and soil samples for analysis.
WHITE RIVER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT - $22,900
VAN THOMAS, RO. Box 2396, BATESVILLE, AR 72503
Teacher Environmental Education Workshops
The purpose of the project undertaken by the White River Planning and Development District,
Inc. (WRPDD) is to enhance public awareness of and involvement in environmental issues in
each city and community in the areas 10 counties, which are overwhelmingly rural and poor.
The project bases its community outreach efforts on the education of school-age children. To
address the need for the establishment of consistent programs in the districts public schools,
the project provides a series of environmental education workshops for teachers and informal
educators. During the one-day workshops, educators learn how to incorporate concepts related
to recycling, composting, and environmental education into their curricula. Each lesson proposed
during the workshops can be incorporated into teaching on other subjects, such as mathematics,
science, and English, and is accompanied by complete instructions and examples that conform
to usual classroom procedures. Staff of the Arkansas Department of Pollution control and
Ecology and of the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service join WRPDD in the
project by serving as instructors for the workshops.
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Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Corporation - $3,800
Shirley Hooks, 210 N. Main Street, Drawer #1016, White County, Beebe, AR 72012
Central Arkansas Student-Teacher Environmental Awareness Congress
The goal of this concentrated project is to increase the understanding of issues related to water
quality and related topics among sixth-grade teachers and students. It educates them about the
threats that water pollution poses to human health. Teachers, students, and members of
community organizations become actively involved through environmental workshops and
research conducted by the students. Participants also conduct water-testing activities. Another
goal of the project is to organize a Student-Teacher Environmental Awareness Congress to train
teachers and students.
CALIFORNIA
CITY OF ARC - $4,850
JULI NEANDER, 736 F STREET, ARCATA, CA 95521
Arcata Marsh Interpretative Center Educational Exhibit
This project provides an interpretive exhibit that demonstrates the unique features of the
community's integrated wedand and wastewater treatment facility for an estimated 10,000 annual
visitors. The educational exhibits highlight the biological and technical aspects of the use of
constructed wetlands to treat wastewater and provide wildlife habitat. As an example of appropriate
technologies for the reuse of wastewater and restoration of wetlands, the interpretive center and
adjacent wildlife sanctuary attract large numbers of visitors, ranging from school children to
public officials and consulting engineers. Using the interpretive displays, Friends of Arcata
Marsh conduct educational tours of the facilities that focus on the water cycle, human use of
water resources, the use of restored wetlands for wastewater treatment, and wildlife habitats.
EAST BAY ASIAN YOUTH CENTER - $5,000
RASJIDAH FRANKLIN, 2065 KITTREDGE STREET, SUITE M, BERKELEY, CA 94704
Training Teachers and Teens in Environmental Education
This project provides training through a two-day workshop for 10 high school students and
24 teachers from three elementary schools. The training equips participants to implement
compost projects at school sites. Joint workshops for the teachers and students employ inquiry
models to teach waste reduction, pollution prevention, and health in the context of urban
organic gardening. After training, the high school students serve as mentors to elementary
school students to guide the younger students in understanding the relationships among
waste, pollution, and nutrition issues. The University of California Cooperative Extension
Service in AJameda County and the Alameda County Waste Management Authority
collaborate with the East Bay Asian Youth Center in the sustainable urban agriculture project.
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FRIENDS OF OAKLAND PARKS AND RECREATION/BROOKDALE DISCOVERY CENTER - $5,000
RICHARD BOLECEK, 1520 LAKESIDE DRIVE, OAKLAND, CA 94612
Courtland Creek: An Urban Creek Community Learning Project
The Courtland Creek project provides training for three high school students in the Courtland
Creek neighborhood to become training assistants working with adult consultants to increase
awareness of the importance of a healthy creek habitat among their peers, their families, and
other members of the community. The project focuses on educating teachers, students, parents,
community leaders, and the public about the threats that pollution poses to human health.
Through hands-on community workshops, participants keep toxic substances out of the creek,
restore native plants to the area, and reintroduce native amphibians if water quality proves
satisfactory for the survival of those species. Key partners in the project include the
Environmental Sciences Academy of the Oakland Unified School District, the California
Academy of Sciences, and the Urban Creek Council.
GEORGE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL/BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT - $5,000
RICHARD MOSKUN, 2322 N. LINCOLN STREET, BURBANK, CA 91504
Habitat Environmental Learning Project
The Habitat Environmental Learning Project (HELP) is developing an environmental science
native plant garden on the campus of George Washington Elementary School. Under the
HELP project, 90 students in third to fifth grade at Washington and two adjacent schools
participate in three-week sessions, working in groups of 15, to learn to identify native plants,
cultivate conditions that enhance their growth, compare native ecosystems in the
environmental science garden with those in the surrounding neighborhood, and maintain
journals to record their activities in support of the project. Information about the progress
of the project is disseminated through newsletters distributed to parents, through the local
media, and on the school's World Wide Web page. Partners in the project include the Burbank
Education Foundation, the City of Burbank Parks and Recreation, and the Burbank Rotary
Club and its service unit, Interact, for high school students.
INYO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION - $5,000
Lo LYNESS, 135 SOUTH JACKSON STREET, INDEPENDENCE, CA 93526
Eastern Sierra Institute for Secondary Students
This project provides 60 to 80 high school students a five-day residential program in the
study of issues related to water use. The participants are recruited from Inyo, Mono, and Los
Angeles counties. Students become involved in an intensive effort to assess vegetative health,
soil conditions, air and water quality, and the water and power infrastructures. They shadow
and interact with resource managers and scientists as they practice using on-site investigative
tools and laboratories. Partners in the project include the Los Angeles Unified School District;
the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Department of the Interior; the Inyo County
Water Department; the California Department of Fish and Game; and the Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power.
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Los ANGELES EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP - $18,870
PATRICIA DUNG, 315 WEST 9 STREET, SUITE 1110, Los ANGELES, CA 90015
Environmental Issues: Chaparral, Wetlands, Coastal Sage, Sand Dunes, and Oak Woodlands
The Environmental Issues project conducts training for 120 teachers in the Los Angeles
Unified School District to help them foster awareness among their inner-city students of the
interrelationships and interdependence of the ecosystems that surround the city. The project
is creating "World Wide "Web pages that highlight local fragile ecosystems, including chaparral,
wetland, coastal sage, sand dune, and oak woodland habitats. Using the Internet to acquaint
students with environmental issues that affect those local habitats, the project provides students
with current resources and leads them in investigations, virtual field trips, and environmental
action projects. Students are enabled to make decisions to act responsibly and to take action
in the community to improve the environment for all living things. Partners in the project
include the University of California Los Angeles Science Project and the Los Angeles Unified
School District.
MONTEREY REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT - $5,000
HEIDI FELDMAN, RO. Box 6, MARINA, CA 93933
"Small Planet" School Education Program: Educational Materials, Teacher Workshops, and
Demonstration Area
This project implements a comprehensive program of outreach to the schools to prompt students
to become active participants in waste reduction. Teachers in five school districts enjoy
opportunities to obtain training in the relationship between the generation and disposal of
waste and the environment and human health. The project also is developing materials for
classroom use that encourage students to design and manage recycling programs at their schools.
Students have the opportunity to visit a waste management facility to learn first-hand how
waste is handled at such facilities. Partners in the project include the Monterey County Office
of Education, the Watershed Institute of California State University Monterey Bay, and the
Monterey City Disposal Service.
OAKLAND ARTS MAGNET/FAR WEST SCHOOL - $10,000
SUSAN QUINLAN, 5623 BROADWAY TERRACE, OAKLAND, CA94618
Integrated Recycling and Yard Waste
This composting project is a model meant to guide the Oakland Unified School Districts
efforts to establish a school-based recycling program for its 120 schools. The project, which is
implementing an integrated recycling and yard waste composting project as a model for the
school district, is an important aspect of educational reform. Under the leadership of a recycling
coordinator, teams of students undergo extensive training to equip them to educate other
students, faculty, and staff about the concepts and practice of recycling and composting. The
organizational structure of the project focuses on becoming self-sustaining and achieving the
goal that 90 percent of all recyclable materials are diverted from the waste stream. Partners in
the project include the Oakland Museum, the East Bay Community Foundation, the Alameda
County Waste Management Authority, and the City of Oakland.
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PACIFIC OAKS COLLEGE - $5,000
JAN BROWN, 5 WESTMORELAND PLACE, PASADENA, CA 91105
Environmental Education Training for Teachers and Young Students
This training partnership project provides six hours of environmental education staff
development for 75 teachers of pre-school children. During the projects NaturKind workshops,
the teachers learn to use simple activities based on habitats of land snails and earthworms to
introduce three- to five-year-old children to ways to explore the world around them. Follow-
up support is available to workshop participants by telephone and through on-line computer
consultation. Pacific Oaks College collaborates with the Roger Tory Peterson Institute to
conduct the NaturKind workshops for Head Start centers, subsidized children's centers, and
state pre-school programs.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF GREATER SAN DIEGO COUNTY - $4,570
PENNY DOCKRY, 332 SOUTH JUNIPER STREET, SUITE 110, ESCONDIDO, CA 92025
Learning About the Watersheds Through Classroom Presentations
This project expands the "water Awareness: Keeping San Diego Bay Clean program to serve an
additional 1,513 sixth-grade students in areas outside the Port Districts sphere of influence,
but in the overall watershed area. The ongoing program for schools in the Port District focuses
on non-point-source pollution from trash, petroleum products, fertilizers, pesticides, and animal
waste. Through classroom presentations that are a model of the watershed, students and teachers
learn about watershed health by applying problem-solving and decision-making skills to develop
an understanding of the causes of non-point-source pollution in the San Diego Bay watershed
and of preventive measures that can control such pollution. .Partners in the project include the
San Diego County Office of Education, the Otay Water District, and the San Diego Unified
Port District.
SAN FRANCISCO RECYCLING CENTER - $5,000
NATASHA STILLMAN, 1145 MARKET STREET, SUITE 401, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
Recycle Challenge 2000
Recycle Challenge 2000 is a science-based comprehensive project designed to use service learning
to broaden participation in recycling programs at schools in San Francisco. The project promotes
participation by training a corps of 20 middle and high school youth recruited from culturally
diverse sections of the city. In their own and neighboring schools, the students conduct service
learning activities that focus on waste management and recycling. Partners in the project
include the San Francisco Unified School District, the San Francisco Volunteer Center, the
service program Linking San Francisco, and the San Francisco Clean City Coalition.
SAVE SAN FRANCISCO BAY ASSOCIATION - $5,000
MARCIA SLACKMAN, 1736 FRANKLIN STREET, 4TH FLOOR, OAKLAND, CA 94612
Seafood Consumption Information Project
This project targets the subsistence fishing population in six Bay Area counties to acquaint
them with contaminants in bay -waters and with ways to minimize the threats to health that
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consumption of fish from contaminated waters can pose. The goal of the project is to reach
2,000 individuals, including the fishing population itself, community members and leaders,
students at all grade levels, teachers, and health workers. To disseminate its message, the project
uses presentations in classrooms, community meetings, health clinics, and libraries, as well as
one-on-one outreach to the fishing population. Partners in the project include the Asian Pacific
Environmental Network; Estuary Action Challenge, a project of the Earth Island Institute; the
Oakland Chinese Community Council; and Impact Assessment, California Department of
Health Services.
SHASTA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION - $16,016
DAVID KLASSON, 1644 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, REDDING, CA 96001
Environmental Science Leadership Development Workshops
This project provides five-day workshops for 100 teachers, classroom aides, community
coordinators, and natural resource professionals. The two workshops, open to participants
from counties in northern California, train participants to use environmental education curricula
developed by the Adopt-a-Watershed Foundation, Project WILD, Project Learning Tree, and
A Child's Place in the Environment, as well as the California State Environmental Education
Guide. Key partners in the project include the Whiskeytown Environmental School; the Adopt-
a-Watershed Foundation; the California Department of Education; the Society of American
Foresters; Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve; the California Department of Fish and Game; the
Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation
Council; the Western Shasta Resource Conservation District; the Bureau of Land Management,
U.S. Department of the Interior; and the Shasta-Tehama Bioregional Council.
WATER EDUCATION FOUNDATION - $5,000
JUDY WHEATLEY, 717 K STREET, SUITE 517, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
Water Conservation in Disadvantaged, Culturally Diverse Inner City Schools
This project provides training in water resources and conservation for 100 primary grade teachers
in Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco school districts. The workshops focus on the use
of educational software developed by the Water Education Foundation, in cooperation with the
Bureau of Reclamation and Division of Water Conservation, for teaching students in kindergarten
through third grade about water conservation and pollution prevention in urban areas.
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ADAMS CITY HIGH SCHOOL - $4,927
DON BRUCE, 4720 EAST 69 AVENUE, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022
Students as Catalysts for Pollution Prevention
The goal of this project is to increase the availability to students, teachers, and the public of
pollution prevention strategies and resources that can contribute to a safer environmental future.
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The project involves more than 300 high school students, particularly 200 students at Adams
City High School who live in a culturally diverse, low-income area and are challenged by
residential and commercial pollution in their communities, which are in close proximity to
five Superfund sites. The students produce multimedia presentations that highlight pollution
prevention, environmental justice, and environmental health. In addition, the project makes
available on the Internet a risk reduction curriculum, resources, and projects for schools and
communities. The primary partners with Adams City High School in the project are Front
Range Community College, the Northwest Metro Pollution Prevention Alliance, the city of
Commerce, the Tri-County Health Department, ENVIR-MGMT, MAACO, and Conoco.
COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - $16,100
MIKE WAY, 999-18 STREET, #2750, DENVER, CO 80202
Colorado Environmental Education Correlations Project
This project provides training to educators in curriculum content standards and provides a
comprehensive, cross-referenced list of environmental education programs that can be used to
meet the requirements of the statewide curriculum content learning standards. The project
targets the state's 50,000 educators, with emphasis on the 1,500 individuals designated to serve
as environmental education liaisons under the Conservation Education Section of the Colorado
Department of Education. In addition, some 2,300 providers of environmental education
have been invited to participate in the project, which is intended to help educators become
aware of state curriculum content standards through workshops and a compendium of
environmental education programs. Under the project, 10 training workshops for environmental
education providers are being conducted through community-based environmental education
networks. Among the issues addressed during the workshops are development and delivery of
environmental education and reform of education. The primary partners in the project are the
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, the Colorado Department of Education, and
educators throughout the state.
CLEAN AIR CAMPAIGN OF PIKE'S PEAK REGION - $2,000
BARB NEGLEY, 219 WEST COLORADO AVENUE, #210, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903
Clean Air for High School Classrooms
The goal of the Clean Air for High School Classrooms project is to educate the community to
solve air quality problems through pollution prevention activities. The project is designed
specifically to educate teachers and students about the properties of air and the effects of air
pollution, as well as the development of intellectual skills that support pollution prevention
efforts. Under the project, 25 educators in the 13 public-school districts in the Pike's Peak
region educate 750 students; through those students, the project reaches 2,250 people, members
of the students' families. Hands-on workshops for educators make use of a variety of educational
materials, including the Clean Air for the High School Classroom resource packet, air quality
monitors provided by the Environmental Services Division of Colorado Springs Utilities, and
curricula provided by local environmental organizations. The project also focuses on educating
teachers in environmental issues and pollution prevention. The primary partners in the project
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are Clean Air for the High School Classroom, the Environmental Services Division of Colorado
Springs Utilities, and such local environmental organizations as Keep Colorado Springs
Beautiful and Wecycle.
COLORADO WILDLIFE FEDERATION - $8,471
DIANE GANSAUER, 445 UNION BOULEVARD, #302, LAKEWOOD, CO 80228
Urban NatureLink
This project focuses on awareness among families in Denver of the wildlife, habitat, and
environmental issues that affect their neighborhoods. It provides resources families can use as
they see fit to protect or improve their environment. The target audience of the project is 15 to
20 urban families, totaling an estimated 30 to 70 participants of all ages, who live in underserved
minority or low-income communities. The Urban NatureLink project includes the current
programs of the Colorado Wildlife Federation and five other educational programs, which educate
culturally diverse, low-income audiences about environmental issues, thereby advancing
environmental justice. The primary partners in the project are the Colorado Division of Wildlife,
the Colorado Bird Observatory, Denver Parks and Recreation, and the Thorne Ecological Institute.
ELECTRONIC PATHWAYS - $5,000
JOHN HOOVER, 3215 MARINE ST/CU, Box 456, BOULDER, CO 80309
Environmental Science Career Communications Network
This project is expanding the Electronic Pathways World Wide Web site called Career
Communications Network for Women and Girls. The project provides equal access and
opportunity to participate fully in todays information age to underserved and underrepresented
populations. It involves 50 to 70 women's and girls' organizations in Colorado that have access
to the Internet. The product reaches its audience through a needs assessment survey and the
Career Communications Network, as well as through a Web site that provides career information
in several categories, including health occupations, science, and nontraditional occupations.
FRIENDS OF BLUFF LAKE - $4,750
SARAH MOONEY, 3051 SOUTH ELM STREET, DENVER, CO 80222
Kindergarten Curriculum
This project provides the first environmental education curriculum specifically geared to
kindergarten students in the Denver metropolitan area and involves that target audience in
environmental education programs. The target audience is traditionally underserved, racially-
mixed, low-income schoolchildren, involving approximately 700 students and their teachers.
The environmental education curriculum and life experiences for students reach that audience
through two-hour environmental education field trips, reinforced by pre- and post-visit activities.
The project provides city children an opportunity to experience a "wild place" in the midst of
a densely-populated urban area. Partners in the project are the Friends of Bluff Lake, the
Denver Public Schools, and the Aurora Public Schools.
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GRAND VALLEY EARTH COALITION - $6,064
SANDI STURM, RO. Box 4758, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81502
Community Environmental Education Project
The Community Environmental Education Project enables students, educators, and residents
in Grand Valley to make informed decisions based on an understanding of environmental
systems and to assess the effects of human activity on those systems. It involves teachers in the
work of local environmental agencies; the teachers then bring the knowledge they have gained
back to the classroom, and both teachers and students increase their environmental awareness
through direct experience. Three government agencies provide teacher training and capacity-
building through internships. Public outreach, an environmental lecture series, and roundtable
discussions with high school and college students, along with an Internet Web site created
under the project, round out the educational effort.
HYGIENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - $4,900
BILLIE PETT, RO. Box 300, HYGIENE, CO 80533
Aquatic Discoveries
The Aquatic Discoveries project, conducted solely by Hygiene Elementary School, teaches
students about environmental issues that affect water, such as conservation, quality, and aquatic
ecosystems. It also increases awareness of such issues, engages students in the development and
application of critical-thinking skills and problem-solving strategies, and encourages them to
take positive environmental action and become involved in the concerns of their communities.
The project involves all staff and students at Hygiene Elementary School, which has a primarily
Caucasian population, with a minority of African American and Hispanic students, and works
to involve parents and other members of the community, as well. During the school year,
students conduct numerous projects to be featured at the Aquatic Discoveries environmental
festival. Newsletters, classroom participation by students, after-school programs, and
communication with the media, as well as the environmental festival itself, promote the project
and build public awareness of environmental issues that affect water.
IGNACIO SCHOOL DISTRICT - $5,000
JULIE SOMERS, 315 IGNACIO STREET, IGNACIO, CO 80309
Ignacio Water Quality
This project builds awareness of environmental issues and ethics, teaches research techniques,
explores technologies, strengthens teamwork and communication skills, and examines career
options in environmental fields in an applied, hands-on manner. Each semester, 20 students,
a majority of whom are Hispanic or Native American, take part directly in the program, with
the entire school population, as well as members of the community, also reached by the effort.
Another goal of the project is to combine an Environmental Science class with a new class in
Field Techniques and Science Technologies. The project aims to stimulate interest in
environmental careers through increased environmental awareness, improve skills in
environmental sampling techniques and communication, strengthen teamwork, and generate
better use of technology and application of the scientific method. The primary partners in the
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endeavor are the Ignacio School District, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and the River Watch
Program of the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY - $18,894
ROBYN WRIGHT-DUNBAR, TELEPHONE: 650-323-45 27, < rwd@ruf.rice.edu>
Mancos Canyon Discovery
This project develops correlations between environmental education programs and state standards
for curriculum content. Students in grades three through five at the Ute Mountain reservation
and public school teachers in the two-county region neighboring the reservation are involved
in the environmental education effort that is designed to be a catalyst to advance education
reform on the state, local, and tribal levels. The target audience is a diverse population that is
9 percent Hispanic and more than 16 percent Native American. In 1999, students in grades six
to eight will join the project, increasing the number of participants to more than 100 students
per summer. The project is developing a locally organized, self-sustaining, backyard learning
resource. The primary collaborators in the project are the Ute Mountain Tribe, RE-1
Independent School District, and The Four Corners Coalition.
CONNECTICUT
SAVE THE SOUND, INC. - $5,000
I ROBINS BROWN, 185 MAGEE AVENUE, STAMFORD, CT 06902
Long Island Sound Education for New Rochelle, New York
This project increases children's awareness and knowledge of Long Island Sound, New York and
its watershed by involving them in hands-on activities. Teachers learn how to integrate activities
related to Long Island Sound, watershed preservation, and the threats that water pollution poses
to health into their classroom programming. The program reaches 15 to 20 teachers of fourth-
arid fifth-grade classes in New Rochelle. Under the program, the students of the participating
teachers take part in beach classes led by experienced naturalists at Long Island Sound Beach.
Partners with Save the Sound, Inc. in the project are the New Rochelle Environmental Partnership
and the City School District of New Rochelle.
LYME CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL/CONNECTICUT REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT - $5,000
DONNA TURCHI, RFD #2, Box 478, LYME, CT 06371
Salmon Restoration/Watershed Study Project
The Salmon Restoration/Watershed Study Project provides an indoor aquatic laboratory designed
to heighten students' awareness of the adjacent Connecticut and Eightmile River tidelands.
Teachers are trained to use the rivers and the aquatic station as laboratories for fostering scientific
inquiry. The project is a collaborative effort between the Lyme Consolidated School and the
Edgerton Elementary School in New London and its minority population.
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NEW HAVEN ECOLOGY PROJECT, INC. - $4,955
JOANNE SCIULLI, c/o WEST ROCK NATURE CENTER, RO. Box 2969, NEW HAVEN, CT 06515
Future Environmental Educator Training
The Future Environmental Educator Training (FEET) project trains urban teenagers to become
environmental educators in West Rock, a primarily African American community in New
Haven. FEET trains six teen educators who lead programs for as many as 400 children and
adults in the following year. The program exposes the young people to careers in education
and the environmental professions, fields that are in dire need of racial diversification.
SOUNDWATERS - $5,000
NATHAN FROHLING BREWERS YACHT HAVEN MARINA, WASHINGTON BLVD., STAMFORD, CT 06902
Urban Ecology Project at Monterey Village
The project educates from 30 to 60 children in fourth through eighth grade from a low-
income, culturally diverse population, along with their families, in issues related to non-point-
source pollution. It demonstrates the link between Monterey Village, a privately owned, low-
income housing project, and the Norwalk River Watershed that flows into Long Island Sound.
DELAWARE
CENTER FOR INLAND BAYS - $4,950
BRUCE RICHARDS, RO. Box 297, NASSAU, DE 19969
Aquaculture Education Initiative
This initiative focuses on priority areas and uses environmental education as a catalyst for
expanding inland bays aquaculture programs to encourage improvement in public policy,
influence future research, and encourage economic aspects of aquaculture. The project also
educates the public about environmental issues that affect their communities through
community-based organizations or through print, film, broadcast, or other media. The study
area is the inland bays watershed that encompasses eastern Sussex County. The area has a
unique diverse population of primarily European ancestry, along with African Americans,
Hispanics, American Indians, and Asians. The target audiences are local organizations, the
Citizen s Advisory Committee, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, and Business
People for the Bays.
FLORIDA
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY - $5,000
ELLEN GRANGER, OFFICE OF RESEARCH, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32306-3067
Sea-to-See: An Introduction to Marine Organisms
The Sea-to-See program brings the marine environment into the elementary classroom and
provides workshops for elementary teachers. Under the program, 3,000 second- and fourth-
grade students have the opportunity to explore the array of macro-invertebrate life that populates
the near-shore marine environment of north Florida. Students explore that environment through
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two touching tanks one representing the salt marsh, oyster bar, and sandy bottom and the
other representing the extremely diverse sea grass beds.
Focus CENTER, INC. - $4,300
JENNIFER B. PETRO, 139 BROOKS STREET, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32548
Woods to Water: An Environmental Approach
This project provides students with an understanding of the environmental dangers present in
local soil and water. It makes students aware of the environmental health risks that pollution
poses to humans. In addition, it promotes awareness of environmental policies, possible
approaches to cleanup, and pollution prevention.
LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT/UMATILLA HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICE ACADEMY - $5,000
LAUREN STRICKLEN, 201 W. BURLEIGH BOULEVARD, TAVARES, FL 32778
Emeralda Marsh Living Classroom
The Emeralda Marsh Living Classroom project allows 90 students the opportunity to explore
the Emeralda Marsh Restoration Area through a variety of activities. It helps the students to
develop an understanding of the resource and the value of its preservation. The activities
offered under the program incorporate a variety of instructional strategies and techniques
described in current education research. The project is a collaborative effort with the Saint
Johns River Water Management District.
SCHOOL BOARD OF ALACHUA COUNTY - $4,950
DR. DONNA OMER, 620 EAST UNIVERSITY AVENUE, GAINESVILLE, FL 32601
Not In My Back Yard
Not In My Back Yard is an interdisciplinary program for 170 students in fifth grade that
investigates issues of environmental quality related to solid waste disposal in the community.
The students, representing various socioeconomic and racial populations, work in collaborative
groups to investigate local ecosystems and learn to become informed citizens who take responsible
environmental actions.
GEORGIA
CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER - $19,245
LISA J. HOLLINGSWORTH, RO. Box 1600, FRANKLIN, GA 30217
Comprehensive Regional Environmental Database
This project provides a comprehensive regional environmental database, on CD-ROM, that.
includes mapped data on environmentally sensitive areas and solid waste management capacity.
The project also provides a training workshop for planning commissioners, local planning staff,
elected officials, and other interested persons to educate them in using the database to support the
review of land use permit applications and decisions about approval or denial of such applications.
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The project also assists local governments in arranging special programs that introduce high
school students to the CD-ROM program and its use.
COASTAL KIDS - $4,520
CATHY TOBLER, RO. Box 21243, ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA 31522
Coastal Encounters Project
The Coastal Encounters Project focuses on building the capability of local teachers and informal
educators to enhance and deliver environmental education and to increase students' awareness
of the effects of tourism and other local industries on the coastal environment. In four workshops,
60 teachers work in collaboration with Coastal Encounters to integrate the curriculum into
current classroom instruction. Through 18 field trips, the project also provides the opportunity
for almost 1,000 students to participate in hands-on activities and work on group assignments
and problem-solving exercises.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ALLIANCE - $4,875
DERON DAVIS, 2125 ELACHEE DRIVE, GAINESVILLE, GA 30504
Develop and Distribute Georgia Education Resource Guide
This project provides a resource guide to environmental education facilities throughout the
state of Georgia. Educators and other interested persons can use the resource guide to find
field trip locations and information that can be integrated into current environmental curricula.
The guide also helps ensure that environmental information is consistent.
GEORGIA ENVIROTHON - $4,900
TERRY SEEHORN, ROUTE 1, Box 1A1, RABUN GAP, GA 30568
The Georgia Envirothon -A High School Environmental Competition
The hands-on academic competition conducted under this project provides 148 students and
48 teachers an opportunity to enhance environmental education through interaction between
agencies responsible for the protection of natural resources and educators. Students interact
with natural resource professionals at competition stations that give them a better understanding
of the day-to-day problems and opportunities people who hold those jobs encounter. A college
and career fair is an integral part of the competition.
SEVEN RIVERS RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA, INC. - $5,000
DALE D. SELLERS, 400 EAST PARK AVENUE, SUITE 5, BAXLEY, GA 31513
Project Environmentally Correct!
Project Environmentally Correct! addresses the issue of wetland ecosystems and provides
sustained and intensive professional development to teachers and staff of the Appling County
Middle School to improve instruction in environmental science. Students use two ponds that
feature nesting boxes and an observation platform to study aquatic and wetland ecology, learn
to conduct water testing, and study the habitats.
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IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES - $5,000
DICK LARSEN, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, 1301 N. ORCHARD STREET, BOISE, ID 83706
Idaho Water Awareness Week
The Idaho Water Awareness Week program equips sixth graders with the educational tools and
understanding they need to develop and maintain an appreciation of the importance of water
in their lives. The project uses an existing curriculum that specifically focuses on water to teach
11,500 students from a variety of school environments, including home schools. Under the
project, extensive organized student activities, including field trips, environmental projects,
and hands-on programs, reinforce classroom activities. The program gives students the
opportunity to develop critical-thinking and decision-making skills while they increase their
scientific and general knowledge about issues related to water and the environment.
NORTHWEST NAZARENE COLLEGE - $20,000
LIANNE YAMAMOTO, TEACHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 623 HOLLY, NAMPA, ID 83686
The Examining Regional Biodiversity Systems Project
The Examining Regional Biodiversity Systems Project enriches the overall environmental literacy
and environmental action skills of middle school students living in small-town and rural
communities in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon; enhances the planning and instructional
skills of middle school teachers in areas related to environmental education; and expands the
capacity of schools to provide superior activities focused on environmental issues, with a special
emphasis on hands-on activities for young people. A professional training cadre of 21 middle
school teachers from seven schools delivers the program. The innovative approach that forms
the basis of the program focuses on a model that demonstrates how people experience a change
in attitude, and subsequently a change in behavior, as they investigate solutions to various
environmental issues.
SOUTHEAST IDAHO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS - $1,400
CHUCK PRINCE, PORTNEUF WATERSHED COUNCIL, RO. Box 6079, POCATELLO, ID 82305-6079
Portneuf Watershed Council Water Quality Education
This project aims to improve public awareness of the importance of the quality of both surface
water and groundwater in a four-county region. The project focuses on developing critical-
thinking skills related to the possible effects of certain land uses on water bodies and the
degradation of water quality that may result from certain actions. Models of groundwater and
surface-water flow and videotapes are used in presentations and demonstrations for students,
teachers, civic groups, community and tribal leaders, and the general public. The presentations
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are designed to equip those audiences to make informed decisions about land use, the protection
of water quality, and possible solutions to problems related to those issues.
ILLINOIS
See page 4 for a profile of a grant awarded to the Center for Instruction, Staff Development, and
Evaluation by EPA Headquarters.
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS - $4,953
KAREN LANTER, 6100 CENTER GROVE ROAD, EDWARDSVILLE, IL 62025
Open Airways for Schools
Under this project, the American Lung Association (ALA) of Illinois is training nursing students
at Southern Illinois University and school nurses in East St. Louis and Granite City to use the
highly structured and user-friendly curriculum Open Airways. The curriculum teaches 8- to
11-year-old students how to control and manage their asthma. The trained educators will
reach more than 200 students in 20 schools throughout East St. Louis and Granite City, areas
in which 99 percent of the children are African American from families that have incomes less
than the average in the state. Through participation in the program, children learn to manage
their asthma by identifying factors that trigger attacks, including environmental conditions.
Children therefore experience improved health and increase their awareness of environmental
issues, particularly those related to environmental justice.
BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY - $4,948
MARY MICKUS, 5700 COLLEGE ROAD, LISLE, IL 60532
Elementary Outreach Program - Discovery Boxes
Under this project, the Jurica Nature Museum, housed in the Scholl Science Center, is expanding
its environmental education and outreach program by developing "discovery boxes" that focus
on local issues related to biodiversity and the ecosystem. The boxes, which are distributed on
loan to elementary school teachers, contain a variety of environmental lessons and activities.
The project reaches more than 3,000 students in their classroom, as well as 80 school groups
that visit the museum's new and improved interactive environmental exhibits. Through the
discovery box activities and museum visits, students learn to identify environmental issues,
state facts accurately, and resolve problems and develop an understanding of how difficult
decisions are reached. The project also trains science teachers in methods of teaching a curriculum
on environmental diversity.
CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT - $4,783
SOFIA REFETOFF, 425 E. MCFETRIDGE DRIVE, CHICAGO, IL 60605
Environmental Education in Urban Parks
Under this project, the Chicago Park District is integrating environmental education into its
core program through a series of intensive staff development workshops and lectures. Managers,
park supervisors, and park instructors receive training in the educational programs Project Learning
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learn to integrate environmental education into the district's existing programs, which serve
more than 40,000 children throughout the city. In its first year, the project reached approximately
360 park personnel from 260 city parks, as well as an estimated 3,600 students influenced by the
trained employees. The Chicago Park District conducts the project in partnership with the
Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Chicago Academy of Sciences.
THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF Du PAGE COUNTY - $5,000
ANNE MARIE SMITH, 703 WARRENVILLE ROAD, WHEATON, IL 60187
Envimthon
The Du Page County Envirothon tests students' knowledge and understanding of issues related
to the use of the state's resources, cultivates a desire to learn more about the natural world, and
promotes interest in environmental careers. After competing at the county level, students
proceed to a statewide competition. State winners then participate in a competition that involves
participants from 15 states. Du Page and Kane counties draw participants from environmental
clubs at public high schools, various private schools, and 4-H clubs. The expanding program is
expected to reach 140 students and 35 teachers in its second year. Du Page County and the
Kane-Du Page Soil and Water Conservation District work in partnership to coordinate and
host the Envirothon.
HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE - $5,000
MARK FINLEY, 1226 TOWANDA, BLOOMINGTON, IL 61701
Mackinaw Watershed Environmental Education
Heartland Community College is conducting this project designed to increase public awareness
of and knowledge about environmental issues that affect the upper Mackinaw River system.
The project focuses first on community education and then on teacher education. Its community
courses teach high school students and members of the public to collect information about
environmental assessment in the local watershed, evaluate the information, and identify stresses
on the river system. In addition, a five-day summer workshop teaches educators to use the
Mackinaw River as a natural laboratory. The project has reached more than 100 students and
more than 30 teachers from several communities. The Heartland Community College conducts
the project in partnership with The Nature Conservancy.
ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY - $24,000
BRIAN URBASZEWSKI, RO. Box 19276, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62794
A Tour of the Urban Environment
Under this project, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is enhancing the air pollution
component of a new environmental science exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry
called "A Tour of the Urban Environment." Using an interactive device and a display unit, the
exhibit educates students and the public about the sources of urban ozone smog, the health
risks it poses, and solutions to the smog problem. The project fosters an understanding of the
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consideration of preventive actions that might decrease ozone levels in the Chicago region.
Each year, the museum hosts more than 400,000 students in school and other youth groups
among its 1.7 million visitors.
METROPOLITAN CHICAGO COUNCIL OF CAMPFIRE, INC. - $5,000
JEAN D. LACHOWICZ, 203 N. WABASH, #1518, CHICAGO, IL 60601
Farm Camp
The Farm Camp project takes 40 boys and girls in the Campflre organization, along with 12
trained adult volunteers, to an organic farm in Caledonia, Illinois, where the children spend
three days learning about the day-to-day operations of the farm and observing environmentally
conscious food production and farming. The children explore the issues of agricultural waste,
biodiversity, and erosion. Through a series of hands-on activities, the children learn to think
critically and evaluate environmental issues and the relationship of such issues to hunger, land
use, agricultural techniques, and earth awareness.
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #29 - SUNSET RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - $5,000
GEORGIA BOZEDAY, 525 SUNSET RIDGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD, IL 60093
Impact of the Water Cycle on Regional and Global Ecosystems
Students in grades four to eight at Sunset Ridge Elementary School study their local wetlands
through daily collection of various data. The activities conducted under this project include
field trips to local wetland habitats and to a water reclamation plant. The students then share
the data collected with others throughout the world through the GLOBE program, a worldwide
network of students and scientists working together to learn about the global environment.
Students also create multimedia presentations based on their outdoor investigations. In addition,
educators attend GLOBE training workshops that equip them to use the computer program
effectively in their classrooms. More than 250 students participate in wetland activities and
the GLOBE program.
INDIANA
VIGO COUNTY SCHOOL CORPORATION - $3,990
C. JEAN CHURCH, 961 LAFAYETTE AVENUE, TERRE HAUTE, IN 47804
Substitute Teacher Environmental Project
Through a program at Utah State University, Vigo County trains an in-service facilitator in
water education. The facilitator then trains 20 substitute teachers in the Vigo County school
system to be water education specialists so that they can teach environmental lesson plans
when they substitute throughout the school district. The training workshop focuses on learning
to use the Comprehensive Water Education Book, a text designed to accomplish the objectives
set forth by the National Science Council. In the classroom, students study issues related to
water quality, wise use of water, and non-point-source pollution. They explore those issues
through learning activities based on sound, hands-on techniques of inquiry. The project reaches
more than 8,000 students during the school year.
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AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION, IOWA SECTION - $5,000
ANGIE MANN, 2201 VALLEY DRIVE, DES MOINES, IA 50321
Iowa Children's Water Festival
The Iowa Children's Water Festival is a one-day educational event that gives fifth graders the
opportunity to learn about the important role of water in the environment. To ensure statewide
participation, random regional drawings are conducted to select 1,500 students to attend the
event, held at the Ankeny campus of the Des Moines Area Community College. The Des
Moines Water Works is a partner in the project.
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - $4,420
DUANE TOQMSEN, GRIMES STATE OFFICE BUILDING, DES MOINES, IA 50319-0146
Nature Speaks
The Nature Speaks project develops numerous communication skills linked with experiences
in the natural environment. Through the project, 26 teachers participate in a workshop designed
to connect the disciplines of language arts, social studies, science, physical education, and art
with ecology and understanding of environmental relationships in learning-by-doing activities.
The University of Northern Iowa is a partner in the project.
IOWA RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION - $5,000
THOMAS DEVES, 3863 SHORT STREET, DUBUQUE, IA 52002
Iowa Electrathon
Under the Iowa Electrathon project, schools design, build, and race one-person electric vehicles.
Students are involved directly in the design and construction of the cars and are involved
indirectly in obtaining sponsors, arranging publicity, and project planning. More than 500
schools in Iowa public, private, and parochial participate in the project. Teachers attend
a workshop during which they explore environmental issues and learn to build the Electrathon
vehicles. The Electrathon is intended to bring attention to the environmental problems caused
by conventional cars and to demonstrate the practicality of electric vehicles. Partners in the
project are the Iowa Renewable Energy Association and the Center for Energy and Environmental
Education at the University of Northern Iowa.
MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT - $5,000
TERRY ALLEN, 1000 NORTH 4TH STREET, FAIRFIELD, IA 50556
Creating an Ecosystem: A Model K-12 Environmental Curriculum
The curriculum implementation project includes faculty training, student education, and
distribution of educational material to the public. The target audience includes 650 students
and faculty of the school selected for the project, as well as an estimated 200 students and
teachers from other schook. The project addresses a fundamental environmental problem, the
need to develop sustainable methods of agriculture, and includes a faculty workshop and
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classroom and greenhouse activities. Food workers who teach the Common Roots Curriculum
are partners with the university in the project.
MISSOURI & MISSISSIPPI DIVIDE RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT, INC. - $4,560
KEITH EDWARDS, 618 PARK AVENUE, SAC CITY, IA 50583
Iowa Organic Agriculture Education Project
The Iowa Organic Agriculture Education Project increases awareness and knowledge of organic
agriculture among farmers and provides them the skills they need to apply organic agriculture
practices. Farmers who are converting to organic farming and others who use organic practices
are the target audience. A series of six workshops provide training for more than 300 members
of the farming community. The participants gain an understanding of the effects of farming
practices on human health. Missouri & Mississippi Divide Resource Conservation &
Development, Inc.; Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development, Inc.; the Heartland
Organic Cooperative; and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship are
partners in the project.
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA - $5,000
DAVE CONRADS, E216 FIELD HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY, IA 52242
Wild 2000, A Wildcare Project
Wild 2000, A Wildcare Project provides all children in the Iowa City Community School District
(ICCSD) the opportunity to participate in a week-long outdoor environmental educational
experience sometime during their elementary school years. The week-long program is modeled
on a wildlife camp program that focuses on various ecosystems in the area. The pilot program
begins with five elementary schools, including more than 250 students and 15 teachers. The
students participating are fourth, fifth, and sixth graders from a multicultural background. Partners
in the project are the ICCSD and the University of Iowa.
KANSAS
See page 4 for a profile of a grant awarded to the Kansas Association for Conservation and
Environmental Education by EPA Headquarters.
BAKER UNIVERSITY-$12,450
ROGER BOYD, STH & GROVE, BALDWIN CITY, KS 66006
Wetlands With a Vision
The Wetlands With a Vision project incorporates student and teacher training, as well as
community-based education, to increase the use of an outdoor classroom by area schools. The
project trains a group of volunteers as tour leaders, who then are equipped to improve awareness
and understanding among the general public of the value and functions of wetlands. Under the
project, pamphlets that provide check lists of birds, mammals, fish, herbs, and plants found in
the wetlands are integrated into the current curriculum. Because of their locations, wetlands
adjoining Haskell Indian Nations University and wetlands in the flood plain of the Wakarusa
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BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE - $3,797
JUDY CARNEY, 901 S. HAVERHILL ROAD, EL DORADO, KS 67042
Developing a Water Festival in Butler County
Under this project, a one-day water festival is held for more than 400 fourth- and fifth-grade
students in Butler County. The water festival raises public awareness of the problem of non-
point-source pollution in the Butler County water supply. Partners in the project are Butler
County Community College and the Butler County Conservation District.
HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY - $25,000
WILLIAM M. WELTON, 155 INDIAN AVENUE, LAWRENCE, KS 66046
Environmental Education Through Distance Learning
Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) and the Haskell Environmental Research Studies
Center are extending environmental education through distance learning for underserved
American Indian audiences. The project uses satellite technology in collaborative efforts to
build tribal capacity by providing formal environmental education to tribal educators and
students. Teachers are trained in the use of culturally relevant material from the curricula
Investigate Your Environment and Project Learning Tree. The teachers in turn reach 300 sixth-
through eighth-grade American Indian students. Under the project, HINU works in cooperation
with tribally controlled colleges in five states Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana, Washington and with tribes in Kansas.
KANSAS RURAL CENTER - $4,825
JERRY JOST, RO. Box 133, WHITING, KS 66552
Making the Pieces Fit in Sustainable Agricultural Conference
This conference makes available effective learning opportunities in practical approaches to
sustainable agriculture. It provides networking opportunities for approximately 275 farmers
among the community-based farming clusters in the Heartland Network. The effort is sponsored
jointly by the Kansas Rural Center and Kansas State University.
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT #323 PERRY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - $5,000
PAULA KELLOGG, THIRD AND BRIDGE STREETS, PERRY, KS 66073
Local and Global Education to Enhance Environmental Awareness
The Local and Global Education to Enhance Environmental Awareness project prepares staff
of the school district to serve as trainers in the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the
Environment (GLOBE) program and to develop an outdoor study site. More than 70 teachers
are trained in the use of the GLOBE program and have access to the study site, and more than
1,000 students participate in the project. Through Internet capabilities available in all classrooms
in Unified School District #323, students and staff communicate with other students, teachers,
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and scientists throughout the world. Local organizations, such as scouts and Quail Unlimited,
Inc., take an active role in maintaining and using the study site.
W. CLEMENT STONE NATURE CENTER - $5,000
MARTHA BIRREL, 7240 SW1 OTH STREET, TOPEKA, KS 66615
Fostering Environmental Responsibility in the Urban Environment
This project extends opportunities for environmental and outdoor activities to low-income
and at-risk youth. The program is offered to 20 leaders and 430 young people, ages 8 to 14,
from eight schools and two youth organizations. Approximately 66 percent of the young
people participating in the project are African American or Hispanic. Student education and
teacher training, with an emphasis on conservation of the natural environment, contribute to
that populations appreciation of the natural world.
WYANDOTTE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT - $6,169
JOSEPH CONNOR, 619 ANN AVENUE, KANSAS CITY, KS 66101
Project Protect: A Community-Based Program to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning
Project Protect uses a coordinated community-based educational process to reduce the risk of
exposure to lead in high-risk families. The project director trains 34 staff members from three
community-based organizations who then give presentations to three neighborhood associations
and three child-development classes at local colleges. The object is to personalize educational
activities related to prevention of lead-poisoning for 926 targeted families who have children
six and under who live in low-income housing built before 1978.
KENTUCKY
JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS/MEDORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - $4,964
LARRY D. HAMFELDT, RO. Box 34020, LOUISVILLE, KY 40232-4020
River as Giver
The River as Giver project teaches students to become global citizens, take personal responsibility
for preserving the integrity of the Ohio River, and understand the influence the river has on
their daily lives. The students and their teachers participate in hands-on activities at the river
and at school. Students and members of the community have access to science stations set up
at Riverside, a restored farmstead that reflects life in the 1800s.
KNOX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION/LAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - $16,238
DAVID COLE, 200 DANIEL BOONE DRIVE, BARBOURVILLE, KY 40906
Lay School Environmental Education Project
This project trains teachers to use wetlands to teach students and the community about
environmental issues and to monitor the health of a wetland. Teachers are trained through
workshops to use the on-site natural wetland to meet the instructional goals of the curriculum
as a whole. Students have the opportunity to verify the environmental effects of pollution on
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MONTICELLO INDEPENDENT BOARD OF EDUCATION - $5,000
MARGARET BROADHURST, 135 CAVE STREET, MONTICELLO, KY 42633
Outdoor Classroom/Nature Trail
This project establishes an outdoor classroom and nature trail that brings environmental
education to students, school personnel, and the community. At the outdoor classroom, students
participate in hands-on learning experiences that move them from a passive to an active role in
the learning process. The nature trail includes a path accessible to the handicapped.
OLDHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - $5,000
LINDA D'ANTONI, RO. Box 218, BUCKNER, KY 40010
Preschool Environmental Education Center
The Preschool Environmental Education Center provides preschool children with increased
knowledge of the local environment and how it is affected by various factors. Through that
knowledge, the youngsters and the preschooPs partners develop increased capacity to engage in
community efforts to preserve their local environment. The on-site environmental education
center is used extensively by 149 preschool children.
LOUISIANA
See page 4for a profile of a grant awarded to Xavier University of Louisiana, Deep South Center for
Environmental Justice by EPA Headquarters.
BIG RIVER COUNCIL CAMP FIRE - $5,000
GWEN STEWART, 4874 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, SUITE 1E , BATON ROUGE, LA 70808
Primary Nature Trail
The Primary Nature Trail project gives inner-city youth an opportunity to acquire environmental
knowledge and awareness through the written and pictorial information about trees and other
plants that is provided along the path. The young people also observe and collect samples of
lichens, fungi, and insects found in and around decaying logs. The nature trail includes a
compost pile, a butterfly garden, and a wetland, as well as nesting boxes that allow observation
of the occupants. Users of the trail also can observe bats, ducks, and birds in their natural
habitats. In addition, an archaeological dig highlights fossils for observation.
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY MARINE CONSORTIUM - $18,060
JOHN CARUSO, 8124 HIGHWAY 56, CHAUVIN, LA 70344
Effects of Eutrophication and Hypoxia in Louisiana's Coastal Waters
The Louisiana University Marine Consortium (LUMCON), a cooperative effort of the states
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several state environmental agencies, sponsors this project for university-level students. The
project seeks to provide such students detailed, in-depth education on the widespread and
closely related phenomena of eutrophication and oxygen depletion in Louisiana's coastal waters.
Students involved in the project participate in one of LUMCON's three principal programs:
field trip programs that enrich regular session courses and those that are conducted during
spring break and summer and courses provided under the Louisiana Alliance for Minority
Participation (LAMP) Program, all of which provide the students first-hand experience in the
marine environment. The target audience of the project is graduate and undergraduate students
enrolled in the 19 member universities of the consortium, of which five are historically minority
colleges and universities. Each year, some 400 students participate in some phase of the program.
CENLA PRIDE - $3,800
BETTY JONES, 802 THIRD STREET, ALEXANDRIA, LA 71301
Water Quality Career Camp
The Water Quality Career Camp educates students about environmental issues to encourage
their interest in environmental careers, specifically in the area of water quality. Students develop
an understanding of urban storm-water runoff and its effects on aquatic ecosystems. They also
attend a day camp program, conduct hands-on projects and activities, and take field trips
related to water quality. A public awareness component rounds out the project.
TALLULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - $5,000
BECKY LANCASTER, 1100 JOHNSON STREET, TALLULAH, LA 71282
Outdoor Environmental Education Classroom Problem-Solving Project
The Outdoor Environmental Education Classroom project provides students an opportunity
for hands-on environmental education. It includes nature trails, observation platforms, a weather
station, flower and rock gardens, a water study area, ponds, bird feeders, nesting boxes, and soil
study areas. The center is a vital environmental learning resource for all students and teachers
in the parish.
MAINE
AROOSTOOK BAND OF MICMACS - $3,728
FRED COREY, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR, 759 MAIN STREET, PRESQUE ISLE, ME 04769
Environmental Workshops and Newsletters: Education, Problem Solving, and the Environment
This two-part project provides workshops for tribal youth and distributes newsletters to the
tribal community. Through the three workshops provided, the young people examine issues
related to non-point-source pollution, solid waste and landfills, and water quality. The two
newsletters produced under the project cover environmental hazards known to affect the Micmac
community. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, collaborators in the development and presentation of the workshops, provide
staff, educational resources, and equipment for field exercises.
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LISSA WIDOFF, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, RO. Box 365, 243 HIGH STREET, BELFAST, ME 04915
Fostering a New Generation of Environmentally Literate Teachers
This project establishes a summer master s degree program in ecological literacy, which fosters
a new generation of environmentally literate teachers. After preparation of curricula and course
syllabi, selection and training of faculty, and planning for its field and urban segments, the
program reaches 20 teachers and the students in each of their classrooms, thereby affecting as
many as 400 non-traditional (working) students. The project is a collaborative effort of the
Audubon Expedition Institute and Lesley College of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
BLUE HILL CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL - $5,000
PATRICK PHILLIPS, BLUE HILL, ME 04614
Enhancing Environmental Education Through Collaboration and Inservice
The core curriculum developed under this project involves students in the care of injured
wildlife and research related to the needs of those creatures and enhances awareness of endangered
species, especially in the Blue Hill Peninsula and Mount Desert Island area. The project uses
existing resources to integrate the subject matter into environmental education at the seventh-
and eighth-grade levels. The project also provides support for kindergarten through sixth-
grade curricula. Blue Hill Consolidated School conducts the project in collaboration with the
Acadia Wildlife Foundation and College of the Atlantic.
NORTHERN MAINE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - $17,559
ROBERT R CLARK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RO. Box 779, 2 SOUTH MAIN STREET, CARIBOU, ME 04736
Household Hazardous Waste Education and Exchange Program
The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Education and Exchange Program provides regional
workshops for citizens, businesses, industries, schools, nonprofit organizations, and
municipalities in northern Maine, an area that has a population of 79,582. The project also
provides workshops through which teachers and students learn about inventorying and reusing
HHW, as well as reducing the amounts of such waste generated. The workshops, which reach
more than 15,000 students, are conducted in conjunction with solid waste professionals in
Aroostok County, local water and sewer utility districts, and the Northern Maine Solid Waste
Management Committee.
MARYLAND
Seepage 5for a profile of a grant awarded to the Living Classrooms Foundation by EPA Headquarters.
CENTER FOR SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS - $5,000
ALAN RUBY, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, 3505 N. CHARLES STREET, BALTIMORE, MD 21218
Water Pollution Unit for 8th-Grade Science
This project works with several inner-city middle schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
address the issue of water pollution and health problems related to the quality of local drinking
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water. The curriculum conforms to new standards for science and environmental ecology-
programs established for Pennsylvania schools. Teachers learn, and then bring to the classroom,
hands-on activities that examine issues related to urban water supplies, such as problems
associated with older water treatment systems and old delivery systems and urban sources of
water contamination. The curriculum also examines environmental careers and gives students
an opportunity to explore ways to prepare for a future in environmental science.
CHESAPEAKE AUDUBON SOCIETY - $3,799
RICHARD LEADER, 11450 AUDUBON LANE, EASTON, MD 21601
Environmental Education and Career Exposure for Adjudicated Youth
Pickering Creek Environmental Center works with a residential program for male adjudicated
students, all from low-income families, to provide environmental education. The course provides
the 24 students in the program with a positive introduction to the outdoors and builds their
communication and teamwork skills. Through classroom programs, field trips, and schoolyard
habitat programs, the project gives the students the opportunity to explore environmental
careers and involves them in hands-on projects that directly improve the environment. Under
the program, students earn credits toward their high school diplomas. The project is a partnership
effort of the Chesapeake Audubon Society, which owns and operates the environmental center,
and Bethany House.
MARYLAND FORESTRY BOARD FOUNDATION - $5,000
MICHAEL GRANT, RO. Box 4205, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21403
Forest Conservation and Natural Resources Career Week
The Forest Conservation and Natural Resources Career Week program brings environmental
education to 48 high school students attending a one-week summer camp. Applicants, two
from each county in the state, are selected through a competitive interview process. The camp,
developed for students interested in pursuing careers in forestry or other natural resource
management fields, is located on 100,000 acres of the Savage River State Forest. Teams of
eight students each use their newly acquired skills to perform an environmental analysis of an
assigned tract of land and solve a complex environmental problem.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOVERNMENT - $5,000
BOYD CHURCH, 101 MONROE STREET, 4 FLOOR, ROOM 410, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850
Clean Streets, Clean Streams Program
The Clean Streets, Clean Streams Program educates the community about the effects of non-
point-source pollution, particularly the improper disposal of waste automotive fluids, on the
region's public drinking water. Program materials, available in Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and
Vietnamese, describe methods of catching leaks and spills, as well as proper cleanup and disposal
of contaminated materials. They are displayed at the county's Ethnic Heritage Festival and at
the county fair. In addition, the availability of the materials is announced on radio broadcasts,
and they are distributed in educational packages.
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SOUTHERN MARYLAND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, INC. - $364
KEN HAFNER, 303 POST OFFICE ROAD, SUITE B4A, WALDORF, MD 20602-2702
Nanjemoy Creek Environmental Education Center Meadow Habitat
Under this project, 150 disadvantaged youth, grades five through eight, are establishing an
improved meadow habitat at Nanjemoy Creek Environmental Education Center. The students
also study aquatic, tidal marsh, river shoreline, upland woods, and meadow habitats to learn
how the environmental quality of the creek afreets the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay.
MASSACHUSETTS
Seepage 5for a profile of a grant awarded to the Massachusetts Audubon Society by EPA Headquarters.
ALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT, INC. - $5,000
PENN LOH, 2343 WASHINGTON STREET, 2ND FLOOR, ROXBURY, MA 02119
Youth Educators for Asthma Prevention
This project is conducted in Roxbury, an impoverished city of 60,000 residents, 90 percent of
whom are people of color. Roxbury has the highest rate of asthma in Massachusetts. A corps
of 16 to 24 Roxbury youth, ages 14 to 21, are trained in two after-school sessions. They then
design workshops, skits, handouts, and other outreach devices to share their knowledge with
other youth, teachers, and adults in their community. All materials developed are compiled
into a manual on asthma that is distributed to educators in Boston.
CAMP FIRE COUNCIL FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS - $5,000
CYNTHIA BEAUDOIN, 108 UNION WHARF, BOSTON, MA 02109-1281
WortdWise
In eastern Massachusetts, the WorldWise project, a national effort of Camp Fire Boys and
Girls, has five learning objectives: The Ecosystem; Limiting Factors; Habitat and Niche; Matter
and Energy Flow in Ecosystems; and Succession. Staff of 15 licensed urban after-school programs,
including several in Boston and Cambridge, and of suburban programs participate in workshops
and community service activities. Using a written survey, the 30 workshop participants evaluate
presentations that are provided to an average of 375 children each year.
CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. - $5,000
NANCY NYLEN, 112 ELM STREET, PITTSFIELD, MA 01201
Environmental Teleconference Project: River Awareness and Action
This project actively engages students at four high schools and two colleges in investigating the
environmental condition of the Hoosic River. The project builds local capacity by expanding
educational programming and increasing awareness on the part of the general public of issues that
affect the watershed. The project broadcasts educational television programming to approximately
14,000 households and culminates in an interactive teleconference among participating schools.
The project is a collaborative effort of the Center for Ecological Technology, Inc.; the Hoosic
River "watershed Association; and the Northern Berkshire Community Television Corporation.
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CHELSEA HUMAN SERVICES COLLABORATIVE - $5,000
EDWARD MARAVKOVITZ, 300 BROADWAY, CHELSEA, MA 02150
Environmental Issues in Chelsea: Capacity-Building for Informed Decisions and Responsible Action
Environmental Issues in Chelsea provides an educational conference focused on four recent
reports about environmental concerns that affect Chelsea, a low-income city at high risk for
environmental problems, including lead poisoning and conditions that cause or aggravate asthma
in children. The target audience includes 100 community leaders in Chelsea, of whom 50
percent are low-income and 50 percent are Hispanic. Further, 25 percent of that audience are
youth leaders, and 10 percent are public officials. An additional 1,000 people, of a similar
demographic composition, are targeted through the public media. Key partners in the project
are the Environmental Diversity Forum, the Bridge School of Chelsea, the Massachusetts Toxics
Campaign Fund, the Chelsea Record, and the Spanish language newspaper ElMundo.
EARTH WORKS PROJECT, INC. - $5,000
BILL TAYLOR, 11 GREEN STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN, MA 02130
Schoolyard Orchard Outdoor Classroom
The Schoolyard Orchard Outdoor Classroom project expands Earth Works Project, Inc. s efforts
to encourage teachers and young people to plant and care for fruit and nut trees, shrubs, and
vines and to teach them about food production and ecosystems. The project provides 30
hands-on activities organized according to several themes or units and field-tests and evaluates
the materials as they are used by at least 12 teachers and 200 students. The project also provides
a curriculum handbook for the training of 40 teachers of primarily low-income students in
kindergarten through grade six in the use of schoolyard urban orchards. Approximately 800
students are involved directly in the project.
FALMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS - $5,000
JOAN MULLER, 340 TEATICKET HIGHWAY, EAST FALMOUTH, MA 02536-6527
Adult Basic Education Focusing on Groundwater and Pollution Issues
This project improves and enriches the current science curriculum of the Adult Basic Education
(ABE) program by adapting a groundwater and pollution course for ABE students and
distributing the materials to other programs on Cape Cod, where concerns about groundwater
pollution are particularly high because of the Superfund hazardous waste site at the Massachusetts
Military Reservation. The primary goal of the project is to educate 15 adult-education instructors
and 120 adult learners who, lacking high school diplomas, are marginally employed or
unemployed. The learning program includes hands-on activities and reading and writing
assignments. The participants also keep journals.
HOLLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - $1,190
DEBRA BENVENISTE, TOWN HALL, RO. Box 170, HOLLAND, MA 01521
Environmental Fair Day at Lake Siog
The Environmental Fair Day project is a day-long series of workshops: Life of the Forest Floor,
Life of the Pond, Life of the Beaver Dam, Wetland Identifiers, and The Night Sky. Serving
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approximately 100 to 150 people, including 70 children, the workshops help participants develop
awareness of indicators of both health and distress for wetland areas, ponds, and forests. Some
individuals are trained to provide the workshops to other audiences. Partners in the endeavor
include the Holland Park Commission, The Hitchcock Center for the Environment, the
Planetarium at Amherst College, and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
NORTHEAST SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION - $17,700
NANCY HAZARD, 50 MILES STREET, GREENFIELD, MA 01301
Journey to the Future: Elementary Education for Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Living
This project provides a set of curriculum materials focused on technologies and behaviors that
create a sustainable society. The project provides an interactive educational booklet for elementary
school students and a teacher guide that focuses on the everyday decisions and actions that
people make as individuals. In addition, educators from New York and New Jersey attend
workshops on the use of the materials. The project provides a vision of sustainable living and
decision making that fosters pollution prevention. Partners in the public and private sectors,
including environmental educators, work with the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
in developing and delivering the curriculum materials.
PARKER RIVER CLEAN WATER ASSOCIATION - $5,000
DAVID C. MOUNTAIN, RO. Box 823, BYFIELD, MA 01922
Schoolyard Ecology for the Parker River Basin
This project expands a program developed under a 1995 grant from EPA by the Triton Regional
School District. It provides 10 elementary school teachers a five-day summer workshop and
follow-up activities on the subject of watersheds. The training assists teachers in using hands-:
on, inquiry-based learning and is designed to increase their knowledge of organisms and
environments in their communities.
THOMPSON ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND - $5,000
CAROL NUGENT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION CENTER, RO. Box 127, BOSTON, MA 02127
Summer Institute for Interdisciplinary Science-Based Learning
This program increases the use of hands-on environmental teaching strategies in the public
schools of Boston. The program serves 26 public school teachers and 60 public middle school
students, 85 percent of whom are people of color. Through the six-week Outward Bound Summer
Institute, the teachers participate in a five-day seminar to learn pedagogy and in expeditions in
Boston Harbor to learn about their marine environment. The teachers then develop curricula
based on Boston Harbor that they use in summer school and in their public school classrooms.
WESTPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS - $17,558
UNA M. PAOLILLO, 17 MAIN ROAD, WESTPORT, MA 02790
Finfish Restoration Project
Under the Finfish Restoration Project, students and teachers work together to breed and raise
three species of fish including scup, black sea bass, and winter flounder, in closed saltwater
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recirculation systems and to restock the waters in the area. The project involves 150 students in
8th grade and 100 students in 10th through 12th grades in two schools, all of whom participate
in site visits between the schools, share data, and give presentations on their work. The project
is a collaborative effort of Durfee High School in Fall River and Westport Middle School in
Westport.
WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE, INC. - $5,000
GAY GILLESPIE, 1151 MAIN ROAD, RO. Box 3427, WESTPORT, MA 02790
Watershed Education Program
The Watershed Education Program (WEP) provides an interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses
on watershed ecology and encourages students to become stewards of their fragile environment.
WEP targets approximately 90 teachers and 1,328 students in kindergarten through eighth
grade. Current efforts ensure that the WEP curriculum kits are fully integrated into the
classroom program by providing additional kits to schools at which entire grades previously
shared a single kit and by conducting workshops that increase the confidence of teachers in
their ability to lead students through the WEP activities. The Westport River Watershed and
Westport Community Schools have been partners in the program for several years.
MICHIGAN
Seepage 5for a profile of a grant awarded to the Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
by EPA Headquarters.
ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES - $20,060
KATHYRN SAVOIE, 2651 SAULINO COURT, DEARBORN, Ml 48120
Youth Empowerment Project
The Youth Empowerment Project seeks to create environmental awareness in an Arab American
community located in southeast Michigan and to encourage community action on local issues
that involve environmental justice. The program targets youth ages 12 to 19 who are members
of an Arab American community of 250,000. Experts give monthly presentations on issues
related to environmental justice at middle schools and high schools, and at meetings of youth
groups, as well. Under the project, approximately 15 youth participate in the Rouge River
Flood Plain Ecology Program at the University of Michigan, while 10 others participate in the
Young Naturalist Program at the university. The Arab Community Center for Economic and
Social Services also organizes and coordinates a two-month summer program of environmental
education activities. Students conduct an in-depth study of the Rouge River ecosystem, access
environmental data on line to share with members of the community, produce an environmental
newsletter, and distribute the newsletter to 800 households in the immediate area.
CITY OF ANN ARBOR - $4,888
CHERYL SAAM, 1831 TRAVER ROAD, ANN ARBOR, Ml 48105
Taking Action in Recycling
Taking Action in Recycling provides 19 full-day field trips for students in area schools. Through
the field trips, approximately 1,140 students become familiar with the recycling process and
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learn how to implement recycling programs at their schools. Each field trip begins at the Leslie
Science Center, where staff members introduce the concepts of natural cycles, ecosystems, and
interdependency. Students participate in hands-on activities, nature hikes, simulation games,
and group discussions. They then have the opportunity to see recycling in action at the Solid
Waste Department's material recovery facility. After the field trip, students and teachers receive
recycling boxes and are encouraged to establish recycling programs in their schools. The Leslie
Science Center and the City of Ann Arbor Solid Waste Department work in partnership to
sponsor the project.
CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY - $4,962
MICHELLE GOYETTE, 1221 I\l. WOODWARD AVENUE, BLOOMFIELD HILLS,
48303
Understanding Honey Bees
Under this project, the Cranbrook Institute of Science seeks to significantly improve its
honey-bee education program. The institute uses the program to educate student groups
and the general public about the value of the honey bee population and the risks that
population currently faces in the environment. Through the program's outreach effort,
educators travel to schools in the Detroit area to teach more than 400 students about insects
and honey bees. Cranbrook also trains 20 junior-high and high-school students as volunteers
at its nature center and assists in educating the public about the honey bee population.
Volunteers research the honey bees at the Cranbrook Educational Community and then use
the Internet to share the information they have gathered with other institutions. More than
2,000 students and 100 teachers participate in educational activities at the nature center.
INLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION - $4,975
THOMAS KELLY, 101 DAME STREET, SUTTONS BAY, Ml 49682
Virtual Schoolship
The World Wide Web site developed by the Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) under this
project expands and enhances ISEA's education program entitled "Schoolship." Through die
"virtual schoolship," students who are unable to participate in the education programs offered on
board ISEAs research vessel can take part on line. Students can download and manipulate data,
request specific information, and ask questions of Schoolship professionals and other Schoolship
participants. They are challenged to navigate through die Web site, perform virtual testing and
sampling, view pictures, and record observations. The Web site also facilitates students' participation
in the Schoolship programs pre- and post-activity evaluations and helps them apply their knowledge
to dieir own communities.
LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY - $5,000
BILL BOWERMAN, 650 EASTERDAY AVENUE, SAULT STE. MARIE, Ml 49783
Cooperative Radon Survey
Through this program, the Environmental Institute at Lake Superior State University is educating
students and homeowners about radon, an environmental healdi hazard. More than 1,200 students
in grades 5 through 12, many of whom are Native Americans, receive age-appropriate environmental
health presentations in their science classes. Through hands-on participation in desktop
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environmental chemistry laboratory exercises, students are encouraged to think critically and use
problem-solving techniques when learning about radon. Students and their families also participate
in a home radon survey. Those homes in which high levels of radon are detected receive information
about how to reduce those levels. Science teachers and the university's Internet Web site provide
updates on the radon study.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - $20,460
MICHAEL KLEPINGER, ROOM 334, NATURAL RESOURCES BUILDING, EAST LANSING,
48824
Experiential Learning Using Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife
This project focuses on control of a pest plant through the introduction into the environment of
an insect predator that feeds on the plant. Personnel of Michigan State University (MSU) work
with educators and students to develop a set of lesson plans for primary and secondary students
on the practice of biological control, the effect of exotic species on local flora and fauna, the
biology of purple loosestrife, and wetland ecology. Lesson plans, which are accompanied by a set
of learning activities, describe methods of releasing and monitoring the plant-feeding beetle used
as the biological control agent. Students are introduced to laboratory and field methods and
share and compare results through an Internet site called the "purple pages." Educators receive
hands-on training to support their use of the activities in their classrooms, as well as beetle-
rearing kits provided by the university.
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS - $5,000
KATHLEEN LOMAKO, 660 PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 1900, DETROIT,
48226
Educational Curriculum Package on Ozone
Under this program, two workshops train teachers throughout southeastern Michigan in the
use of the Spatially Plotted Ozone Tracking System (SPOTS) software, a computer-animated
program that tracks ozone formation in 16 states. The curriculum educates users about the
formation and transport of ground-level ozone and provides teachers with activities they can
incorporate into their lesson plans. The information booklet for teachers that accompanies the
software helps improve current teaching methods and provides new approaches to education
about ground-level ozone.
MINNESOTA
Seepage 6for a profile of a grant awarded to Twin Cities Public Television by EPA Headquarters.
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY - $5,000
TRACY J. FREDIN, CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, 1536 HEWITT AVENUE, ST. PAUL,
MN 55104
A Thousand Friends of Frogs
Under this project, the Center for Global Environmental Education at Hamline University
uses frogs as bioindicators to educate the public about the state of the environment. The
center is expanding its education program into the neighboring states of Wisconsin, Iowa,
North Dakota, and South Dakota. The Hamline Center for Environmental Education is
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distributing 500 copies of the curriculum Frogs as Bioindicators to formal and informal
educators, as well as reaching 10,000 people through an on-line education project. The program
provides educators the opportunity to attend a summer workshop at which they learn how to
incorporate the study guide and activities into their classroom activities. The center also
maintains a World Wide Web site, manages a listserver to facilitate communication among
participants, conducts an interactive Internet project that links students with experts, and
provides a toll-free hotline to answer questions.
SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY - $4,240
ELIZABETH DESY, 1501 STATE STREET, MARSHALL, MN 56258
Guidebook and Hands-on Activities Using Regional Resources
Southwest State University uses the wildlife area on its campus to promote the development of
environmental education programs in local schools. Approximately 29,000 kindergarten
through 12th-grade teachers and students in a 16-county area take part in the project. The
university is surveying the animal populations of the wildlife area, developing pre-visit activities
for students who tour the area, and developing hands-on activities for teachers to conduct with
their students while they are in the wildlife area.
MISSISSIPPI
CROW'S NECK ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER - $4,913
MATTHEW R MILLER, RO. Box 460, TISHOMINGO, MS 38873
Summer Institute in Environmental Education
The Summer Institute in Environmental Education trains teachers in northern Mississippi to
incorporate environmentally sound principles into the science curriculum, with particular emphasis
placed on the recruitment of schools serving minority populations. The project is conducted by
a partnership of the Biological Field Station, the Department of Biology, and the School of
Education of the University of Mississippi; the North Mississippi Environmental Education
Consortium; and the Crows Neck Environmental Education Center.
JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS - $16,375
NOAH GRAY, 6190 HIGHWAY 18 W, JACKSON, MS 39209
Study of Water Pollution and Aqua-Fair
This project focuses on the dissemination of an environmental curriculum on water pollution
prevention for 2,500 sixth-grade students and 50 teachers. The project trains teachers to work
with students to make them conscious of the effects of water pollution. An Aqua-Fair
culminating the students' learning experiences includes a number of activities that highlight a
variety of issues related to water.
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI - $5,000
BONNIE J. KRAUSE, UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
Environmental Education Training
This project provides three "traveling trunk" programs that are based on the pine forest of
northern Mississippi: Plants and Civilization; Animal Adaptation; and Soil Erosion. The
programs are available for use by local classroom teachers. Each "traveling trunk" contains all
the materials teachers need to present the topic to their classes.
MISSOURI
MACON COUNTY UNIVERSITY EXTENSION COUNCIL - $5,000
WANDA EUBANK, 119 NORTH RUBEY, MACON, MO 63552
Water Quality Education for Educators
This project provides a water quality workshop for teachers, students, and informal educators
from the 21-county Northeast Extension Region of Missouri. The project puts into place a
train-the-trainer model that reaches at least 4,500 teachers in its first year. The 45 hours of
instruction included in the workshop explore water quality issues, examine existing curricula,
and strengthen program development and public education outreach skills. Among the partners
in the project are the Natural Resources Conservation Service; the Mark Twain "Water Quality
Demonstration Project; soil and water conservation districts; and the Missouri Department of
Conservation, Health, and Natural Resources.
NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH/AIDS COALITION EDUCATIONAL DIVISION - $16,718
SHIRLEY HOSKINS, 6025 PROSPECT, #103, KANSAS CITY, MO 64130
Native American Interactive On-Line Educational Program
The goal of the Native American Interactive On-Line Educational Program is to develop a
school-based, on-line network devoted to environmental efforts conducted by Native Americans.
Such efforts are designed to prevent health problems, minimize environmental injustice, and
assess the health priorities of the Native American community. The program teaches the history
of respect for Mother Earth to 200 students, 25 teachers, and more than 500 community
members. The program eventually will be expanded to reach 400 tribes and 300 Indian-
controlled schools. Partners with the Native American Health Clinic are the Selective Learning
Network, a national on-line educational program, and the Kickapoo Nation School.
SENECA R-VII SCHOOLS - $20,841
CHARLES YUST, RO. Box 469, SENECA, MO 64865
Habitat Patrol
The Habitat Patrol project gives students and community members the opportunity to use todays
technology to expand their knowledge of environmental management. Through community-
based education, the project reaches 1,437 students and more than 2,500 members of the Eastern
Shawnee, Modoc, and Wyandotte tribes, as well as approximately 2,000 members of the general
population. Participants learn about the technology through media modules. Further, the entire
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community participates in the construction and maintenance of a water garden. The project is
intended to increase all participants' knowledge and awareness of their ecosystem.
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY - $19,242
CHARLES W. EMERSON, 901 S. NATIONAL, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804
Environmental Baseline Investigation ofFulbright Springs Watershed
The environmental baseline investigation conducted under this project assesses and maps the
environmental condition ofFulbright Springs and land use patterns in the area, which is a sensitive
watershed and an important source of drinking water. A workshop demonstrates the potential
uses of the global positioning system (GPS) technology for representatives of local environmental
groups, neighborhood associations, and public agencies. The Fulbright Springs project addresses
the high-priority environmental issue of urbanization and its effects on the quality of groundwater.
A primary partner in the project is the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI 4-H YOUTH PROGRAM - $20,000
L. Jo TURNER, 212 WHITTEN HALL, COLUMBIA, MO 65211
Streets to Streams - Water Quality Education for Youth
Streets to Streams prepares 40 professionals to be water quality trainers. The professionals in
turn train 400 educators who reach 8,000 youth. The Streets to Streams curriculum, with a
target audience of students ages 9 to 13, responds to the high-priority need to protect surface
and groundwater. A key component of the curriculum is the inclusion of standards correlated
to standards adopted by the Missouri Board of Education.
WYMAN CENTER - $4,500
LINDA SANDERS, 600 KIWANIS DRIVE, EUREKA, MO 63025
Sunship Earth Program
The Sunship Earth Program helps participants develop an understanding of and appreciation
for the relationship between people and the natural world that will lead to positive environmental
actions. Sunship Earth reaches children attending schools in lower income and culturally
diverse neighborhoods in which access to business, education, and health resources is limited.
The program is based on a five-day camp experience. During the camp program, participants
explore the process of environmental decision making. Wyman Center is a social service
organization that serves children, youth, and families in lower income and cultually diverse
neighborhoods.
MONTANA
MISSOULA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA) - $4,642
J. PORTER HAMMITT, 3000 SOUTH RUSSELL, UNIVERSITY HALL 116, UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA,
MISSOULA, MT 59801
Missoula Community Environmental Education Program
The Missoula Community Environmental Education Program is a year-round project that
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of the community have the opportunity to take part in the programs outdoor sessions, during
which experienced instructors lead educational activities that vary in length from one hour to
one day. The instructors demonstrate and disseminate field-tested curricula developed under
other programs, borrowing primarily from established sources. They focus the learning
experiences on issues related to the environment and natural resources of western Montana.
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA - $25,000
KEN D. HUBBARD, RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION, MISSOULA, MT 59812-0002
Integrated Ecosystem Conservation Framework
The Integrated Ecosystem Conservation Framework project develops and demonstrates a
new, balanced, integrative teacher training course outline for environmental education. The
primary goals of the project are improvement of skills in teaching environmental subjects
among middle- and high-school teachers and improvement of teacher-training skills in the
same area among faculty members at the University of Montana. A pilot workshop
demonstrates materials and teaches educators how to use them and evaluate them. Problems
addressed through the curriculum include polarization and conflict among such environmental
issues as those related to endangered species, harvesting of timber, reintroduction of bear
and wolf populations, and water quality. In addressing such issues, the project focuses on
teaching critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Under long-term plans, the revised
curriculum will be offered as a two- to four-credit course through the continuing education
summer program at the university. Primary partners in the project are the Boone & Crockett
Conservation Education Program, the Western Montana Ecosystem Management Learning
Center Program, and the Missoula Curriculum Consortium.
NEBRASKA
CHADRON CLEAN COMMUNITY SYSTEM, INC. - $2,709
Lois CAWRSE, 250 MAIN STREET, CHADRON, NE 69337
Waste-ln-Place & Waste: A Hidden Resource
This project provides the first teacher workshop in Northwest Nebraska related to solid waste
management for 25 teachers in a three-county area. The teachers in turn present the materials to
625 students, who then share the information with their families. Partners in the project include
the city of Chadron; the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; the Nebraska
Environmental Trust; and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
LINCOLN-LANCASTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - $4,800
JOHN CHESS, 3140 N STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68510-1514
Environmental Education for Groundwater Quality in Domestic Water Wells
This project builds upon the Lincoln-Lancaster County Department of Health's (LLCDH)
Groundwater and Environmental Self-Help Check List Program. With a target audience of
rural homeowners, acreage owners, and farmers, as well as high school students, the project
educates participants about groundwater quality and protection of that resource and
demonstrates how to evaluate the adequacy of domestic water wells. The curriculum unit
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introduces hydrology, describes methods of installing wells, and teaches participants how to
check the quality of groundwater. The unit is available to teachers and other adults for use in
supplementing the well check list. Partners in the project are LLCDH, the lead agency; the
state's Department of Health; and the University of Nebraska.
NEBRASKA STATE 4-H CAMP - $4,960
BERNIE LORKOVIC, RO. Box 87, HALSEY, NE 69142
NatureLink, Family Outdoor Education Weekend
NatureLink provides a meaningful outdoor educational experience to urban and suburban
families from low-income and culturally diverse backgrounds. The program, presented over a
three-day weekend, includes workshops organized as family "Learnshops," during which parents
experience the outdoors with their children. Such intergenerational participation reinforces
the message that natural resources must be protected for future generations. Mentors work
with families during the weekend and make a commitment to keep in touch with the families
after the program has ended. Partners in the program are the Big Brothers and Big Sisters
organizations, whose members work with single-parent families and at-risk youth.
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NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES - $4,500
JEAN MURRAY, 1550 EAST COLLEGE PARKWAY, SUITE 142, CARSON CITY, NV 89710
Wet, Wild, and Woody
Wet, Wild, and Woody is a three-part project that provides a two-day teacher workshop in
water resources and conservation; a course on water issues for teacher candidates at the University
of Nevada Reno; and the expansion of a World Wide Web site to include the projects activities.
Under the format of traditional training in environmental education developed for the earlier
Project WET, Project WILD, and Project Learning Tree, participants in the Wet, Wild, and
Woody in-service workshop develop critical-thinking skills, particularly in the area of assessing
the role human activities play in causing environmental pollution. The College of Education
at the University of Nevada Reno is offering to 30 teacher candidates a new 15-hour course,
taught by the projects facilitators and professionals from state agencies. The Web site maintained
by the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources links widi the water education
site of Utah State University to allow professionals in the Water Planning Division to respond
to questions posed by students throughout the state.
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS - $23,679
WILLIAM SCHULTZE, OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS 1037, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS,
LAS VEGAS, NV 89154-1037
Freshman Interest Groups: Mentoring, Environmental Education, and Sustainable Practices
This project organizes freshman interest groups as clusters of 15 to 25 students enrolled in the
same sections of three core courses. The interest groups provide opportunities for freshman
students to join upper-division students in environmental studies to develop thesis projects, as
well as to work in community development with students at Crestwood Elementary School and
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environmental professionals. The community involvement effort centers on creating wetlands
from treated wastewater discharge. The water quality and endangered species project is designed
to determine, through water quality monitoring, the feasibility of raising endangered species of
fish in ponds located in the wetland. Partners in the project include the government and school
district of Bolder City, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT - $5,000
JOANNE EVERTS, 425 EAST NINTH STREET, RENO, NV 89520-0106
Project Great Basin
This project provides teacher training for 700 elementary school staff to help them integrate
into all curriculum areas concepts related to the environmental and cultural diversity found in
the Great Basin. The training provides a cadre of teacher trainers at each grade level in the
districts 55 elementary schools. The trainers encourage teachers to include consideration of
the diversity of the local region in all aspects of student learning. The purpose of such an
approach is to develop in students an appreciation for environmental and cultural diversity, as
well as an understanding of the need for conservation of the area's fish and other wildlife and
native plants. Key partners with the school district in the program include the Biological
Resources Research Center of the University of Nevada Reno; the Departments of Education
and Geography at the University of Nevada Reno, University of Nevada Reno Cooperative
Extension; the Washoe-Storey Conservation District; Wilbur May Museum; Nevada State Parks;
the Nevada Divisions of Wildlife and Agriculture; the Bureau of Land Management, U.S.
Department of the Interior (DOI); and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, DOI.
MEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS - $5,000
R.J. DICK OBYC, 3 COOMBS ROAD, SOMERSWORTH, NH 03878-2001
New Hampshire ENVIROTHON
ENVIROTHON is a statewide, high school environmental education program in its fifth
year. It builds upon the strengths of previous years with 28 registered teams totaling 13,000
students and directly involves 195 students and 28 teacher-advisors. More than 100 volunteers
help conduct the program, which is open to all high school students in the state. Under the
project, students study, analyze, and evaluate real-life land use problems. They then participate
in a statewide competition, with winners going on to compete in the national ENVIROTHON.
NEW HAMPSHIRE PROJECT LEARNING TREE - $5,000
ESTHER COWLES, 54 PORTSMOUTH STREET, CONCORD, NH 03301
Project Learning Tree
The Project Learning Tree pilot project develops innovative methods of delivering the projects
curriculum in forest management to 11 rural public schools in the Upper Connecticut River
Valley. The project is conducted in partnership with two forest product companies, Champion
International Corporation and International Paper Company. It provides two workshops, including
forest field trips, for 18 elementary school teachers and one for 10 secondary school teachers.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE - $5,000
FRANK MITCHELL OR NANCY LAMBERT, NEW HAMPSHIRE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE,
111 PETTEE HALL, DURHAM, NH 03824
Project SERVE: Students for Environmental Resource Volunteerism and Education
Project SERVE is an environmental outreach program for high school students, who earn
credit for working with conservation groups in dieir communities on local resource protection
projects. It involves 10 to 16 students, six town conservation commissions, and two teachers in
exploring such topics as functional evaluation of wetlands, monitoring of water quality,
identification of sources of pollution, delineation and description of watersheds, and mapping
of vernal pools. Partners in the project include Kearsarge Regional High School, the New
London Conservation Commission, the Springfield Conservation Commission, and the
Newbury Conservation Commission.
MEW JERSEY
Seepage 6for a profile of a grant awarded to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
by EPA Headquarters.
CAMP VACAMAS ASSOCIATION, INC. - $5,000
MICHAEL.H. FRIEDMAN, 256 MACOPIN ROAD, WEST MILFORD, NJ 07480
GREEN YOUTH Program
Under the GREEN YOUTH Program, Camp Vacamas provides experiential education for at-
risk inner city youngsters from diverse backgrounds. GREEN YOUTH educates students
from Paterson's Eastside High School to become peer trainers in environmental education.
Through four in-school workshops, the program teaches a corps of 20 juniors and seniors the
activities, environmental concepts, and skills they need to conduct workshops for other students.
Participants in the program explore important environmental issues as they acquire the problem-
solving and decision-making skills that are the core of education.
CITIZEN POLICY & EDUCATION FUND OF NEW JERSEY - $14,995
RALPH SCOTT, 400 MAIN STREET, HACKENSACK, NJ 07601
Newark Area Lead Poisoning Education, Train-the-Trainer Project
This project creates a Newark area infrastructure in lead poisoning education by training staff
from 24 area organizations and agencies. The Citizen Policy & Education Fund (CPEF) works
in partnership with agencies that provide services to families at high risk for lead poisoning.
Staff learn to incorporate lead-poisoning prevention education into their regular work with
families, thereby establishing programs in their own agencies. CPEF facilitates communication
and collaboration among agencies to increase their effectiveness and provides ongoing assistance
and follow-up training.
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GLOBAL LEARNING INC. - $5,000
JEFFREY BROWN, 1018 STUYVESANT AVENUE, UNION, NJ 07083-6023
New Jersey and Sustainable Development Conference
The New Jersey and Sustainable Development Conference gives middle and high school science
and social studies teachers the opportunity to address the issues of sustainable development in
New Jersey. The program demonstrates and distributes supplemental interdisciplinary
curriculum materials developed under the New Jersey Sustainable Development Project. The
project also addresses recently adopted state educational standards and provides interactive,
highly motivating educational activities.
GREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY - $5,000
LISA LERL, 303-9 WASHINGTON STREET, 5 FLOOR, NEWARK, NJ 07102
Water Quality Project
The Water Quality Project's goals include improving the quality of environmental education
in three urban elementary and middle schools in Newark, New Jersey, by working with teachers
to create an environmental education program that has the potential to become a permanent
part of the three schools' programming. Teachers focus on the Hudson-Raritan Estuary, learning
about the area's ecology and exploring methods of incorporating hands-on activities into their
curricula. An information exchange among the three schools allows students to conduct
comparative monitoring of the estuary and link the project to other statewide water monitoring
programs.
HACKENSACK MEADOWLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - $4,995
ROBERT SIKORA, 2 DEKORTE PARK PLAZA, LYNDHURST, NJ 07071-3707
Improving Environmental Education Teaching Programs
This project employs two successful teacher training models, the summer seminar on
environmental issues and an in-service training and curriculum revision meeting. The project
assists teachers in the development, delivery, and institutionalization of quality environmental
education programs through districtwide planning for the revision of curricula. The in-service
training involves fifth- and sixth-grade teachers from schools in Hoboken in three days of training
and five curriculum planning sessions. The summer session for 20 teachers is a two-week
graduate level course that incorporates a variety of teaching methods, hands-on workshops, and
laboratory exercises, as well as a mock public hearing that serves as a problem-solving exercise.
NORTH ARLINGTON BOARD OF EDUCATION - $1,100
LORIS CHEN, 222 RIDGE ROAD, NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ 07031
Project WET/WOW Workshop
The North Arlington Board of Education provides a one-day in-service training program to
assist elementary school teachers in developing environmental lessons based on Project WET/
WOW and ensuring that those lessons meet the standards for core curricula established by the
state of New Jersey for various disciplines. The workshop is designed to educate teachers about
critical issues related to watersheds and to improve environmental instruction in the elementary
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schools of the district. Teachers are introduced to environmental lessons that can be integrated
into the curriculum to meet state standards for kindergarten through fifth-grade programs.
SCHOONER CLYDE A. PHILLIPS, INC., T/A DELAWARE BAY SCHOONER PROJECT - $5,000
MEGHAN E. WREN, 2800 HIGH STREET, PORT MORRIS, NJ 08349
The River as Classroom
This project supports environmental education sailing trips for more than 3,000 New Jersey
students. The program emphasizes compatible and incompatible uses of the Delaware Estuary
resource and explores the stresses on the estuary that result from daily decisions. Students in
grades 4 through 12 in public, parochial, and independent schools take part in the program. The
activities conducted on the schooner, as well as related preparation and follow-up experiences,
encourage a heightened awareness of the interdependence of humans and the Delaware Estuary.
MEW MEXICO
SALT MISSIONS TRAILS MAINSTREET - $3,825
SUSAN SIMONS, RO. Box 48, ESTANCIA, NM 87016
Estancia Landfill Reclamation Project
This project familiarizes low-income culturally distinct community groups with the
environmental hazards posed by an old dump site and equips them with the tools and information
they need to make decisions about actions they should take to resolve the problem. Students
and science teachers use new curriculum material and meet with experts in waste management
from local public agencies and private industry. The curriculum materials developed under the
project are easily adaptable for use in other school districts.
NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY & SCIENCE - $4,860
KRISTIN GUNCKEL, 1801 MOUNTAIN ROAD NORTHWEST, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87104
Econnections Environmental Education Project in Rural New Mexico
This comprehensive project helps to build state and local capacity to deliver quality environmental
education by providing school districts with a continuum of environmental education programs.
It improves instructional strategies in environmental education by providing teachers with
curriculum and workshops that reflect efforts in the state to achieve education reform. The
project also provides students and teachers a means of examining and developing an
understanding of environmental issues in their own communities.
LA PLATA MIDDLE SCHOOL - $5,000
TOM SWEITZER, 2810 N. SWAN STREET, SILVER CITY, NM 88061
La Plata's Plot to Improve Urban Arroyo Healthy Riparian System
Drawing on data from an inventory survey of sites, this project creates maps that depict the
information collected through that survey. It is replacing nonnative species of plants and installing
a nature trail and an in-stream structure to catch sediment and pond water. The project also
provides a video that documents the process of restoration at the site.
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KESSA SHIPLEY, 826 CAMINO DE MONTE REY, A-3, SANTA FE, NM 87505
Gonzales Elementary G-SCAPEII - Model Water Conservation Education Project
This project addresses critical environmental issues in high desert areas where water is in very
short supply and the levels of human population are skyrocketing. The project is designed to
increase awareness of such issues and develop a heightened sense of responsibility for conserving
water. To measure the effectiveness of the program, the use of educational materials related to
water issues and the comments of students and parents are tracked.
FRIENDS OF THE Rio GRANDE NATURE CENTER - $5,000
KAREN BROWN, 2901 CANDELARIA NORTHWEST, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107
Aquatic Education Workshops
Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center is a cooperative, long-term, citizen project dedicated
to gathering and sharing information about the ecological conditions of the Rio Grande and
its riverside forest ecosystem. The project examines the plants and animals of the bosque and
explores the ways in which their evolution has been changed by human activity. Environmental
educators participate in aquatic ecology workshops that expand existing curricula to focus on
aquatic resources and the need to protect, maintain, and study those resources.
MEW YORK
CITIES IN SCHOOLS - NEW YORK, INC. - $5,000
DONNA GOODMAN, c/o METROPOLITAN CORPORATIVE ACADEMY, 362 SCHERMERHORN STREET, BROOKLYN,
NY 11217
Education Reform
This project creates a comprehensive environmental science program based on the urban ecology
of Brooklyn for students at a public alternative high school in Brooklyn. The project links and
expands an environmental science curriculum and a summer woodlands restoration program
conducted in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. The project also meets requirements established by the
state and city for science programs, gives students experience in scientific research, educates
young people to value and protect public parks and woodlands, and provides an introduction
to environmental careers.
CITY PARKS FOUNDATION - $4,500
CARRIE MESSENGER, 830 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10021
SEED: Schoolyard Environmental Education Directive
This project provides hands-on schoolyard gardens in the Chancellor's district, where a group
of the lowest-performing public schools in the city is located. The premise of the program is
that engaging students in a hands-on gardening program will help them become more aware of
environmental issues. The gardening program also builds self-esteem, reinforces literacy
education, increases literacy, helps educators improve their teaching skills, and forges special
relationships with the neighboring community. For many of the students in the first targeted
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schools, the project provides their first opportunity to experience the natural world. The project
is conducted by the City Parks Foundation under a new partnership with the New York City
Board of Education.
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER - $24,000
RICHARD M. CHERRY, 22-09 QUEENS PLAZA NORTH, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101
Preparing Youth to Create a Better Environment
This project integrates environmental education into community service projects for New York
City teenagers. Supervised groups of teenagers design, implement, and evaluate community
service projects focused on urban environmental health. Community workshops examine the
environmental health issues that affect economically and ethnically diverse communities in
Manhattan and Queens. In addition, staff of partner organizations are trained in environmental
education and urban environmental issues. Partners in the project with the Community
Environmental Center are the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Jacob Riis
and Grand Street settlement houses.
CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF WARREN COUNTY - $4,687
LAUREL R. GAILOR, SCHROON RIVER ROAD, NCR 02, Box 23B, WARRENSBURG, NY 12885-9601
Warren County Watershed Education Program
The Warren County watershed education program conducts outreach efforts and provides
educational activities to improve public awareness of the importance of water quality in Warren
County. The program accomplishes that objective through a two-day workshop for
representatives of the lake association. The workshop focuses on the hydrology of the region
and teaches strategies for fostering cooperative efforts to resolve issues that affect the watershed.
Another 10 workshops are designed to provide the specific information that local government
officials need to support effective decisions about such issues. In addition, county science
teachers attend a one-day workshop to learn about planning issues related to the watershed.
Partners in the project include the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District, the
Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board, the Cornell Cooperative Extension
of Warren County, and the Warren County Water Quality Strategy Committee.
COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT, INC. - $5,000
MICHAEL ZAMM, 51 CHAMBERS STREET, ROOM 228, NEW YORK, NY 10007
Training Students to Organize -Academy of Environmental Science in East Harlem
The Council on the Environment educates high school and intermediate school students to
organize environmental improvement projects in their schools. The council provides its Training
Student Organizers program to the Academy of Environmental Sciences, a public school in
East Harlem for grades 7 through 12. The project educates students and their teachers to
organize projects to teach other students, parents, community leaders, and the public about the
threats to human health posed by environmental pollution, especially the effects of such pollution
on young people.
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THE CROTON ARBORETUM & SANCTUARY, INC. - $5,000
EVELYN H. SINGER, RO. Box 631, CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY 10520
Environmental Education: Water Monitoring
This project, part of a more extensive effort to provide an innovative outdoor learning
environment, focuses on a threatened wetland on the grounds of the arboretum. The program
recruits and trains the trainers who learn the skills and knowledge needed to deliver effective
educational experiences. Through training workshops and seminars, community leaders,
teachers, faculty, and students learn to collect and interpret data from established sampling
sites in the biologically diverse wetland. They also develop wetland education programs and
train new participants as they enter the program. The project expands the arboretum's
collaborative partnership with the local school district and establishes a new partnership with
municipal environmental boards and commissions.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - $5,000
ROBERT MASLOW, 444 WEST 56TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10019
High School Course in Environmental Justice and Decision Making
The High School for Environmental Studies (HSES) provides a one-year course in environmental
justice to high school students. Subjects included in the course are environmental history,
economics, ethics, politics, racism, decision making, urban planning, and urban design. The
project also makes available a curriculum guide, a textbook, and a list of resources for the study
of environmental justice and decision making, as well as an annual publication, Environmental
Justice, which is written and edited by students. A network of supportive organizations and
individuals outside the school serve as resources to provide insight into environmental careers,
politics, and economics. Queens College is a partner in the project.
INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES - $14,586
MARTHA CHED, Box R, ROUTE 44A, MILLBROOK, NY 12545
Building Watershed Bridges
Building Watershed Bridges establishes a network of schools and resource partners to develop,
coordinate, and sustain watershed education in the mid-Hudson Valley. The project also develops
an organized and accessible clearinghouse of educational resources related to watershed issues.
Resource partners provide workshops and other support for educators working to involve
students in watershed stewardship projects. Students in rural, suburban, and urban schools
share their experience, as well as information about issues rekted to the watershed, and collaborate
in conducting watershed stewardship projects.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF STATEN ISLAND, INC. - $5,000
LEWIS STOLZENBERG, 475 VICTORY BLVD., STATEN ISLAND, NY 10301
Forever Green: Lessons to Live by from the Staten Island Greenbelt
Forever Green improves the environmental knowledge and teaching skills of camp staff, enabling
them to understand issues related to the protection of habitat as they affect open areas and natural
resources on Staten Island. More than 30 counselors learn how to integrate hands-on environmental
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activities into their camp programs. They also learn how to engage campers in testing of soil,
water, and air quality; restoration of native plants; and nature identification games. The program
is designed to improve the young peoples ability to apply critical-thinking skills to issues related
to the interrelationships among living things and the role of die greenbelt in the urban ecology of
Staten Island. High Rock Park, a public park on the island, is a partner in the project.
LAKE GEORGE ASSOCIATION - $5,000
MARY ARTHURBEEBE, RO. Box 408, LAKE GEORGE, NY 12845
Reaching New Heights, Floating Classroom
This project improves a program designed to educate every seventh grader in the Lake George
area in stewardship of the lake and science topics related to the lake's environment. The program,
which combines on-shore learning and hands-on activities on the lake, teaches students basic
limnology and gives them an understanding of the importance of the watershed that surrounds
Lake George. Students learn about nutrient cycles and the oligotrophic status of the lake.
Through various activities, they come to understand the role of the lake as the source of drinking
water for the area and to assume stewardship for the lake. The program takes students through
the learning activities during the fall, the optimum time of the year for Hmnological studies,
and teaches the economic and ecological importance of the lake in the lives of area residents.
NUNATAKS, LTD./GREENBURGH NATURE CENTER - $5,000
WILLIAM LAWYER, 99 DROMORE ROAD, SCARSDALE, NY 10583
Riley Pond Community Environmental Education Project
The Riley Pond Community Environmental Education Project educates members of the
community of Fairview about the problems and promise of Riley Pond, a polluted natural
resource in the heart of the low- to moderate-income, culturally diverse community. The
project focuses on environmental justice and community education. It offers young people in
the community the opportunity to learn field and classroom research techniques and skills in
collection and analysis of data and fosters an intergenerational collaborative relationship between
fifth- and seventh-grade students and senior citizens. If results of the community's research
effort indicate that revitalization of the pond is practicable, the project will develop a plan for
doing so. The Riley Pond project is a partnership effort of the Fairview-Greenburgh Community
Center (FGCC) and the Greenburgh Nature Center.
PUTNAM/NORTHERN WESTCHESTER BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES - $5,000
DONNA L. SCHROETER, 200 BOCES DRIVE, YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY 10598
Environmental Education Kits
The Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)
provides five environmental kits, each focused on a different ecosystem and supported by a
strong teacher training component. The kits include extensive instructional and educational
materials and a teachers' guide that suggests activities that help students learn about the value
of ecosystems, the roles humans play in bringing about change in ecosystems, and issues that
affect ecosystems. An advisory committee made up of teachers, curriculum specialists, project
coordinators, and a member of the staff of the project s partner organization oversees development
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of the kits. The kits are used by district schools and in training sessions and are distributed to
teachers on request. The Center for Environmental Education is a partner in the project.
RACHEL CARSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - $5,000
LAUREN GEZZI, 46-2 GOLDEN STREET, FLUSHING, NY 11355
A Family Affair. A Source-Reduction Educational Program
This project uses environmental education to nurture and develop critical thinking and problem-
solving skills as students, parents, and members of the community learn how to avoid toxic
substances commonly found in the household. Graphs and charts support the effort to reach
first-generation immigrant children and families who have poor English language skills. The
families receive information about household toxins and alternative products they can choose.
Cooperative learning, team teaching, and learning through drama are employed to help students
discover the hazards of household toxins and develop a personal responsibility strategy.
ROGER TORY PETERSON INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY - $5,000
MARK BALDWIN, 311 CURTIS STREET, JAMESTOWN, NY 14701
The Training Partnership Project
The Training Partnership Project provides staff development in nature and environmental
education for pre-schools, child care centers, and kindergartens. The project disseminates the
NaturKind training model, which features methods of teaching about the environment and
nature in age-appropriate ways, through workshops for early childhood educators. The
instructors in turn strive to prepare local "training associates" who then organize workshops for
their peers. The NaturKind workshops target Headstart centers, subsidized children's centers,
and state pre-school programs in northern Chautauqua and southern Erie counties. The Roger
Tory Peterson Institute and Pacific Oaks College are collaborators in the project.
SENECA NATION OF INDIANS - $4,950
LIONEL R. JOHN HEALTH. CENTER, RO. Box 500, SALAMANCA, NY 14779
Asthma Education and Prevention
The Asthma Education and Prevention Project of the Seneca Nation Health Department
(SNHD) focuses on the training of health-care providers, health educators, and asthma patients
and their families. The goal of the project is to increase awareness among patients and their
families of effective means of preventing and managing asthma. Training in prevention and
management of asthma is provided to medical staff and health-care professionals. An Asthma
Education and Prevention Day at each SNHD center focuses on prevention and management,
as well as issues related to indoor air quality. The SNHD maintains a referral system for arranging
for the conduct of environmental assessments, as well as a resource library on the subject.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNY) AT MORRISVILLE - $4,987
DOUGLAS J. NELSON, RO. Box 901, MORRISVILLE, NY 13408
Developing Environmental Decision-Making Skills for Urban Youth
This project provides an environmental decision-making workshop for 9th and 10th graders
from the Syracuse metr6politan area. Approximately 75 youths participate in a one-day
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workshop that involves them in identifying local environmental issues and the data needed to
support decisions about those issues. Workshop participants demonstrate their understanding
of the effects of releases of pollutants into selected environments and use the critical-thinking
skills they have developed by taking part in a public meeting. The Central New York Regional
Minority Access Consortium is a partner in the project with the State University of New York
(SUNY) College of Agriculture and Technology at Morrisville Environmental Training Center.
SURPRISE LAKE CAMP - $5,000
ADAM BENDERSON, 50 WEST 17m STREET, ZTH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10011
Camp Staff Training Program
The Camp Staff Training Program supports a camp training program for Jewish residential
camps in the eastern United States. The project is designed to increase environmental expertise
among counselors and nature specialists by teaching them how to conduct environmental
education programs. The informal educators who staff the camps attend workshops led by
experts in the field, who train the participants in delivery of programs and activities. The
participants also learn to integrate environmental ethics into various aspects of camp life. They
receive information about practical lessons and activities, a manual, and a song book to help
them implement the programs in their camps.
NORTH CAROLINA
COLBURN GEM & MINERAL MUSEUM - $5,000
CASSANDRA H. LOVE, RO. Box 1617, ASHEVILLE, NC 28802
You Have the Power
This project focuses on designing, demonstrating, and distributing an environmental education
unit matched to a fifth-grade curriculum. Workshops for 26 teachers examine environmental
issues related to the production and use of energy, as well as issues that arise from pollution
associated with energy production.
MOUNTAIN AREA GARDENERS IN COMMUNITIES - $5,000
MORT JONAS, RO. Box 168, ASHEVILLE, NC 28802
Environmental Education Center in the Garden
The Environmental Education Center in the Garden provides students with outdoor hands-on
environmental experiences that demonstrate the relationships between environmental science
and garden ecosystems. In addition, 36 teachers participate in a series of workshops consisting
of hands-on environmental lessons that enable them to teach the basic techniques of organic
gardening and related environmental topics. A series of seminars and workshops for the general
public provides information about topics of interest to the community.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY - $4,988
GLENN ODENBRETT, 1 0900 EUCLID AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OH 441 06
Watershed Education
The Watershed Education Project seeks to educate more than 200 students, primarily African
American, enrolled in a local underserved school district. Case Western Reserve University
recruits, trains, and deploys a corps of 10 student environmental leaders who serve as role
models and liaisons between the school district and the environmental education organizations
that are partners in the project. The student leaders educate other students about watersheds,
water quality, and water pollution. Students engage in hands-on activities and experiments in
the classroom and visit the partner environmental education organizations to apply the
knowledge they have acquired. The university also integrates hands-on watershed education
activities into pre-college summer programs for minority students. Through environmental
service learning projects, students monitor water quality and evaluate contamination of soil.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COUNCIL OF OHIO - $25,000
DEB YANDALA, 397 W. MYRTLE AVENUE, NEWARK, OH 43055
Ohio EE2000 - Building State Capacity
This project implements a statewide strategy for building environmental education capacity in
Ohio. It promotes interdisciplinary environmental education that conforms with the current
education reform efforts in the state. Under the project, abroad-based planning group develops
and implements a statewide strategic environmental education plan, incorporates current research
related to reform-based education and comparative risk into the plan, distributes the plan
statewide for comment, and forms work groups to implement the plan. Participants in the
project include policymakers, educators, representatives of business and industry, members of
citizen groups, and staffof state agencies. Partners in the project are the Environmental Education
Council of Ohio, the Ohio Alliance for the Environment, the Ohio Department of Education,
the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
ENVIRONMENTAL MOBILE UNIT - $5,000
SHARON EDWARDS, 5431 TALLAWANDA LANE, OXFORD, OH 45056
The M.O.L.E. Project
The Measuring Our Local Environment (M.O.L.E) project is designed to strengthen the
environmental problem-solving skills of both teachers and students through observation and
evaluation of their local environments, as well as action to improve those environments. A
naturalist from the environmental mobile unit (EMU) works with teachers to develop lesson
plans that give students the opportunity to investigate a number of environmental issues, at both
local and regional levels. Students gather data and exercise their problem-solving skills while
learning about water quality, air quality, wildlife habitat, and soil. The naturalist also educates
teachers, students, and their families about pollution; helps teachers improve their skills in teaching
environmental topics; and supports the goals of the states education reform efforts. More than
50 teachers and 1,500 kindergarten through sixth-grade students participate in the EMU program.
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KAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA - $3,243
CHRISTOPHER WINTER, RO. DRAWER #50, KAW CITY, OK 74641
Environmental Education Leadership Workshop Native American Land Ethic Project
The workshop is an educational tool designed to strengthen land ethics among 6th- through
12th-grade students. It helps them develop their critical- and creative-thinking skills by engaging
them in hands-on activities that strengthen their ecological literacy. Further, the workshop
assists educators in integrating the land ethic curriculum into their classroom programs, as well
as into adult learning settings.
SOLID WASTE RESEARCH INSTITUTE - $16,253
KEN PURDY, 111 W. SHAWNEE, TAHLEQUAH, OK 74464
Abatement of Open Dumping Environmental Education Program
This project helps students develop an understanding of the importance of clean water and soil
and of the sources of pollution that are associated with improper management of solid waste.
The project also enhances knowledge and awareness among students of the hazards associated
with open dumping. By conducting experiments and developing demonstrations, students
learn to analyze the consequences of open dumping and make informed decisions about
management of solid waste in their homes and communities.
TULSA COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT - $4,774
JOE BIRDWELL, 3027 S. NEW HAVEN, Box 470208, TULSA, OK 74114-0203
Partnership to Promote Informed Decisions
Under this project, teachers and students receive curriculum kits that motivate learning and
refine existing secondary curricula on issues related to ozone, and lead teachers are trained to
use and distribute the kits. The materials in the kits help Tulsa's secondary students to become
environmentally informed citizens and to enhance their critical-thinking, problem-solving,
and decision-making skills.
Fox PUBLIC SCHOOLS - $4,840
LINDA ANDERSON, RO. Box 248, Fox, OK 73435
Earth Science Project Teacher Training Workshop
This training and environmental workshop for teachers equips them with a curriculum that
enables them to teach the basic concepts of earth science through the exploration of
hydrocarbons. Using the curriculum, teachers help students increase their knowledge and
understanding of oil and gas as important natural resources and of the effects of the production
and use of those resources on the local environment.
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HEART OF OKLAHOMA COUNCIL CAMP FIRE - $5,000
VANNA FRIBBLE, 3309 E. HEFNER ROAD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73131
DaKani Outdoor Environmental Classroom Project
This accredited program has a long history of providing outdoor programs to children and
teens who have little access to more traditional outdoor programs. It focuses on educational
experiences that equip those young people with the knowledge and skills they need to exert a
positive influence for the preservation of the environment. The program incorporates basic
hands-on training that teaches the young people how to observe and listen to birds and identify
their habitats, identify insects, test water and soil, and explore other aspects of their environment.
MIDWEST CITY-DEL CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT - $3,263
CHESTER WEEMS, 7217 S. E. 15m STREET, MIDWEST CITY, OK 73110
Find Your Wings - Butterfly and Hummingbird Nature Garden
Find Your Wings gives both teachers and students the opportunity to develop an outdoor
living laboratory devoted to attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. Participants in the project
also tag butterflies, research plants needed for butterfly habitat, and maintain the shelters at the
facility. The students observe the life stages of the butterflies, as well as the habits of
hummingbirds. In addition, teachers are trained to integrate the scientific information into
their curriculum.
OREGON
See page 6for a profile of a grant awarded to the Rogue Valley Council of Governments by EPA
Headquaters.
LINN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT - $4,996
SUSAN GRIES, SOUTH SANTIAM WATERSHED COUNCIL, 33630 MCFARLAND ROAD, TANGENT, OR 97389
Water Quality Monitoring Program
The purpose of this project is to implement a water quality monitoring program in cooperation
with three teachers from Lebanon, Sweet Home, and Scio High Schools, while providing
community-based education to young people and other members of the community. Under
the project, participants gather data on water quality and riparian and aquatic habitats to fill
gaps in data available on the area watershed. They learn about biological, physical, and chemical
water quality monitoring techniques and about issues that affect the watershed and strengthen
their critical-thinking and analytical skills.
MCKENZIE SCHOOL DISTRICT #68 - $14,000
JIM FANNING, 51187 BLUE RIVER DRIVE, FINN ROCK, OR 97413
McKenzie Sustainable Watersheds Environmental Education Program Development Project
The McKenzie Sustainable Watersheds Environmental Education Program Development Project
engages teachers and the projects community partners in adapting existing curricula to local
needs and circumstances, and integrating such curricula into the framework of the McKenzie
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Sustainable Watersheds Program as practical educational exercises. The project, which reaches
more than 400 students and their families, emphasizes local capacity to deliver quality environmental
education through a participatory process that includes a series of teacher workshops. The project
demonstrates practical ways to use environmental education programs, solidifies partnerships
with the community, and sets standards for projects.
MILTON-FREEWATER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT #7 - $4,755
DIANE GROFF, 138 S. MAIN, MILTON-FREEWATER, OR 97862
Science Technology Environmental Land Laboratory and Research Project
The Science Technology Environmental Land Laboratory and Research (STELLAR) project
seeks to identify environmentally sound solutions to persistent and recurring problems in the
local agricultural community. Students in kindergarten through grade 12 who participate in
the STELLAR project become environmental stewards as they research the interconnectedness
of management of crops, the watershed, and weeds through the project's "living classroom"
approach to scientific investigation. The STELLAR project is designed to reach the area's
rapidly growing Hispanic population, who make up approximately 33 percent of enrollment
in the Milton-Freewater Unified School District; few such students enroll in traditional science
courses.
NORTHWEST FILM CENTER - $5,000
ELLEN S.'f HOMAS, 1219 SW PARK AVENUE, PORTLAND, OR 97205
Men Invasion Film Project
Under the Alien Invasion Film Project, 75 junior and senior high school honor students from
diverse economic and racial backgrounds create a 20-minute film and printed study guide that
focuses on the effects of alien and invasive plant and animal species on an indigenous habitat.
Through the project, students acquire a variety of skills related to scientific inquiry and process,
research, community outreach, and the technical and artistic aspects of film making. The
project provides a model for the certificate of advanced mastery (CAM) in the Natural Resource
Systems focus area, a key component of education reform in the Portland public schools and
throughout Oregon.
ORLO - $5,000
PETE DuBois, RO. Box 10342, PORTLAND, OR 97214
The Garbage Gurus
The Garbage Gurus uses the creative arts to increase understanding of environmental issues
among citizens and engage them in addressing such issues. The project educates students and
teachers, links schools with community organizations, and provides workshops for students
during which they explore environmental careers and activism. Through the Orlo Road Show,
which visits selected watersheds throughout the Pacific Northwest, 10,000 students and members
of community groups experience a 45-minute musical assembly and attend workshops.
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - $19,181
JULIE MAGERS, CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION, RO. Box 751, PORTLAND, OR 97207
Water Workshop Series for Teachers
The Water Workshop Series for Teachers trains educators of kindergarten through 12th-grade
students to lead and facilitate the improvement of science education by establishing community,
research, and education partnerships. The project offers 12 workshops to approximately 165
teachers throughout Oregon and southern Washington and brings together numerous existing
public and private programs, materials, and resources in water education. Teachers have available
the tools, resources, and expert guidance they need to effectively incorporate water education
activities into their current curricula.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 1 - MADISON HIGH SCHOOL - $4,840
JULIE ROWLAND, RO. Box 3107, PORTLAND, OR 97208
Madison High School Water Analysis Team
The Madison High School Water Analysis Team project provides the ethnically diverse
population of Madison High School, which is 37 percent minority, with the opportunity to
become involved in "real" science, build a broader understanding of water quality issues, explore
careers in natural resources, and take positive action to benefit their communities. Some 30 to
90 students and two teachers participate in the project, which is intended to raise the percentage
of students at Madison who take science courses from the current lowest level among Portland
high schools.
SHERWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 88J - $11,130
JANET BECHTOLD, 23295 So. SHERWOOD BLVD., SHERWOOD, OR 97140
Sherwood Sustainable Community Education Initiative
The Sherwood Sustainable Community Education Initiative promotes interdisciplinary
environmental education by making available a reproducible model that demonstrates the
benefits of sustainable development and fosters partnerships among schools, environmental
groups, businesses, and government. The three primary activities offered under the project are
a pilot teacher training workshop that provides information about innovative trends in
environmental and sustainability education and curricula in use throughout the nation, pilot
projects that test the model with students and members of community groups, and two or
three pilot projects that test the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.
PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES - $24,914
KATHLEEN FADIGAN, 1900 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
The George Washington Carver Water Quality Research Program
The George Washington Carver Water Quality Research Program sponsors a new summer
program called the George Washington Carver Summer Scholars Program. The principal goal
of the program is to encourage students to pursue environmental careers by increasing their
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awareness of water quality issues and strengthening their ability to perform hands-on scientific
research. Students also are encouraged to participate in the George Washington Science Fair
and to present their project findings to the community. Partners widi the Academy of Natural
Sciences in the project are the School District of Philadelphia and Temple University.
DARBY CREEK - $4,873
CAROL KILLMAIER, RO. Box 583, LANSDOWNE, PA 19050
Steam Watch Program - Community Environmental Education
The Darby Creek Valley Association (DCVA) maintains a volunteer project under which
members of the community monitor the Darby Creek watershed. The project has a strong
environmental education component that reaches out to local schools and residents in the
vicinity of the creek. The DCVA uses existing monitoring protocols that were developed
specifically for volunteers and for environmental education. The community monitors use the
knowledge they have gathered to discuss environmental regulations, land use planning, and
habitat improvement projects during meetings with representatives of both state agencies and
municipalities. The project educates the community about the importance of riparian corridors,
vegetation of riparian areas, and storm-water control in protecting stream ecology, human
health, and property.
GIRLS CLUB OF ALLENTOWN - $5,000
DEBORAH FRIES, 1302 TURNER STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA 18102
We Care Program
This project provides to low-income, inner-city girls, ages 5 through 18 years, a program designed
to educate them in environmental issues, increase their awareness of individual responsibility
for protection of the environment, and promote their involvement in environmental activities.
The We Care Program, Children Acting Responsibly Toward the Environment, informs the
young participants about environmental issues related to their homes, communities, and world
and shows them how they personally can bring about positive change as members of a
community. They also explore at least 10 environmental careers, both traditional and
nontraditional. To support the project, the Girls Club of Allentown works in partnership with
the Lehigh Environmental Education Consortium, a group of eight local public and private
institutions, and participates in Adopt an Acre, a program of The Nature Conservancy.
GRASS ROOTS ALLIANCE FOR SOLAR PA - $4,955
LAURIE CAMERON, 3500 LANCASTER AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
Energy-Efficient and Environmentally Sensitive Building Design
This project expands and implements an existing workshop that provides developers of low- to
moderate-income community-based housing with information about new choices in design and
construction. The workshop addresses two key environmental inequities that low-income
populations face: high utility costs and poor indoor air quality. The curriculum, founded on the
principles of building science, includes information about "green" products and renewable energy
technologies. Workshops are held in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.
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KEYSTONE COLLEGE - $8,550
TODD SORBER, RO. Box50, LA PLUME, PA 18440
Project WET and More
Keystone College conducts four-day summer workshops for teachers of kindergarten through
grade 12. The training provides participants with support for incorporating water education into
their school curricula. Training includes 15 hours of environmental education and engages the
teachers in an intensive study of the local watershed. Teachers also visit environmental centers
and learn how to gain access to information available on the Internet. Partners with the college in
the nontraditional teacher training effort include the Wyoming County Conservation District
and Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit #19.
PENNSBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT - $4,225
CINDY DEMARIA, 134 YARDLEY AVENUE, RO. Box 338, FALLSINGTON, PA 19058
Environmental Science: Issues and Answers
This project provides an environmental education program for both teachers and students.
The program encourages students to take an active role in developing an understanding of
local natural systems and the issues associated with those systems. Students concentrate on
vegetation, birds, and soil in the fall; in spring, they investigate topography, mammals, and
reptiles. Using the data they collect, they then develop maps and a field guide. The Pennsbury
School District and Silver Lake Nature Center are partners in the project.
PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT - $20,540
ED GRUSHESKI, 1101 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107
Urban Watershed Exhibit Master Plan
This project supports the planning and design of the Fairrhount Water Works Interpretive
Center s (1C) primary environmental exhibits together called The Urban Watershed. The
1C is the primary environmental education forum of the Philadelphia Water Department. The
1C exhibit draws approximately 80,000 visitors a year.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA - $4,999
TIM BEAVER, A. L. FITZPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 21 ST STREET SOUTH OF PARKWAY, ROOM 408,
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
Science, Math, and Technology Institute Project
Under the Science, Math, and Technology Institute Project, students learn to plan, build, study,
and maintain a habitat. They turn waste into useful soil and garden debris, which is used in a
habitat that attracts and sustains butterfly populations and is designed to be self-sustainable for
future years. Students learn that they can help to improve the city environment through their
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LEONARD WHITE OR JACQUELINE DUBIN, JAY COOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 21 ST STREET SOUTH OF PARKWAY,
ROOM 408, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
Science, Math, and Technology Institute Project
This project teaches students about the components of an ecosystem, introducing them to such
environmental issues as water pollution and waste disposal. The students participate in field
studies and enjoy opportunities to meet and work with people in the environmental fields. They
learn about the latest technology and are encouraged to develop critical-thinking and problem-
solving skills, while helping to solve a simulated environmental crisis.
THE SCHUYLKILL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - $7,121
GAYLE WHITTLE, 8480 HAGY'S MILL ROAD, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19128
Environmental Education in an Alternative School Curriculum
This project introduces environmental education into the Montgomery County Youth Center
Shelter Alternative School for "at-risk" students, ages 12 through 17. The project trains both
teachers and students in aquatic ecology, examining the effects of pollution in aquatic
ecosystems and teaching chemical and field biological techniques for testing water quality.
The students participate in field studies to determine whether water pollution is present in
the body of water under study, identify regulations that protect it, characterize the risks any
existing pollution poses to human health, and assess the need for water treatment.
WILKES-BARRE RIVERFRONT PARKS COMMITTEE - $5,000
COREEN WEILMINSTER, 16 EAST NORTHAMPTON STREET, WILKES-BARRE, PA 18701
Disadvantaged Youth Environmental Education: Training Regarding Negative Health Effects of Pollution
This two-week day-camp project focuses on the health threats posed by pollution and develops
critical-thinking skills by giving the participants the opportunity to attempt to resolve specific
environmental health problems. Experts in different environmental fields guide the campers
in exploring such subjects as ecology, ecosystems, and the nutrient and water cycles. The
participants also learn to identify the needs of living things, examine the importance of diversity,
and develop basic understanding of plant and animal identification.
WOODLAND HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT - $8,583
JOSEPHINE SMERDEL, 2430 GREENSBURG PIKE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15221
Environmental Water Study
This project engages high school students in actively studying the quality of water in streams
that run through the school district. Under the project, 50 high school students teach
approximately 500 fifth graders about the relationship between the streams and the three rivers
that come together in Pittsburgh. The high school students also maintain a World Wide Web
site, which they use to communicate with other students who are studying environmental
issues, and work with local municipalities to teach the public about water pollution.
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PUERTO RICO
THE CONSERVATION TRUST OF PUERTO Rico - $23,500
ALEXIS MOLINARES, RO. Box 9023554, SAN JUAN, PR 00902-3554
Hacienda Buena Vista: An Environmental Education Laboratory
Hacienda Buena Vista conducts a one-year model program in south-central Puerto Rico that
educates teachers and students in two rural schools in the Ponce area. Using the hacienda, a
museum and educational facility for the public, as a living laboratory, the teachers and students
learn about ecological issues associated with the subtropical forest. They use the riparian and
cultivated areas of the hacienda property to increase their understanding of issues of conservation
and environmental protection that are associated with rural farm settings. The project also
provides educators materials on conservation and solutions to environmental challenges in the
small farm setting and coffee cultivation operations.
RHODE ISLAND
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - $25,000
CHRISTOPHER LITTLEFIELD, BIORESERVE MANAGER, PO. Box 1287, BLOCK ISLAND, Rl 02807
The Block Island Environmental Education Program
The Block Island Environmental Education Program increases the understanding and commitment
of teachers, students, families, and other members of local communities to the protection of the
fragile natural resources of Block Island. The project targets 130 students in all grade levels, every
elementary school teacher in the system, several secondary-level teachers, and 800 permanent
residents of the island. It offers participants outdoor experiences and hands-on projects that
encourage sharing of experience through displays, articles, contributions of information, and
presentations by students. The Block Island program is a new partnership between the Nature
Conservancy and the Block Island School.
RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF WETLAND SCIENTISTS - $2,287
JAMES G. TUREK, PO. Box 1514, PROVIDENCE, Rl 02901-1514
Wetlands Training Workshops Program
This program provides a full-day workshop for high school teachers, staff of local government
agencies, members of the conservation commission, and advanced-level high school students.
The participants learn how to identify and classify wetlands and examine their structure and
functions. Providing participants expanded opportunities to take part in field activities, the
project instructs them in the ecological functions and societal values that wetlands provide,
such as protection of water quality and wildlife habitat. The workshops help teachers improve
their teaching skills, encourage students to enter environmental careers, and guide local
government officials in using sound science as the basis for decisions about regulation and
management of wetlands. The Audubon Society of Rhode Island is a partner with the Rhode
Island Association of Wetland Scientists in the project.
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SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST - $10,000
CAROL MILLETTE, 288 DUDLEY STREET, PROVIDENCE, Rl 02907
Creation and Integration of an EcoLab into an Existing Ecoliteracy Curriculum
This project integrates an ecology laboratory into an existing ecoliteracy curriculum. The
project provides biweekly teacher training through workshops that feature dynamic classroom
presentations. Teachers and students work to reclaim a 3,775-square-foot lot adjacent to the
Asa Messer Elementary School. Their efforts are creating the ecology laboratory, which includes
an artificial wetland, a woodland, and a pond, as well as shrubs, trees, and plants that attract
and support amphibians, birds, and butterflies and other insects. The school is a partner with
the Southside Community Land Trust in the project.
SOUTH CAROLINA
CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON - $3,000
SHANNON B. PRAETE, 4900 LACROSS ROAD, NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 29419-1906
Coasting Through the Summer
Coasting Through the Summer is a program for minority and low-income children. The
children attend a camp for 11 hours per week over 12 weeks. They take part in a variety of
activities designed to increase their knowledge about the environment, particularly water and
the coastal and marine environment.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS - $3,990
LANGDON S. WARNER, CAROLINA PLAZA, COLUMBIA, SC 29208
Use of Siting Game as an Assessment Tool
The Siting Game is an interdisciplinary simulation of real-world environmental problems designed
for use by teachers of 9th- to 12th-grade social studies programs. The game is played in a
fictitious location by 30 to 50 students. Ten high school teachers attend a two- to three-day
workshop that includes a review of key elements and a demonstration of the game. The teachers
receive complete packages of game materials so they can play the game at their own schools.
TENNESSEE
IJAMS NATURE CENTER - $5,000
Bo TOWNSEND, 2915 ISLAND HOME AVENUE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37901-2601
Earth Flag Program
This project is designed to reduce the amount of solid waste generated in 51 elementary schools,
13 middle schools, 11 high schools, 2 vocational schools, and 46 private schools in Knoxville,
Tennessee. Students practice daily hands-on waste reduction activities that reinforce concepts in
environmental education. Schools are awarded Earth Flags for exhibiting continued attainment
of five environmental goals: reducing and reusing; recycling; composting; maintaining sustainable
sites; and practicing effective communication.
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KNOX COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM - $5,563
MONTY HOWELL, 912 SOUTH GAY STREET, KNOXVILLE, TN 37902
Adopt-a-Creek
Adopt-a-Creek provides three middle school and three high school science teachers with the
instructional skills to teach students about procedures for monitoring water quality. Newly
trained students adopt a designated section of a stream in their community, develop baseline
stream characterization data, record the results of their investigation in a database, and use the
results to identify areas that require cleanup and those that are in need of protection. The
project also provides teachers with instructional skills to help train other faculty members.
MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN - $4,990
MARY HELEN BUTLER, 750 CHERRY ROAD, MEMPHIS, TN 38117
Teaching Urban Ecology
This project provides 100 teachers the opportunity to attend hands-on workshops designed to
improve their classroom skills and equips them with interdisciplinary, ready-made lesson
materials and activities that supplement the existing curriculum. Partners in the project with
the Memphis Botanic Garden are the Tennessee Department of Conservation and the
Lichterman Nature Center.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY - $9,677
CINDI SMITH-WALTERS, RO. Box 60, MURFREESBORO, TN 37132
Environmental Education for Everyone E3
This project trains 50 educators in the use of selected Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies
(OBIS) folios. Each participant in turn trains at least three educators in the use and
implementation of OBIS. The project emphasizes science content, integrated curricula, and
teaching strategies that incorporate environmental themes.
TEXAS
AUSTIN COMMUNITY GARDENS INC. - $5,000
FRANK FULLER, 4814 SUNSHINE DRIVE, AUSTIN, TX 78756
East Austin Wildscaping Initiative
Under the East Austin Wildscaping Initiative, young people assist in the development of gardens
that provide habitats for a variety of wildlife. Wildscapes are living laboratories that diversify the
urban habitat, providing food and refuge for song birds, small mammals, reptiles, butterflies, and
other pollinators. The project also increases understanding among children about the environment,
plants, and animals and the role each plays in the ecosystem.
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DENTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS - $4,999
ZAN AUSTIN, 1307 N. LOCUST, DENTON, TX 76201
Water the Cycle of Life Project - 8th Graders to Produce Public Service Commercials
This interdisciplinary project heightens students' understanding of the similarity between the
drinking-water cycle and the Earths water cycle. The students take part in activities that
demonstrate how easily water can become polluted and replicate methods of cleaning water.
They also conduct studies of water use in their own homes.
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL - $4,720
ANASTASIA VOUGHT, 7922 ANTOINE, HOUSTON, TX 77088
Where Have all The Flowers Gone?
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? increases students' critical-thinking, problem-solving,
and decision-making skills through a cross-curricular, multilevel environmental education
program. The program includes the development and implementation of an integrated
curriculum guide that applies new education standards mandated by the state. The project
also involves students, parents, teachers, administrators, and members of the community in
the design, creation, and maintenance of an outdoor living classroom and trains teachers in
the best ways to use the curriculum guide and the outdoor classroom.
GREATER PARK PLACE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPS - $5,000
ANTONIA CAHN, RO. Box 262784, HOUSTON, TX 77207
Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center - Computer Environmental Education Project
This project establishes the Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center, a computer-aided environmental
education project that brings year-round nature discovery programs to area schools. It also
includes a community garden program for youth and adults that teaches horticulture and
marketing skills.
LDL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION - $4,481
LK SHERRELL, RO. Box 1283, GLEN ROSE, TX 76043
Create An Ongoing Environmental Classroom
The environmental classroom is an outdoor environmental studies laboratory designed to increase
the environmental knowledge and awareness of elementary school students. It gives them the
opportunity to develop an interactive and interdependent relationship with their environment
through hands-on, problem-solving experiences with nature.
THE LEAF ALLIANCE - $4,531
SUSAN ALEXANDER, ROUTE 1, Box 335, PINELAND, TX 75968
Discovering Watersheds
Discovering Watersheds provides an environmental science unit and "trunk kit" designed to
teach students about watersheds, the environmental problems related to them, and possible
solutions to such problems in an enjoyable and motivating way suitable for both indoor and
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outdoor classroom use. The activities encourage students to think critically about preventing
and controlling pollution. Students also design, build, and demonstrate a model of a working
septic system that contributes to pollution control.
TEXOMA COUNCIL OF CAMP FIRE - $4,500
RACHEL HAMPTON, BOYS & GIRLS, 728 W. SEARS, DENISON, TX 75020
Nature Watch: Student Field Trips; Students and Ecosystems
The Nature Watch program educates students about the importance of ecosystems and how
they affect our current and future lives. The program uses group activities to facilitate learning
about the environmental issues that affect local ecosystems.
TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD - $22,500
BILL HOFFMAN, RO. Box 13231, AUSTIN, TX 78711
Texas Water Conservation & Water Resource Education Project
The Texas Water Conservation & Water Resource Education Project provides new and revised
classroom education material through direct mail, the Internet, the Texas Education Agency,
and workshops for teachers. Its goal is to provide direcdy to the classroom material that promotes
the development of critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills related to
water conditions in the state and water conservation and management of resources in general.
Under the project, classroom exercises and activities, as well as resource materials for teachers,
on water conservation and resource issues specific to Texas are distributed to classrooms. The
Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), sponsor of the project, also provides demonstration
workshops to help teachers learn to use the materials effectively in their classrooms. The Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation
Board, and the Harris-Galveston Conservation Commission, as well as the Water and
Environment Association of Texas and the Texas Section of the American Water Works
Association, are among the organizations involved with TWDB in partnership efforts to support
the project, which in turn is intended, in part, to support the development of a consensus
water plan for the state.
YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS - $10,000
ILENE STERN, 601 N. AKARD STREET, DALLAS, TX 75201
Outdoor Education Center at Camp Grady Spruce
The Outdoor Education Center (OEC) at Camp Grady Spruce works with culturally and
ethnically diverse fifth- and sixth-grade students in 10 counties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
to increase the students' knowledge and awareness of environmental issues. The project is
based on intensive, yet "friendly," immersion in the environmental curriculum.
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DECKER LAKE WETLAND PRESERVE FOUNDATION - $17,461
DIANA SMITH, 869 EAST 4500 SOUTH, #513, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84107
Water Quality Education
The primary purpose of the water quality education project is to educate area students about
water quality in the watershed. Two elementary, two junior high, and two high schools within a
five-mile radius of Decker Lake participate in the project, and eight local businesses help support
it. Under the project, elementary school students learn about the threats to human health posed
by environmental pollution, while the junior high and high school students participate in a
volunteer water monitoring program. Outreach efforts and a media campaign designed by the
students spread the message about environmental issues and pollution of the watershed.
SOUTH SANPETE SCHOOL DISTRICT - $4,874
ELLEN WALKER, 39 SOUTH MAIN, MANTI, UT 84642
Sanpete Native Plants and Range Issues
The Sanpete Native Plants and Range Issues project improves students' awareness and
understanding of range quality and improves teachers' knowledge of environmental issues. It
gives students hands-on work and problem-solving experience in the environmental area. The
project involves 75 students, 4 full-time teachers, several part-time teachers, and other staff
members in field trips to local range lands and in planning for and operation of a greenhouse.
Under the project, teachers attend workshops designed to help them integrate environmental
issues into their curricula, and students complete the 4-H range evaluation project. The primary
partners in the project are the Sevier Valley Tech Building Trades Program; the School to Careers
program; the Sanpete County Extension Service; the Forest Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture; Spring City Elementary School; and a local private company that markets seed of
native plants.
UTAH SOCIETY FOR EE - $21,000
TIM BROWN, 350 SOUTH 400 EAST, #664, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 94111
Environmental Education Evaluation Initiatives
Environmental Education Evaluation Initiatives, a project that involves 4,000 teachers, increases
communication and cooperation among various providers of environmental education
throughout the state of Utah. It provides a standardized evaluation instrument and other
improvements of evaluation tools currently in use. Workshops conducted to disseminate the
materials are supplemented by telephone and electronic communications. Among the numerous
entities involved in the project are the Utah State Office of Education, the National Energy
Foundation, Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Utah Project Learning Tree, Utah Project
WET, Utah Ag in the Classroom, Utah Project WILD, Utah State University, Canyonlands
Field Institute, and Four Corners School of Outdoor Education.
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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY - $4,961
SHARON OHLHORST, FOREST RESOURCES, OLD MAIN ROOM 112, UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, LOGAN,
UT 84322-1415
Sense of Place
This project is designed to develop educational partnerships and activities that help families
discover or rediscover a sense of place in their local natural environment. The communitv-
based project targets single-parent, low-income, and minority families in the Cache Valley area
who have children between the ages of 4 and 14. It offers outdoor opportunities through
which families can develop a connection with the land. The families also develop observational
and interpretive problem-solving skills and gain proficiency in critical thinking, and are exposed
to general education in environmental topics. Primary partners in the project are Utah State
University; Logan Canyon Nature Center; the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture;
and the Bridgerland Audubon Society.
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AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT - $3,570
JANET RILEY FRANCIS, 30 FARRELL STREET, SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403-6196
Open Airways for Schools
Open Airways for Schools is an asthma-management program that provides cost-effective asthma
education to school-age children who have asthma and to their families. The target audience
lives in the most rural section of Vermont, known as the Northeast Kingdom, which has a total
population of 59,648 in 2,410 square miles, including approximately 1,972 adults and 1,077
children with asthma. The project trains school nurses to implement the program, which
targets children between the ages of 8 to 11. Among other activities, children receive take-
home assignments to complete with their parents.
FOOD WORKS - $5,000
TODD COMEN, 64 MAIN STREET, MONTPELIER, VT 05602
Community Park for Teaching Local Ecology Project
This project focuses on helping teachers develop seasonal units of hands-on activities for use in
teaching local ecology in the outdoor laboratory of Hubbard Park, a 185-acre city park in
Montpelier. Students gain a greater knowledge of the diverse habitat by constructing learning
centers and interpretive displays. The target audience of the project is low-income students
between the ages of 6 and 18 who live in Montpelier.
VERMONT CENTER FOR THE BOOK - $9,153
SALLY ANDERSON, RO. Box 441, CHESTER, VT 05143
Mother Goose Meets Mother Nature Project
The Mother Goose Meets Mother Nature Project uses picture books, discussion, and activities
to bring environmental issues to life for pre-school children, their parents, and the professionals
who work with them. It trains 30 early childhood educators from 10 communities to focus on
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the effectiveness of works of children's literature as vehicles for environmental education and to
organize and facilitate parent programs for 200 at-risk families. The Vermont Center for the
Book works collaboratively on the project with the Vermont Institute for Natural Sciences, the
Stewardship Institute of Shelburne Farms, and the Vermont Department of Libraries.
VIRGINIA
NEWPORT NEWS PUBLIC SCHOOLS - $4,777
LARRY VOUGHT, 12465 WARWICK BOULEVARD, NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23606
Family Center Environmental Research and Action Projects
The goal of this project is to encourage students and their families not only to become informed
about environmental issues, but also to become involved in efforts to resolve those issues. The
project emphasizes hands-on learning that promotes exploration and understanding and includes
river cleanups, design and installation of a wetland or backyard habitat, study of household
water quality issues and measures to improve air quality, and study of the effects of pollution on
human health. Directly participating in the project are 550 kindergarten through fifth-grade
students in Newport News. Families who are involved in the project through their children
prepare reports on their activities that are aired on the schools cable television channel.
PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS - $19,042
CATHERINE ROBERTS, RO. Box 998, PORTSMOUTH, VA 23705
Oyster Restoration
This program for seventh-grade students helps replenish the oyster population in a tributary
of the Chesapeake Bay. Activities provided under the program focus on educating students
from at-risk, low-income backgrounds about environmental issues and improving teachers'
skills in environmental education. In addition to mathematics and science skills, activities
encompass the disciplines of English and history, along with language arts and communication
skills. The project is a partnership effort of the Portsmouth public school system, the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
PROJECT UNDERGROUND - $5,000
CAROL ZOKAITES, 620 MCDANIEL DRIVE, CHRISTIANSBURG, VA 24073
Project Underground
Project Underground introduces teachers of kindergarten through grade 12 to karst
environments, with their sinkholes and systems of interconnected caves. Teachers learn about
those fragile environments and the need to protect them as human populations in karst areas
increase and draw on their underground water resources.
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ROCKBRIDGE AREA CONSERVATION COUNCIL - $4,310
MICHAEL VAN NESS, RO. Box 564, LEXINGTON, VA 24450
Waste Watchers at Central
This project teaches kindergarten through third-grade children how to solve the problem of
excessive waste at home and at school. The experimental education program features an interactive
puppet show, activities to be carried out at home, investigative field trips, and a litter cleanup
project. Beginning with the puppet show "Save the Trashasaurus," the program provides a series
of lessons on decision-making and critical-thinking skills. Children learn how to make and
manage a compost pile; evaluate their families' waste management habits; and prepare suggestions
for their parents about ways to reduce, recycle, and reuse waste materials at home.
TAZEWELL SWCD - $5,000
PATRICIA NEEL, 552 EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE, NORTH TAZEWELL, VA 24630-9573
Tazewell Education Program
The goal of this project is to increase the level of awareness and understanding of conservation
among young people and farm communities in Tazewell County. The project examines issues
associated with conservation, management of solid waste, and litter prevention. It exposes
participants to adopt-a-watershed programs and teaches best management practices for
agriculture, targeting primarily small-scale, part-time farmers through workshops. The key
partners in the conservation education program are the Tennessee Valley Authority; Tazewell
County; the Tazewell County Schools; the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and the
New River Highlands Resource, Conservation, and Development Council.
VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE - $5,000
JANE LOPEZ, RO. Box 1346, GLOUCESTER POINT, VA 23062
Development of Internet-Deliverable Environmental Education Units
This project trains teachers to develop educational activity units that are offered over the
Internet. Availability of the units is publicized through local and national newsletters and
conferences. The project is conducted by the staff of the Chesapeake Bay National Estuary
Research Reserve, which is managed b/ the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and the
College of William and Mary.
WASHINGTON
ADNA SCHOOL DISTRICT - $4,769
DEBBI DAVIS, RO. Box 148, ADNA, WA 98522
The Tech Prep Program
Tech Prep enhances students' understanding of environmental careers and transfers classroom
learning to actual field work. Ninth-grade students in a small rural community, as well as
special needs students, participate in the program. Students perform extensive water quality
testing and produce a database of the information that they have compiled. The project aims
to improve water quality in local streams, thereby increasing the number of salmon that return
to those streams to spawn.
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BRENT PETERSON, 8489 MADISON AVENUE NE, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA 98110
Bainbridge Island Wildlife Corridor Study
Integrated into the existing watershed education program in Bainbridge schools, the Bainbridge
Island Wildlife Corridor Study supports an ongoing effort to identify and preserve an islandwide
wildlife habitat corridor. Activities conducted under the program include workshops, in-field
data collection, and exhibits at public events. Participants are working with partners in the
program, including government agencies and community organizations, to develop a database
of components of the wildlife habitat and species observed in areas to be included in the
wildlife corridor. The primary audience of the program is students in grades 4 through 12 in
the Bainbridge Island School District and their teachers.
CENTRAL BASIN AUDUBON SOCIETY - $3,348
JOYE LUCAS, EDUCATION COMMITTEE, 2129 SOUTH BELAIR DRIVE, MOSES LAKE, WA 98837
Lakeview School Arboretum and Wildlife Habitat
Under this project, an arboretum and wildlife habitat was constructed on the grounds of
Lakeview School for use as a laboratory for observing and investigating the interrelationships
among birds and other wildlife and their habitat. Wildlife biologists, refuge managers, and
nursery staff conduct workshops in die new "living lab." Students use the laboratory to observe
and investigate habitats of the Columbia River Basin and to draw conclusions and solve problems
related to those habitats. The project targets the school's fourth- to sixth-grade students, 25
percent of whom are minorities and 31 percent of whom are children of low-income families.
CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS - $5,000
Rio LARA-BELLAN, CHEHLIS TRIBAL LEARNING CENTER, RO. Box 536, 420 HOWANUT DRIVE,
OAKVILLE, WA 98568
Chehalis Tribal Learning Center Workshops
This project provides environmental education to young people from 8 to 12 years old who
live on the Chehalis Indian Reservation and in the community of Oakville. Participants learn
about management of water resources, treatment of solid waste and wastewater, recycling and
composting, restoration and management of habitat, fisheries, and wetland conservation, and
explore air quality issues, as well. The young people attend workshops conducted by
environmental professionals and participate in field trips during the summer.
COLUMBIA RIVER EXHIBITION OF HISTORY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - $4,975
GWEN LETH, RO. Box 1890, RICHLAND, WA 99352
Environmental Summer Science Camp
This community-based program educates students and their parents about the environmental
issues that affect the Columbia River. The science camp program, of which examination of
cleanup efforts at the nearby Hanford Nuclear Reservation is an integral part, is designed to
show youngsters that study of the environment is science and that science is fun and accessible.
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The program reaches 105 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students and their families and places
special emphasis on reaching families that home-school their children.
THE GIRAFFE PROJECT - $5,000
LAURA RUDD, 197 SECOND STREET, LANGLEY, WA 98260
Eastern Washington Giraffe Project
The Giraffe Project focuses on the use of environmental education to advance the goals of
education reform, informing teachers, students, parents, and community leaders about the
threats to human health posed by environmental pollution and making the public aware of the
environmental issues that affect their communities. The program works with before- and
after-school child care sites, each of which develops and implements an environmental
community service project. Young people taking part in the program, which targets students
in kindergarten through 12th grade, learn to identify the issues that have the greatest effect on
their environment and to apply problem-solving skills in addressing those issues.
KITSAP CONSERVATION DISTRICT - $17,051
CARLA PIZZANO, 817 SIDNEY AVENUE, PORT ORCHARD, WA 98366
Kitsap County Fair On-Site Agricultural Waste Composting Demonstration Project
The Kitsap County Fair On-Site Agricultural Waste Composting Demonstration Project
addresses the effects on water quality of management of livestock waste and creates an awareness
of the benefits to both farm and community of the composting of livestock waste. The
Conservation District provides a demonstration exhibit at the Kitsap County Fair that both
educates the community and manages the livestock waste generated at the fair. The project
is intended to increase understanding among officials of local jurisdictions of the benefit of
taking a leadership role in addressing such environmental issues and to encourage members
of the community to adopt the role of resource stewardship related to decisions about land
use. Among its target populations are owners of livestock operations in the county, as well as
the support services and interest groups associated with the farming industry.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE - $5,000
DON MORRISON, 4009 BRIDGEPORT WAY WEST, SUITE E, TACOMA, WA 98466-4326
Local Official Problem-Solving Skills Enhancement Project
This project adapts existing environmental information and curricula to the environmental
education needs of members of the city council and planning commission of a small city in the
state of Washington.
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT OF TACOMA - $5,000
TOM WEATHERS, 1919 S. TYLER, TACOMA, WA 98405
Environmental Education and Career Awareness for Multi-Cultural Schools
The Environmental Education and Career Awareness for Multi-Cultural Schools program
provides a model for environmental education and career awareness programs for multicultural
schools. The model, which is intended to increase knowledge, provide hands-on opportunities,
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populations, specifically in three fourth-grade classes located in economically disadvantaged
communities in the Tacoma School District and six classes of junior and senior high school
students in the Bediel School District. Teachers receive training through workshops and students
gain experience through service projects and strengthen their awareness of environmental careers.
PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER - $5,000
CAROLE HOFFMAN, 200 SECOND AVENUE NORTH, SEATTLE, WA 98109
Family Science Career Awareness Workshop
The Family Science Career Awareness Workshop is a new program designed specifically for
underserved populations that reaches primarily low-income, culturally diverse girls, ages 6 to
12. The five workshop sessions, reaching 60 children and their families, focus on increasing
interest in careers in environmental science.
PULLMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT #267 - $4,800
STEWART HIGGINS, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, LARRY AND HALL DRIVE, PULLMAN, WA 99163
Pullman School District Teachers' Workshop
Under this program, wedands, flood plains, and streams are used to integrate education in biology,
agriculture, mathematics, language arts, geography, civics, and technology. The program draws
on existing curricula in soil morphology, production of greenhouse gases, and qualitative analysis
of vegetation. Various aspects of the program will involve all students, from kindergarten through
12th grade, enrolled in the Pullman School District, which has a 14 percent minority population.
YAKIMA VALLEY OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER - $4,977
MARY JANE Vujovic, 815 FRUITVALE BOULEVARD, YAKIMA, WA 98902
Household Hazardous Waste Neighborhood Education Project
The Household Hazardous Waste Neighborhood Education Project strengthens the capacity
of the Lower Yakima Valley Rural Enterprise Community to both develop and deliver quality
environmental education programs and public education in environmental issues of significant
concern to the community. To do so, the organization provides customized educational programs
to Spanish-speaking adults who have limited proficiency in English and limited literacy in their
native language. Five bilingual and bicultural members of the AmeriCorps Program, along
with 25 volunteers from the community, are trained to serve as household hazardous waste
educators. The AmeriCorps members and volunteers in turn educate 100 adults in one-on-
one and small group sessions.
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LITTLE EAGLE CHILD CARE CENTER - $5,000
LISA SHAWYER, RO. Box 1208/Siop 900, MARTINSBURG, WV 25401
Kids Discover Nature's Gifts
The participants in the Kids Discover Natures Gifts program, ages 4 to 12, establish observation
sites and wildlife feeding stations in various ecological habitats. A computer database of
information collected by the students themselves allows the students to compare their results
with other documented information and study both differences and similarities.
PINE CABIN RUN ECOLOGICAL LABORATORY - $5,000
NANCY AILES, ROUTE 1, Box 328, HIGH VIEW, WV 26808
Reducing Non-Point-Source Pollution Committee
This project educates the community about issues related to non-point-source water pollution.
The goal of the project is to work through the newly established Watershed Stakeholder Advisory
Committee and with the community to reduce pollution in the Lost River and Cacapon River
watersheds. Using methods learned during monthly meetings, the members of the committee
reach out to their respective communities to implement agreed-upon strategies to reduce non-
point-source pollution. The project targets members of the community who represent every
significant category of river user throughout the watershed.
POTOMAC HEADWATERS RC&C REGION, INC. - $5,000
ROGER BOER, 1450-6 EDWIN MILLER BOULEVARD, MARTINSBURG, WV 25401
Gmundwater and Public Health
Under this project, local government officials, teachers, migrant workers, students, and the
general public learn about the relationships between the quality of groundwater and public
health and about the specific threats to public health that have been identified in Berkeley
County, West Virginia.
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BLACKHAWK COUNCIL OF GIRL SCOUTS - $2,900
JULI SPECK, 2710 SKI LANE, MADISON, Wl 53713
Increasing Environmental Programming in Girl Scouting
The Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts is using a series of workshops and training sessions to
enhance and expand its environmental education program. Training courses conducted by
naturalists provide troop leaders with teaching skills, seasonal information, and supplementary
environmental education activities designed to promote environmental awareness and
stewardship attitudes. Leaders receive resource materials, field guides, and information about
natural history that they can incorporate into the programs they conduct with their scouts. A
corps of volunteer naturalists assists the troop leaders, and supplementary training enables
volunteers to lead nature hikes, organize day camps programs, and create environmental service
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projects. The effort also includes workshops on the Project WILD, Project WILD/Aquatic,
and Project Learning Tree curricula. The workshops and training sessions reach more than 200
leaders and other volunteers.
KEEP GREATER MILWAUKEE BEAUTIFUL, INC. - $5,000
MARGO ANNE KUISIS, 1313 W. MOUNT VERNON AVENUE, MILWAUKEE, Wl 53233
Learning Side-by-Side
Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful, Inc. provides an interactive learning experience for students
and teachers that fosters an understanding of pollution prevention, waste management, and
concepts related to water quality. The organization conducts workshops in which teachers
learn how to incorporate environmental education into their lesson plans under existing curricula.
The workshops increase teachers' knowledge of pollution prevention, waste management, and
water quality. Students participate in hands-on field trips and take part in pre- and post-visit
classroom activities. The project reaches 25 elementary school teachers, 15 secondary school
teachers, and 1,600 to 2,400 students.
LAC COURTE OREILLES BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA - $4,970
DAN TYROLT, ROUTE #2, Box 2700, HAYWARD, Wl 54843
Environmental Awareness Education Project
This project establishes an environmental education and awareness program within the Lac
Courte Oreilles tribal community. To spark the interest of the community, the program addresses
environmental issues related specifically to reservation policies and conditions. Under the
project, materials related to pertinent environmental issues are developed, collected, categorized,
and distributed. The program also offers members of the community training in composting
and recycling and workshops on groundwater contamination. The tribe produces an
environmental newsletter, conducts public forums, and prepares radio announcements to educate
members of the community about issues that affect their daily lives. More than 3,000 members
of the tribal community benefit from the project.
WISCONSIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS, AND LETTERS - $4,883
GARY LAKE, 1922 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, MADISON, Wl 53705
Environmental Education Through Children's Literature and Television
Formal and informal educators participate in a week-long summer institute designed to showcase
the wide variety of resources available to support environmental education efforts. Participants
are immersed in children's literature, television, and activities. They participate in activities
chosen from existing curricula to increase their level of comfort with environmental issues and
concepts. The 30 educators who take part in the program reach some 3,000 or more students.
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MAGIC CITY -$4,1 21
JOHN FIRESTONE OR MARY ROZMAJZL, 1750 WESTLAND ROAD, #166, CHEYENNE, WY 82001
Eco Center Recycling
Students and members of the general public learn about recycling and the need to keep our
environment clean for ourselves and wildlife through the Eco Center project. School groups tour
the Eco Center facility to learn first-hand. They view recycling exhibits at the center and receive
recycling decals they can display to demonstrate their commitment to the concept. The project
reaches approximately 225 students a month, some 15 percent of whom are African American or
Hispanic. The Wyoming Game & Fish Department is a partner with Magic City in the project.
TETON SCIENCE SCHOOL - $3,662
APRIL LANDALE, Box 68, KELLY, WY 8301 1
Project WET Workshops
Project WET teaches experiential natural science to people of all ages in the greater Yellowstone
region. Participants in the program include 20 teachers of kindergarten through 12th-grade
programs, 16 graduate students, and 16 Girl Scout leaders. The project provides three training
workshops for environmental educators through the program, which is accredited by Utah
State University, the University of Wyoming, and Prescott College.
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING - $5,000
DUANE KEOWN, Box 3992, WYOMING HALL, LARAMIE, WY 82071
Wild Wonderful Wyoming
This project provides an environmental education manual for use in elementary schools in the
entire state of Wyoming and parts of Montana and Nebraska. The manual focuses on training
and materials that teach about the environment and natural resources. The curriculum is the
work of 53 teachers who collaborated in its development. State resource management agencies,
environmental organizations, the University of Wyoming, and Wyoming schools are partners
in the project.
WYOMING RECYCLING ASSOCIATION - $5,000
LESLIE GNIDINGER, 250 LINCOLN AVENUE, LANDER, WY 82520
Solid Waste Education
This project provides a solid waste education program for the Wind River Indian Reservation,
serving a low-income minority population of approximately 14,000. Student workbooks and
do-it-yourself educational packets are distributed to offices, classrooms, and homes; educational
pamphlets, posters, and promotional materials publicize the program. Workshops for teachers,
office workers, and the general public, along with a Recycling Expo, round out the effort to
curb improper disposal of hazardous waste on the reservation. The University of Wyoming's
Conservation Connection, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, and the Wind
River Recycling Coalition are partners in the project.
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WILLIAM EDWARDS, 520 HARVARD LANE, CHEYENNE, WY 82009
Environmental Education Master Plan
The Environmental Education Master Plan seeks to improve environmental literacy. The project
focuses on direct mailings, newsletters, workshops, conferences, and public meetings to
strengthen environmental knowledge among students, teachers, and other adults. The Governors
Office of the State of "Wyoming; the Wyoming Department of Education, Department of
Agriculture, Department of Environmental Quality, and Game and Fish Department; and the
North American Association for Environmental Education collaborate on the project.
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Region 1 CT, ME, MA, NH, Rl, VT
KRISTEN CONROY
U.S. EPA, Region 1
JFK Federal Building (RPM)
Boston, MA 02203
Phone: 617-565-3618
Fax: 617-565-3415
E-mail: conroy.kristen@epamail.epa.gov
REGION 2 NJ, NY, PUERTO Rico,
VIRGIN ISLANDS
TERRY IPPOLITO
U.S. EPA, Region 2
290 Broadway, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-637-3671
Fax: 212-637-4445
E-mail: ippolito.teresa@epamail.epa.gov
Region 3 DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV
NAN IDES AND LARRY BROWN
U.S. EPA, Region 3
841 Chestnut Street (3EA20)
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-566-5546 (Nan)
Phone: 215-566-5527 (Larry)
Fax: 215-566-5104
E-mail: ides.nan@epamail.epa.gov (Nan)
E-mail: brown.larry@epamail.epa.gov (Larry)
Region 4 AL, FL, GA, /Of MS, NC, SC.TN
RICH NAWYN
U.S. EPA, Region 4
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-562-8320
Fax: 404-562-8335
E-mail: nawyn.richard@epamail.epa.gov
Region 5 IL, IN, Ml, MN, OH, Wl
SUZANNE SARIC
U.S. EPA, Region 5
77 West Jackson Boulevard (PI-19J)
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312-353-3209
Fax: 312-353-1155
E-mail: saric.suzanne@epamail.epa.gov
Region 6 AH, LA, NM, OK, TX
Jo TAYLOR AND ED CURRAN
U.S. EPA, Region 6
1445 Ross Avenue (6XA)
Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: 214-665-2200 GO)
Phone: 214-665-2172 (Ed)
Fax: 214-665-2118
E-mail: taylor.jo@epamail.epa.gov
E-mail: curran.ed@epamail.epa.gov
Region? IA,KS, MO, NE
ROWENA MICHAELS
U.S. EPA, Region 7
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: 913-551-7003
Fax: 913-551-7066
E-mail: michaels.rowena@epamail.epa. gov
Region 8 CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY
FORGET
U.S. EPA, Region 8
One Denver Place (OCPI)
999 18th Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202-2405
Phone: 303-312-6605
Fax: 303-312-6961
E-mail: forget.cece@epamail.epa.gov
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Region 9 AZ, CA, HI, NV, American Samoa,
Guam, N. Marianas, Palau
STAGEY BENFER
U.S. EPA, Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street (E2)
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-744-1161
Fax: 415-744-1072
E-mail: benfer.stacey@epamail.epa.gov
Region 10AK, ID, OR, WA
SALLY HANFT
U.S. EPA, Region 10
1200 Sixth Avenue (EXA-142)
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-553-1207
Fax: 206-553-0149
E-mail: hanft.sally@epamail.epa.gov
Headquarters
U.S. EPA
Office of Environmental Education
401 M Street, SW (MC 1707)
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-260-8619
Fax: 202-260-4095
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