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Environmental Education Grants Awarded

Release Date: 7/26/1999
Contact Information: Jeff Philip
philip.jeff@epamail.epa.gov
(206) 553-1465

July 26, 1999 - - - - - - - 99-27


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

While most schools are shut down for the summer, some educators in Alaska, Oregon and Washington have just begun utilizing $160,000 in federal grants that will integrate learning with the environment. Thirteen grants were announced this month by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Northwest Regional Office.

The grants were awarded to local organizations and government agencies whose projects strive to increase people’s knowledge and awareness about the environment and its associated challenges. The grant recipients are as follows (details attached):

Alaska

•University of Alaska Museum Fairbanks - $20,717 "Northern Forests" - A Hands-On Museum-Based School Tour Program
•University of Alaska SE - Sitka - $25,000 Environmental Activities, Kits and Teacher Training

Oregon

•Multnomah School District - Turnaround School - $19,639 Whitaker Ponds Wetlands Area Project
•Oregon Watersheds - $1,828 Water Quality Monitoring and Stream Enhancement
•Portland State University - $ 8,978 Sustainable Business Practice Project
•Rogue Valley Council of Governments - $14,600 Bear Creek Watershed Community Service Project
•Think Link Discovery Museum - $ 5,000 Activity-Based Exploration Thru Outdoor School

Washington

•City of Richland - $ 5,000 Shopping Smarter for Our Home - An Environmental Workshop
•Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe - $ 3,000 Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Environmental Day 1999
•St. Martin's College - $ 5,000 Integrating Technology into Environmental Education
•Thurston Conservation District - $25,000 Teacher Training Using Biological Assessment
•Washington State University - Center of Environmental Ed. - $20,000 Organizing Environmental Education in North Central Washington
•Washington State University - Spokane - $ 6,238 CityLab After-School Environmental Science Camps

“Educators in the Pacific Northwest are eager to integrate environmental problem solving into their lessons,” Said Chuck Clarke, Regional Administrator for the EPA. “These projects represent some of the most innovative ideas in developing an appreciation for the earth and encouraging citizens to make informed decisions.”

The grants are available to supplement projects which design, demonstrate or disseminate environmental education practices, methods and techniques sponsored by education institutions, environmental and educational public agencies and not-for-profit organizations. For more information on applying for next year’s grants, call Sally Hanft at (800) 424-4372 or visit the website at https://www.epa.gov/r10earth.