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Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2005
Youth Education Category - 1st Place
| Company: | West Florida Regional Planning Council/Bay Area Resource Council | 
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Presentation of the Gulf Guardian Award for Youth/Education, 1st Place, to West Florida Regional Planning Council/Bay Area Resource Council for their project Resource Rangers Environmental Club. From left, Colleen Castille; winner Eleanor Godwin; Bryon Griffith, Director of the Gulf of Mexico Program; winner Glen Griffith; and Jimmy Palmer, EPA Region 4 Administrator.
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| Project Name: | Resource Rangers Environmental Club | |||
| Location: | Pensacola, Florida | |||
| Category: | Youth/Education |
The Gulf of Mexico Program recently announced that the West Florida Regional Planning Council/Bay area Resource Council of Pensacola, Florida will receive a first place Gulf Guardian Award for 2005 in the Youth/Education Category for the “Resource Rangers Environmental Club”.
The Environmental Education Coordination Team began the Resource Ranger
program in 2001 to provide environmental education in area schools. This
curriculum based program for elementary and middle school students addresses
several environmental topics with the common thread of improving water
quality. No coordinated effort had existed between Escambia and Santa
Rosa counties in Northwest Florida, and this group of volunteer environmental
professionals formulated a plan for classroom visits, beach ecology field
trips, and a series of 30 minute videos for grades 4-8. Each video includes
corresponding curriculum and hands-on activities to be used as follow-
up. The group secured seed money from the Florida Coastal Management Program
and has leveraged that funding with grants and local contributions from
business and industry, local agencies and organizations to continue the
program. Feedback from teachers, parents, and participating students has
consistently indicated that the program is making a difference in attitudes
about the environment.
