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Seventeen environmental education projects receive EPA funds

Release Date: 9/20/2004
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Denver -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in September awarded nearly $190,000 in grants to help fund 17 environmental education projects in Region 8.

"Some of the most significant work accomplished in environmental protection happens at the state and local level,” said EPA’s Region 8 Administrator, Robert E. Roberts. “We are pleased to be able to offer this financial assistance to support the worthy and important environmental education projects in the states.”

The Environmental Education Grant Program is sponsored by the EPA's Office of Environmental Education. Since 1992, EPA Region 8 awards approximately $180,000 each year in grant funding for environmental education programs. Eligible applicants include local education agencies, state education, or environmental agencies, college or universities, Tribal education agencies, not-for-profit organizations and noncommercial educational broadcasting entities.

This year’s recipients are:
Trees, Water and People - $8,000
Richard Fox, 633 Remington St, Ft. Collins, Colo., 80524
Pine Ridge Alternate Energy Education and Training Program

Colorado Renewable Energy Society - $17,960
Sheila Townsend, CRES PO Box 933, Golden, Colo., 80402
Renewable Energy and Green Building Education Program

National Wildlife Federation – Tribal Lands Conservation Program - $14,000
Tahlia Bear, 2260 Baseline Rd., Suite 100, Boulder, Colo., 80302
Ute Tribe Wildlife Habitat Project

Environmental Learning for Kids (ELKS) - $22,000
Stacie Gilmore, 14460 E. 50th Avenue, Denver, Colo., 80239
Denver Youth Naturally Program

Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE) - $15,000
Ali Goulstone Sweeney, 15260 S. Golden Rd., Golden, Colo., 80401
Colorado Environmental Education Competencies Program

Colorado Energy Science Center - $5,000
Susan Toth, 1767 A Denver West Blvd., Suite 49, Golden, Colo., 80401
An Energy Education Initiative for Elementary Students and their Families

Boone and Crockett Club Foundation - $17,979 Lisa Flowers, Boone and Crockett Club Foundation, Inc., PO Box 234, Dupuyer, Mont., 59432 Sustain the Source through Watershed Education Program Montana Environmental Education Association (MEEA) - $17,000 Steven Eshbaugh, MEEA, PO Box 7022, Bozeman, Mont., 59771 Environmental Education Certification Program Missoula County Public School District #1 - $5,000 Dr. Jim Clark, 215 S. 6th Street W., Missoula, Mont., 59801 Outdoor Environmental Education Program North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department - $2,350 Kathy Duttenheffner, 1600 E. Century Ave. Suite 3, Bismarck, N.D., 58503-0649 Ecosystems and Stewardship Environmental Education Traveling Trunk Program North Dakota Multi-County Special Projects Consortium - $10,768 Dawn Rorvig, 1444 East Gateway Circle #10, Fargo, N.D., 58103-3635 Multi-County Habitat Project South Dakota Discovery Center - $4,600 Anne Lewis, 805 West Sioux Ave., Pierre, S.D., 57501 Wonders of Wetlands II - Teacher Education Program Utah Federation for Youth, Incorporated - $5,000 Troy Bennett, 350 S. 400 East #G4, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111 Healthy Communities, Healthy Kids Campaign Utah Society for Environmental Education - $18,000 Jennifer Visitacion, 350 S. 400 East Suite #G4, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111 Utah Multicultural Environmental Education Capacity Building Project Snow College - $16,000 Greg Lanier, 150 E. College Ave., Ephraim Sanpete, Utah, 84627 Nature High Environmental Education Summer Program Teton Science School - $4,928 Dr. Doug Wachob, Teton Science School, PO Box 68, Kelly, Wyo., 83011 Connecting People to Water through Education and Research Program Wyoming Association for Environmental Education - $6,622 Susan McGuire, WAEE, PO Box 11246, Jackson, Wyo., 83002 Environmental Education Capacity Building in Wyoming

For project descriptions, please visit our Web site at:
www.epa.gov/region8/env_ed/grants/recip.html

For more information about the 2005 EE Grant Program, please visit our Web site at:www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants_apply.html