Children and Nature Movement Events

• C&NN’s Children & Nature Awareness Month

• The release of the updated and expanded second edition of Richard Louv's "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder"

• The launch of the C&NN/ecoAmerica Parents Campaign

Visit www.cnaturenet.org for more details.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission's Seedlings for Schools

Seedlings for Habitat
Primarily for upper elementary through high school, PA Game Commission provide seedlings for teachers and students interested in planting a variety of seedlings on school or community grounds to improve habitat, plant along a stream, develop a tree nursery, or create an environmental area.

Choose a program and order seedlings from Feb. 1 to April 30. 2008. 

Click here and then click on Howard Nursery Seedling Program for more details on ordering and shipping.

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Outdoor Heritage Month in the Alleghenies

On Monday, March 10th, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution No. 626 declaring April 2008
Outdoor Heritage Month in the Pennsylvania Alleghenies. This declaration encourages all Pennsylvanians to participate in education and service activities occurring in Pennsylvania’s Alleghenies.

A complete list of activities may be found on the Outdoor Heritage Calendar of Events webpage: www.naturalbiodiversity.org/oh/ohcalendar.shtml.

For more information about Outdoor Heritage or to post an event, please visit the Outdoor Heritage website at www.naturalbiodiversity.org/oh or call 814.532.5049.

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DCNR Has Nearly $50 Million Available for Recreation, Conservation Grants     
     
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources this week announced it has $50 million in grants available to communities and non-profit organizations to help fund community recreation, open space, land trust, rails-to-trails, rivers, and conservation projects under the Community Conservation Partnership Program.

Applications are due by April 25

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Mark Your Calendars for PA Project Grass State-wide Events!!!
Pa Project Grass 7th Annual Two Day State-wide Grazing Conference And Farm Tours,

Brookville Holiday Inn, October 22nd and 23rd, 2008

For more information, go to http://community-2.webtv.net/candacesburke/PAProjectGrassState/;
Or
Pa Project Grass Home web-site; www.PaProjectGrass.org;

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COMING SOON in September 2008!!!

"The PA Project Grass State-wide College $500.00 Scholarship.
"Grazing with Conservation"
A Written Composition and Interview Competition
High School Senior Students and College Freshman are eligible

Stay Tuned For more information; http://community-2.webtv.net/candacesburke/PAProjectGrassYouth/; or visit the website at www.paprojectgrass.org

4/08

PEEC Receives $30k From The Dodge Foundation

Lehman Township, PA - The Pocono Environmental Education Center (P.E.E.C.) in Dingmans Ferry, PA received a $30,000 grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. These funds support a year-round integration of environmental and ecology studies with partner schools.

During this year-round program, students and teachers will have the opportunity to attend a 5-day Summer Science residential camp at PEEC. The PEEC staff also provide outreach programs for students and training sessions for teachers throughout the school year.

Please visit www.grdodge.org or call 973-540-8442 for more information on the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Visit www.peec.org for more information on the Pocono Environmental Education Center.

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