Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Environmental Training Grants For South Dakota Organizations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded over $100,000 to two South Dakota programs to enhance environmental education in the state.

The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology was awarded $69,000 to carry out a watershed management and monitoring program with students of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The effort will train high school and college students in water monitoring including sampling, field measurement, data analysis and the presentation of findings in public meetings.

A second grant, in the amount of $36,021 was awarded to the South Dakota Discovery Center, based in Pierre, to develop a statewide plan for environmental literacy through collaboration with key educational institutions and stakeholders in the state. The project will build the capacity of state agencies and organizations to deliver environmental education by improving awareness, knowledge base and skills that South Dakota youth can apply in problem solving and decision making on environmental issues.


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