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Utah environmental education projects get EPA funds
Release Date: 9/20/2004
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- Denver -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in September awarded $39,000 in grants to help fund three environmental education projects in Utah.
The Environmental Education Grant Program is sponsored by the EPA's Office of Environmental Education. Since 1992, EPA Region 8 awards about $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:
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
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
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