Pennsylvania Governor Corbett Awards 92 Grants For Environmental Education And Stewardship

Office of Governor Tom Corbett

Governor Tom Corbett today announced that he is awarding $334,074 in environmental education grants to 92 schools, universities, non-profit organizations and conservation districts across Pennsylvania.

“Education is the basis for fact-based environmental protection,” Governor Corbett said. “On Earth Day and every day, I am pleased to support efforts aimed at increasing environmental awareness and protection through learning.”

Grant recipients will use the funding for various initiatives, including farm field days, summer camps, exploratory learning activities, professional development, soil testing exercises and explanatory signage along watersheds. Through these initiatives, students, teachers, farmers and others will learn about a variety of environmental issues ranging from rain barrels, stormwater management and hydroponics in agriculture, to Marcellus Shale and the Chesapeake Bay, among other topics.

The grant program was established by the Environmental Education Act of 1993, which mandates setting aside five percent of the pollution fines and penalties the Department of Environmental Protection collects annually for environmental education in Pennsylvania.

For more information about environmental education, visit www.dep.state.pa.us and click “Environmental Education,” or call 717-772-1828.

Media contact: Amanda Witman, DEP, 717-787-1323

Editor’s Note: Grant recipients are listed below with the award amounts, alphabetically by county. Organizations that are marked with an asterisk (*) represent the total of two awards.

Adams

Gettysburg College, $4,500

Lake Meade Property Owners Association Inc., $3,000

Allegheny

Allegheny County Conservation District, $2,518

Citizen Power Inc., $3,000

Forbes Road Career and Technology Center, $7,500

McKeesport Area School District, $5,133

STREAM Academy, $5,135

Riverquest, $4,500

Redevelopment Authority of the County of Allegheny, $4,500

Spectrum Charter School, $1,856

Armstrong

Armstrong Conservation District, $2,997

Beaver

Allegheny Aquatic Alliance, $3,000

Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators, $4,500

Berks

Albright College, $762

Alvernia University, $4,340

Twin Valley School District, $2,939

Bradford

Wyalusing Area School District, $2,859

Bucks

Buck County Conservation District, $3,750

The Middle Bucks Area Vocational Technical School Authority, $3,000

Butler

Butler Area School District, $3,130

Penn Christian Academy, $3,000

Stream Restoration Inc., $4,500

Cambria

Cambria County Conservation District, $4,148

Carbon

Carbon County Conservation District, $3,000

Centre

Bald Eagle Area School District, $2,981

The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, $4,148

State College Area School District, $2,992

Chester

Avon Grove Charter School, $4,106

Chester County Economic Development Foundation, $5,319

Chester County Intermediate Unit 24, $3,000

Coatesville Area Arts Alliance Inc., $2,988

Delaware Valley Earth Force Inc., $4,500

Green Valleys Association of Southeastern PA Inc., $2,920

The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County, $2,917

Urban and Rural Science Alliance Inc., $2,850

Clearfield

Trout Unlimited Inc., $4,800

Columbia

Columbia County Conservation District, $4,360

Municipal Authority Borough of Catawissa, $2,892

Cumberland

Mechanicsburg Area School District, $2,900

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, $2,998

Dauphin

Dauphin County Commissioners — Parks and Recreation, $3,000

Dauphin County Conservation District, $2,861

Harrisburg Area Civic Garden Center Inc., $4,000

National Audubon Society Inc., $4,260

PA Biomass Energy Association, $4,500

West Hanover Township, $4,200

Delaware

A Few Steps Foundation, $2,850

Ridley School District, $4,674

Pennsylvania Resources Council Inc., $4,500

Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, $4,300

Elk

Keystone Elk County Alliance, $2,473

Erie

Erie City School District, $6,000*

Erie County Conservation District, $1,700

Gannon University, $4,250

Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit 5, $2,998

Fulton

Fulton County Conservation District, $3,000

Lancaster

Lancaster County Conservation District, $4,150

Lancaster Farmland Trust, $3,130

Manheim Central School District, $6,500

Lawrence

Lawrence County Conservation District, $3,447

Lebanon

Lebanon County Conservation District, $3,000

Lebanon Valley College, $3,000

Lehigh

Wildlands Conservancy Inc., $2,692

Luzerne

Wilkes-Barre Area School District, $4,500

Montgomery

Lower Merion Township, $4,281

Schwenksville Borough, $5,000

McKean

Pennsylvania State University Office of Sponsored Programs, $4,500

University of Pittsburgh — Bradford Campus, $4,500

Mercer

Grove City Area School District, $2,675

Mercer County Conservation District, $2,662

Shenango River Watchers Inc., $4,500

Monroe

Brodhead Watershed Association, $3,833

Northampton

Nurture Nature Center Inc., $4,400

Philadelphia

Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia Inc., $4,500

GVF TMA Foundation, $4,424

School District of Philadelphia, $1,000

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, $4,500

Pike

Pike County Conservation District, $4,800

Snyder

Lower Penns Creek Watershed Association, $2,951

Selinsgrove Area School District, $3,000

Snyder County Conservation District, $5,143*

Tioga

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, $4,390

Tioga County Conservation District, $5,627

Washington

Avella Area School District, $2,874

Westmoreland

Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center, $5,260

Municipality of Murrysville, $3,000

Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette Inc., $3,184

Saint Vincent College, $2,935

Westmoreland County Conservation District, $912

York

Spring Grove Area School District, $5,000