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E-Mails to Coaches and General EE Notes To submit a message for general distribution to the Mass Envirothon community, contact Brita Dempsey. Critical messages for Envirothon coaches and teams are noted in RED.
Updated
(12/11/11) Feb
Ecostation workshop date set 2012 Wildlife Conservation Youth Engagement Grants Environmental solutions
for the future can begin with you! Whether you’re in a city, rural
area or a suburb, wildlife is all around you. In many places, that wildlife
faces challenges. If you’re a high school student with a creative
idea for conserving and protecting wildlife, Planet Connect is offering
grants of $1,000 to implement a project in your local school or community.
In addition, all grantees will receive funding to participate in a local
summer internship focused on wildlife conservation or natural resources.
Current
Issue Documents avalible EPA's Watershed Academy is pleased to sponsor its 60th free Webcast Seminar on Thursday, October 27, 2011 "Conducting Effective Stormwater Outreach" This webinar will help state and local agencies, municipalities, watershed groups and others design effective outreach initiatives. It will showcase EPA's Nonpoint Source (NPS) Outreach Toolbox, which offers a variety of stormwater TV, radio and print ads and other tools. Featured products cover: general stormwater, lawn and garden care, pet care, septic system care, motor vehicle care, and household chemicals. The webinar will also feature ThinkBlueMaine. This successful awareness and behavior change outreach effort by the ThinkBlueMaine partnership included the development and airing of a 30-second Public Service Announcement (Devil Ducks)and the creation of posters, doorhangers and other products. Recent survey results show a marked increase in public understanding and a willingness to take actions to protect water quality. Please register for webcast in advance.The presentation will be posted in advance at www.epa.gov/watershedwebcasts. Also, Webcast participants are eligible to receive a certificate for their attendance. Massachusetts Statewide Stormwater Management Training Seminar Series: Hosted by the Charles River Watershed Association October 27, 8 am – 12 noon. Free! Intent
to compete form available Also, we have relocated our workshop this Friday to Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, the site for the 2012 competition. No sneak peeks at ecostation locations, we promise, but still a great chance to learn about Stormwater in the Blackstone River Valley. Here's a link to the updated agenda. It's not too late to sign up- please let me know if you'd like to join us so I make enough coffee. 1 month until the UMass Amherst workshop! More info on that soon! -brita
Free
Program: How to Keep your Water Clean Welcome to
MA Envirothon 2012! Please mark your calendars for a whole year's worth
of exciting opportunities: workshop descriptions can be found at www.maenvirothon.org/workshops12.html Friday Oct 28, 2011: Team workshop, UMass Amherst 8-3 It's early this year!! Tuesday Jan 31, 2012: Registration Deadline: Intent to Compete forms and payment due Feb 6 or 7 or 8, 2012,
times and place TBA: Ecostation workshop Monday April 31, 2012: Registration Deadline: Team members form due. THURSDAY MAY 17: Envirothon
2012, Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park * Workshops are free to students and coaches from schools that have filed an Intent to Compete form and paid the program registration fee. For teams that have not registered, there will be a $10 fee for each workshop participant (student or coach). These fees will be deducted from the program registration fee when the team registers. For example: 12 students and 2 coaches from an unregistered team attend the UMass workshop. They pay $140 when they sign up. Afterwards, they decide to register for the 2012 Mass Envirothon, but they only need to pay an additional $60 (for a total of $200) when they file their Intent to Compete. Mass Envirothon does not limit the number of participants from any school at any workshop, but we ask for an adult-to-youth ratio of at least 1:10 for participating teams. ** The May 17 competition is strictly limited to the registered five-member team and up to two coaches. There will be no alternate program at the 2012 competition. Revised Rule Interpretation for 2012: Mass Envirothon rules allow a second team to be drawn from a school if that second team is completely separate from the first team – including a separate coach, a separate sponsoring organization (e.g. library, garden club, conservation commission, Audubon sanctuary), and separate registration fee. Second teams will be allowed to register between January 31 and February 15 until the limit of 50 registered teams is reached. If more second teams register than there is space available, a lottery for the open spaces will be held on February 16.-- Science
Writing Workshop Have you wondered
how to help your students with writing major science fair and research
papers? The Mass Academy of Math and Science in Worcester will offer a
one-day curriculum workshop for middle and high Contact Dr. Judith Sumner (jsumner@wpi.edu) for additional workshop information and registration (due by September 23).
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