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Two Maine Groups Receive Environmental Education Grants

Release Date: 10/01/2001
Contact Information: Amy Miller, Press Office, (617) 918-1042

BOSTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that two projects in Maine have received a total of $26,700 in environmental education grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The funds were awarded to the Morris Farm Trust in Wiscasset ($14,7000) and the Quebec-Labrador Foundation, based in Ipswich, Mass. ($12,000).

"These grants will help projects in Maine educate residents about their own environment and how they can help to protect it," said Robert Varney, regional administrator at EPA's New England office. "Teaching residents about the air, land and water around them is an effective, cost-efficient way to protect the environment."

The Morris Farm Trust funds will use its funds for a partnership in which teachers and students will use the Morris Farm's facilities to explore concepts like sustainable agriculture forest ecology, energy efficiency and natural resource management. Students will be able to search for real solutions to real challenges facing farm operations.

The Quebec-Labrador Foundation will use its funds for the Bays Stewardship Network in which 100 teachers and students in Washington County, Maine and New Brunswick, Canada will participate in training workshops and research projects on environmental issues pertaining to Cobscook and Passamoquoddy bays.

EPA announced a total of $185,000 in environmental education grants to 24 New England organizations this year. These grants benefit the environment while educating students, teachers, and the public. EPA New England is currently accepting proposals for smaller grant requests. For more information on grants, visit EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/region01 and click on education or call Sarah White at the EPA at 1-888-372-7341. The application deadline is Nov. 15.