An environmental program at Hartwick College has won a $201,000 federal grant to develop understanding and care of the Upper Susquehanna River Watershed, a media release said.
The college's Pine Lake Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Studies has received a three-year, $201,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for an initiative titled "Think, Act, Protect the Upper Susquehanna River Watershed," the release said, and the Oneonta college seeks local teachers interested in participating in the project.
The grant will enhance awareness of the local outdoors and will involve students in studies to protect and maintain the ecology of rivers, streams and wetlands in the Upper Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds, according to Brian Hagenbuch, Pine Lake Institute director and principal investigator of the grant.
"It's a great way to make learning fun and contribute toward understanding and protecting the entire watershed," he said in the release.
The overall goal of the project, called TAP-US, is a partnership among the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training Program, Hartwick's Pine Lake Institute, Hartwick students and faculty, K-12 teachers in regional school districts and Project Watershed, an initiative of the Izaak Walton League of America and Cornell Cooperative Extension Service -- Onondaga County.
Hartwick College is a private, liberal arts and science college enrolling about 1,500 students.
The initiative aims to engage Hartwick faculty and students, regional watershed experts and local teachers in an effort to develop and implement lessons that provide students with hands-on, outdoor learning opportunities, the release said.
"TAP-US will prepare teachers and students to study the local effects of events like hurricanes and droughts in real time, monitor their impact all the way to the Chesapeake Bay and engage in efforts to reduce threats in their local environment," Hagenbuch said in the release.
The TAP-US grant supports an annual weeklong summer professional development workshop for regional teachers at the Pine Lake Environmental Campus in Davenport, the release said. The grant also supports visits to Pine Lake and other aquatic environments for school children, a website for partners and an annual symposium showcasing efforts.
Teachers interested in participating in the TAP-US collaborative may email pinelake@hartwick.edu or visit www.hartwick.edu/pinelake for details. Participating teachers may qualify for a stipend, and schools may receive watershed equipment and supplies for their classrooms.
For more information, call 431-4666 or morsed@hartwick.edu.
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