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	Back to Environmental Education Initiatives 2005 Reading about animals activates student interest - May 31, 2005 BCJ Students learn about fish biology As part of a Phillips School District anti-drug program - May 26, 2005 PB Biology project yields plants for sale: Prentice High School students utilize greenhouse as learning lab - May 26, 2005 PB School forests help fight against invasive species - May 25, 2005 WDH 'Everyones equal' at Fishing Has No Boundaries - May 25, 2005 SCR Waterford High students set sail on Tichigan Lake to study water ecology - May 20, 2005 RJT Builders teach kids about conservation - May 19, 2005 SP Group aims to grow economy through technology - May 18, 2005 ADP Students awarded for 'sustainable designs' - May 18, 2005 MSNBC Student wins Falcon Naming Contest - May 13, 2005 PG UW-Madison: Biological Systems Engineer to Study Erosion and Runoff - May 12, 2005 WisPolitics Winners chosen for 'name the chick' contest - May 12, 2005 NC School Zone: West De Pere entry posts fifth highest gas mileage - May 11, 2005 PG WRT 0511 Suckle - May 11, 2005 WRDT School Zone: West De Pere entry posts fifth highest gas mileage - May 11, 2005 PG Science teachers raise funds working at local restaurants; Goal: To purchase new equipment - May 10, 2005 SPJ School Zone: Students compete with solar power - May 10, 2005 PG De Pere High School wins first place in Solar Olympics - May 10, 2005 NC Reconnecting Young America with the Natural World - May 9, 2005 Common Dreams Marshfield HS respected at Ocean Science Bowl - May 6, 2005 MNH Contest helps students 'spit' out science - May 6, 2005 SPJ Fishing for scholars - May 5, 2005 SCR Local college and DNR build partnerships - May 5, 2005 WDNR Nature program Saturday at park - May 5, 2005 SP Solar Olympics Monday on UWGB campus - May 4, 2005 NC Solar Olympics draw 21 teams - May 4, 2005 PG Up close, personal approach to animals engages students - May 4, 2005 MNH Fourth-graders find feathered friends for fun - May 4, 2005 MHT AHS students start Bad River project - May 4, 2005 ADP Lessons from the river: Class gets students outdoors to test waters of science careers - May 2, 2005 MJS Youths learn about great outdoors on special day - May 2, 2005 MNH Commentary: Awareness of young people about the environment is heartening - May 1, 2005 FDLR Looking to the future, youngsters plant trees their children will enjoy - April 30, 2005 PDR Kids get dirty planting trees on Arbor Day: Jefferson fourth-graders help mayor with project - April 30, 2005 SPJ Tree City USA kids learn about trees on Arbor Day: Marshfield has had designation for 23 years - April 30, 2005 MNH St. Aloysius celebrates Arbor Day with special significance - April 30, 2005 PC Kids: Help Preserve Nature Beyond Arbor Day - April 30, 2005 PC Students help build facility at Brillion Nature Center - April 29, 2005 PG NC students help develop management plant for Chequamegon Bay - April 28, 2005 ADP Earth Day observed at district schools - April 28, 2005 PB UWSP students make paper for kids' art classes - April 25, 2005 SPJ Maywood embraces Mother Earth - April 25, 2005 PG Netting future harvests - April 24, 2005 MJS Earth projects highlight environmental fair - April 24, 2005 MHT Jefferson students enjoy frog presentation - April 24, 2005 MHT Makings of a prairie: Students celebrate Earth Day - April 23, 2005 ON Natty Nation promotes environmental issues through song at UWSP's Eco Fair - April 23, 2005 WRDT Gov. Doyle: Announces De Pere High School As Wisconsin's First Green & Healthy School - April 22, 2005 WisPolitics Gov. Doyle visits De Pere High School - April 22, 2005 NC Gaylord Nelson sends Earth Day letter to Wisconsin students - April 22, 2005 WR (PDF) School forest is 50 years old - April 22, 2005 MHT Grant helps integrate nature, teaching at SLC - April 20, 2005 MHT Proposed environmental program stresses community - April 19, 2005 RJT Bayfield Heritage Association receives grant for summer programming - April 19, 2005 BCJ Students invited to name falcons - April 18, 2005 PG Key UWGB grad program element on cutting block - April 18, 2005 PG 10 area teachers get Kohl awards: 'It feels great to be recognized' - April 18, 2005 CapTimes Inland Sea Symposium to have a Hawaiian theme - April 18, 2005 BCJ Girls get hands dirty for love of nature - April 17, 2005 PC Nominate A Tree As A Champion - April 16, 2005 WSJ Top Trees: Madison's Oldest Celebrities Have Their Stories Told - April 16, 2005 WSJ Earth Day: Back to the basics - April 16, 2005 LCT Stuck on ducks: Altoona students succeed in stamp design contest - April 16, 2005 ECLT Golden Apple Award: Team connects learning with nature - April 15, 2005 PG Bat house workshop planned - April 15, 2005 PG Water research initiatives at UW-Madison - April 15, 2005 UW-Madison Living with the natural world: Biologist advises area residents on how to live in the company of timber wolves - April 15, 2005 SCR UW-Madison: On Earth Day, Experts to Reflect on Changing Face of Environmentalism - April 14, 2005 WisPolitics New Environmental School Head: A Master at Merging Worlds - April 14, 2005 UW-Madison Clean Boats, Clean Waters workshops begin this week - April 12, 2005 RDN Event brings big fun to little kids: Children able to try many hands-on learning activities - April 10, 2005 PG Rain Gardens: Beautiful Solution For Water Pollution - April 9, 2005 CapTimes Here Are Resources About Rain Gardens - April 9, 2005 CapTimes Transplanting Leopold's lessons - April 7, 2005 PDR Community invited to forest festival - April 6, 2005 MHT Editorial: Kudos To Students On Environment - April 6, 2005 CapTimes Book Tries to Undemonize Spiders - April 4, 2005 WPR Fishing clinics serve youth - April 2, 2005 MJS Crane count coming - March 27, 2005 BNR DNR seeks sturgeon guard volunteers for Wolf River - March 27, 2005 MJS Woodland Owners Conferences Set in Hayward and Rice Lake - March 25, 2005 WDNR Pat Durkin column: Conservation hall inductees tirelessly teach, inspire us - March 24, 2005 PC Wolf Scouts meet wolves - March 23, 2005 SA Playing hooky: Kids learn basics of fishing - March 14, 2005 FDLR Solar power a plus for UWSP students - March 14, 2005 WRDT Science teacher brought joy and life to Wausau East - March 12, 2005 WDH Sit a spell - March 11, 2205 LT Superior Kids program begins March 19 - March 11, 2005 ADP “Every Drop Counts” program to help reduce sewer overflows and protect Lake Michigan - March 10, 2005 WR (PDF) Token Creek Restoration Shifting Into High Gear - March 9, 2005 CapTimes Book Readings Held to Celebrate First Leopold Weekend - March 7, 2005 WPR Science class goes outdoors for Cabrini sixth-graders - March 6, 2005 MHT Nothing routine about kissing a bison, moose - March 6, 2005 MHT State events honor father of ecology - March 4, 2005 PC Weekend to Honor Conservationist Aldo Leopold - March 4, 2005 WPR Wisconsin events honor father of ecology, Aldo Leopold - March 3, 2005 NC Excepts from writings of Aldo Leopold - March 3, 2005 NC Nebgen wins science challenge award - March 3, 2005 RDN Female guide aims to get more women involved with fishing - March 3, 2005 WO Letter: Jackson school offers outdoor classrooms, too (Scroll down) - Feb 28, 2005 SPJ Delegates deem 20th Superior Days a success - Feb 25, 2005 SDT Superior Days lobbyists sit down with individual lawmakers at Capitol - Feb 24, 2005 SDT Seymour students focus on arsenic - Feb 24, 2005 PC Quick takes: ‘Restoring nature,’- Feb 24, 2005 ON Kids Get Chance To Teach Kids - Feb 23, 2005 MJS Rings of time evident in natural resources class - Feb 23, 2005 DCN Educational program teaches fourth-, fifth-graders about pollution - Feb 22, 2005 RJT Seven Wisconsin High Schools to Join Solar Schools Program - Feb 21, 2005 WPS Homeowner participation urged in lake preservation - Feb 19, 2005 MJS Meeting is to educate about runoff - Feb 18, 2005 BNR Wilderness medicine clinic offered - Feb 15, 2005 WDNR Environmental charter school begins enrolling new students - Feb 12, 2005 PC Science, math OK for girls - Feb 11, 2005 ON Editorial: A good lakefront idea - Feb 10, 2005 MJS Letter: Join celebration of Aldo Leopold's life (Scroll down) - Feb 10, 2005 SPJ David Horst column: Helping to nurture nature - Feb 9, 2005 WO New advisory board will guide citizen-based natural resources monitoring - Feb 8, 2005 WDNR Grant helps science students - Feb 4, 2005 OCL Girl Scouts get modern to keep in step with teens' interests - Feb 3, 2005 SPJ Lobbying for the North: Young people from Northwestern Wisconsin travel to state capitol for Superior Days - Feb 2, 2005 SCR Science expo gives Coolidge students a close look - Feb 2, 2005 PC Volunteers monitor water quality - Jan 31, 2005 MJS Garden expo a jump start to Spring planting - Jan 29, 2005 WRDT Woman's Club conservation meeting Feb. 9 - Jan 28, 2005 MT Pesticide training, test slated - Jan 28, 2005 MT Wetlands conference looks at bay - Jan 28, 2005 NC Physics students discover what's watt - Jan 27, 2005 ADP Students get a up-close view of birds - Jan 27, 2005 PB Research sheds light on youth and outdoors - Jan 27, 2005 WO Pat Durkin column: Waterfowlers take their sport, science seriously - Jan 27, 2005 WO ‘Disease Detectives’: Lincoln High School class assignment focuses on mock food poisoning case - Jan 26, 2005 MHT Lac du Flambeau museum retains local history - Jan 26, 2005 RDN Whitetails Unlimited Getting The Word Out - Jan 26, 2005 CapTimes Opinion: Action now can help avoid math, science grads shortage - Jan 24, 2004 SPJ Black bear study yields wealth of information - Jan 23, 2005 WRDT UWSP keeps eye on black bear population - Jan 23, 2005 WO DNR-dot connects with kids - Jan 22, 2005 MNH Bid to boost high school math, science requirements faces battle - Jan 22, 2005 MJS Volunteers say separate Ice Age Trail legs could be connected soon - Jan 20, 2005 WDH 2005 Southeast Wisconsin Woodland Owners Conference - Jan 19, 2005 WDNR Grant Request for Ice Age Trail Expansion - Jan 19, 2005 WDNR 1000 Islands registers for winter programs - Jan 19, 2005 PC Youths learn proper use of ATVs, snowmobiles - Jan 17, 2005 SPJ Outdoor Show Wins Emmy - Jan 17, 2005 CapTimes Students get hands-on work with science - Jan 16, 2005 NC Conference for woodland owners planned Saturday - Jan 16, 2005 PG Woodland Dunes program to feature natural landscaping - Jan 16, 2005 MHT Chippewa Valley native plans 2,650 hike to raise awareness of wilderness conservation - Jan 14, 2005 CH Raptor group involved in Sauk City eagle fest - Jan 13, 2005 ADJ DNR: Weekly News and Outdoor Report (Education efforts help slow spread of aquatic invasive species) - Jan 11, 2005 Wheeler Report (PDF) Oshkosh couple earns national award for living on the wild side - Jan 9, 2005 WO 2004 Getting back to basics Couple shares their love of nature and hard work with youths by involving them in a back-to-nature lifestyle - Dec 13, 2004 Duluth News Tribune Overnight at MacKenzie Environmental Center - Dec 9, 2004 CapTimes Dairy, county leaders learn about manure application - Dec 8, 2004 MHT Students tune in to environmental health with frog sounds - Dec 5, 2004 MJS School forest harvest will create opportunities - Nov 30, 2004 SPJ La Farge Dam Story Captured By Students - Nov 27, 2004 WSJ Southwest teacher state's best at biology - Nov 26, 2004 NC Brothers helped students see forest for the trees - Nov 24, 2004 SPJ Naturalist steps down - Nov 21, 2004 MHT Not-so-weird science - Nov 21, 2004 MJS UW-Manitowoc Environmental Club plans ‘Winter Wonderland’ on Dec. 3, 2004 - Nov 21, 2004 MHT Cranes make up for lost time as flock flies south - Nov 19, 2004 WRDT Prairie prepped; wildflowers on the way - Nov 15, 2004 BNR Conference will educate students about state's forests - Nov 13, 2004 MNH Two local prairie plantings slated for Saturday morning - Nov 12, 2004 BNR Coaster brook trout workshop Nov. 16 - Nov 12, 2004 ADP UWGB design class earns $10,000 grant from EPA - Nov 10, 2004 PG Students seek land-use ideas for UWGB-area tract - Nov 8, 2004 PG Event puts science, math in fun light - Nov 7, 2004 PC Volunteers Sought To Monitor Quality Of Area Lakes - Nov 4, 2004 WDNR Disinterest in science a barrier for minorities - Nov 2, 2004 MJS PCB cleanup gives students lasting lesson - Nov 1, 2004 PC Project helps elderly see environment - Nov 1, 2004 Jersey Journal Green bikes on parade - Oct 28, 2004 La Crosse Times Science Safari looks to hook girls on careers - Oct 24, 2004 Green Bay Press Gazette MSTC promotes forestry program - Oct 23, 2004 Marshfield News Herald Prentice students study water quality - Oct 21, 2004 Phillips Bee Horicon Marsh: Bird migration viewing at its best - Oct 22, 2004 Fond Du Lac Reporter A forestry curriculum for kids - Oct 20, 2004 WPR Ideas Network Horicon Marsh is the place to be this time of year - Oct 19, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors Student Activists Deliver Clean Energy Declaration - Oct 19, 2004 Environmental News Network Check it out: Rill leaves plant collection to UWO - Oct 18, 2004 Oshkosh Northwestern Spreading the word about conservation activism: Area woman writes book based on experience - Oct 17, 2004 Manitowoc Herald Times Seeking clues from state's changing ecosystem: Book aims to look at loss of biodiversity - Oct 17, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tradition continues at school forest - Oct 17, 2004 Manitowoc Herald Times Mike Mentzer column: Dow Chemical Riot on Madison campus changed many forever - Oct 17, 2004 Fond Du Lac Reporter Green & clean: UW-L students organize free transportation program - Oct 16, 2004 La Crosse Times Education Update: Area students’ beach cleanup nets lots of trash - Oct 11, 2004 Manitowoc Herald Times Smith nurtures concern for nature - Oct 8, 2004 Chippewa Herald October 23: Mystery Hike At Mirror Lake State Park - Oct 7, 2004 WDNR "Friendly Forest" provides learning experiences For enthused youngsters in Phillips Elementary School early childhood class - Oct 7, 2004 Phillips Bee Workshop will identify prairie wildflowers in seed - Oct 6, 2004 Fond Du Lac Reporter Storyteller workshop planned at Marsh Haven Nature Center - Sept 30, 2004 FDLR Nature centers throughout the area play show and tell this weekend to demonstrate what they’re all about - Sept 28, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors Learners Go On-Line To Study Global Issues - Sept 23, 2004 Environmental News Network Fall events slated at Horicon Wildlife Refuge - Sept 20, 2004 Fond Du Lac Reporter Kathy Walsh Nufer column: Soil research failures bring student back to earth - Sept 20, 2004 Appleton Post-Crescent Sense of Place teaches nature’s importance - Sept 19, 2004 Fond Du Lac Reporter UW honors Point wildlife professor - Sept 16, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald Kornwolf, wife help Dominicans create environmental center - Sept 14, 2004 Racine Journal Times Free environmental seminars scheduled - Sept 12, 2004 Sheboygan Press Fowl tips: A chance to teach young hunters - Sept 11, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Workshop will identify teeming organisms in calm ponds - Sept 9, 2004 Green Bay News Chronicle Concern for lakes drives two recent workshops - Sept 8, 2004 Spooner Advocate Project to teach kids conservation - Sept 8, 2004 Baraboo News Republic Rainforest program set at Hartman Creek - Sept 6, 2004 Appleton Post-Crescent Editorial: Butterflies give flight to education - Sept 1, 2004 Green Bay Press Gazette County officials, local land owners blast power line - Aug 26, 2004 Sawyer County Record Marathon County Board OKs power line deal - Aug 25, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Marathon Co. OKs plan for power line - Aug 25, 2004 Stevens Point Journal Marathon County Board Approves Transmission Line - Aug 25, 2004 Wisconsin Public Radio SOUL still fighting (Scroll down) - Aug 24, 2004 FightingBob Marathon County to Vote on Transmission Line - Aug 23, 2004 - Wisconsin Public Radio Opinion Power line agreement protects all area residents - Aug 21, 2004 Stevens Point Journal U.S. Army Seeks Feedback on Possible New Transmission Line - Aug 20, 2004 Wisconsin Public Radio County unveils power-line pact: Two panels detail deal, but make no recommendation to board on approval - Aug 20, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald Power line backers are hopeful on land access - Aug 20, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Power line to be farther from Solon airport - Aug 20, 2004 Superior Daily Telegram Power line vital to region, chamber says - Aug 16, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald Children get up-close look at exotic birds - Aug 13, 2004 Green Bay Press Gazette Indoor wildlife facility will offer year-round fun - Aug 11, 2004 Marshfield News Herald Generating a youth movement: Club introduces children to fishing, outdoors - Aug 7, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Workshop on September 15 to teach “How to” secure DNR lakes, rivers grants - Aug 6, 2004 WDNR Students enjoy, endure white water experience - Aug 6, 2004 Stevens Point Journal Scientists Identify Hundreds of Species in Green Bay Park - Aug 6, 2004 Wisconsin Public Radio BioBlitz leaves hard-to-find spider exposed - Aug 2, 2004 Green Bay News Chronicle BioBlitz uncovers species in Baird Creek - Aug 1, 2004 Green Bay Press Gazette Kids get a close-up look at nature - July 30, 2004 Wisconsin State Journal Public encouraged to explore nature Saturday at Bio-blitz - July 30, 2004 Green Bay Press Gazette The Recharge Report for Kids, July 2000 (PDF) Excursion gives students a chance to learn about the river - June 29, 2004 La Crosse Times "Understanding Environmental Literacy in America: And Making it a Reality" from the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation