The March issue of the EE Connections newsletter from the Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education is now available online. Here’s a rundown on stories this month--

General News: 2006 Great PA Cleanup, Game Commission Offers Seedlings for Habitat Improvement, Senior Volunteers Seek New Members, Muir Trek Leaders' Training, Desilting Basin Finds New Life as Wildlife Habitat, Educational Sanctuary, National Environmental Education Week, EPA Releases Clean Energy-Environment Guide to Action, Plant H2O, Center for Environmental Education Online;

K-12 News: 2006 Pa Envirothon, Pennsylvania American Water Art Contest, Learn About Biodiversity in Pennsylvania, Fisheries Learning on the Web, Earth: A Graphic Look at the State of the World, National Geographic EdNet Resource Library, Rangers of the Earth;

Higher Education: Beginning Farmers' Workshop, The Macoskey Center Seeks Vendors for its Annual Earth Festival, Watch Spring Unfold through Birding at the Macoskey Center;

Professional Development: Pa Environmental Professionals Annual Conference, Think Spring! Attend a Tree Tender Workshop, Pa Environmental Council Sponsors Stormwater Retrofit Workshops, Pa Chamber Environmental Conference and Trade Show, 14th Annual Bluebird/ Purple Martin Workshop; and

Grants/Awards: 2006 Compost Infrastructure Development Grants, 2006 Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program, American Stars of Teaching Nominations, The Nature of Learning Start-Up Grants, Nominate a Young Eco-Hero for the Barron Prize, EPA SmartWay Environmental Transportation Awards, USDA Renewable Energy, Efficiency Grants.

The PCEE’s Question of the Week feature remains very popular on the Center’s website not only presenting a thought-provoking question, but activities and background on a topic teachers and students can use. Regular visitors to the Question can also qualify for Question of the Week Awards to recognize visitors who enter their answers in the feature.

To get on the email list for the EE Connections newsletter, fill out the online form at the PA Center for Environmental Education website. Call 724-738-9020 for more information on the services offered by the Center to support environmental education.

3/10/2006