The May EE Connections newsletter published by the Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education is now available online.

This month’s issue features these items:

PCEE News: PCEE Graduate Students Attended Creek Connections Symposium; PCEE Participated in Earth Day at the Polk Center; PCEE Graduate Assistant to Present at the National Aviary;

General News: Pittsburgh's Three Rivers named DCNR's 'Rivers of the Year'; Source Water Protection Grants Help Communities; New 'Smart Watershed Benchmarking Tool' Now Available; Pa Senate and House Set to Recognize May as Watershed Awareness Month; Web Site Educates the Public; Whole Foods/Pa Resources Council Partnership; President Bush Presents Youth Environmental Award; EPA Publishes New Watershed Training Opportunities Booklet; NAAEE is looking for Input; May 11 is Endangered Species Day;

K-12 News: Penn State Science Workshops for Educators; KidScience at the Pittsburgh Zoo; 2006 Pennsylvania Envirothon; New Book: Designing a Communication Campaign: The 4-P Workshop; Education Atlas Online; New Aldo Leopold Poster;

Higher Education: PA Colleges, Universities Get Help to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses; Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology; Wild Resources Education Workshop;

Professional Development: Watershed Stewardship Guide Workshop; Information Sessions Set on Nutrient, Sediment Trading Benefits; Urban Watersheds Revitalization Conference Set for May 18-19; Funding Municipal Recreation and Parks Workshops; Urban Sustainability Forum Series; Workshop on Riparian Buffers and Invasive Plants; Green Building Workshop; Wilkes University Training Course; Online Environmental Science Courseware; and

Grants/Awards: Chesapeake Bay Trust Soliciting Proposals for Pioneer Grants; Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program; Project Earth Environmental Education Grants; Scholarships Available to Attend Wind Energy Conference; Coca-Cola Foundation Grants; 2006 Kodak American Greenways Awards.

To receive your own copy of EE Connections by email, fill in the online request form or send email to: info@PCEE.org . Visit the Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education website for more on the resources available through the Center.

5/12/2006