Forestry Bus Tour Grants Available

The Council's Forestry Program offers grants (up to $3,000) to  organize  and conduct watershed/forestry related field trips to the NYC  water  supply watersheds. Applications are due by July 15, 2012. These   grants are open to any organization, community group, professional   association, 4-12th grade classroom or other entity within New York City   (NYC) or the upstate watershed regions (Catskill/Delaware and Croton).

"Because we are an elementary school  located in Brooklyn,  NY, for most of the year I was limited to using  the Internet and my  personal knowledge as instructional resources in our  study of trout and  their habitat. The Watershed Forestry Bus Tour  Program allowed my  students to travel out of the city and into the  upstate watershed where  the children engaged in a unique, hands-on  experience releasing our  trout and studying the water quality of a river  where trout thrive. As  wonderful as modern technology is, it doesn't  compare to the first-hand  experience my children had at the Clearpool  Education Center," noted Erik  Havlik, Assistant Principal at P.S. 154K and Bus Tour participant in 2012. (For more teacher testimonials, see the latest issue of The Reservoir.)

If you are interested in planning a project to learn about NYC water   and the working landscapes that protect that water quality every day, visit the Watershed Forestry Bus Tour web page or contact Jessica Olenych of Common Ground Educational Consulting at
(845) 586-1600.   

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