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IDNR Awards Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grants to Schools

/ MyRadioLink.com For Immediate Release – March 8, 2021 IDNR Awards Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grants to Schools Privately Funded Program to Assist More than 2,000 Students in Learning about Illinois’ Natural Heritage SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – More than 2,000 students will visit Illinois state parks, natural areas, museums and other natural resources sites this year to learn about nature and conservation thanks to grant funding through the Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grant Program. Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Director Colleen Callahan today announced the awarding of more than $34,000 in donated funds for 37 field trip grants. Winners represented 15 counties in the state. “This program allows students to visit locations throughout the state to see first-hand what they’ve been learning about in the classroom,” said Director Callahan. “Our future conservation leaders need the opportunity to experience Illinois’ natural resources in person.

Area schools get grant for nature program from state

MENDOTA – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Conservation Foundation announced a number of Illinois schools will be getting grants for a program to add native habitat to school property.  The Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant program provides funds for educators to teach students about wildlife native to the prairie state.   Funding was awarded to JFK School in Spring Valley and Mendota High School for the establishment of butterfly gardens. “We want school children to learn about nature through hands-on experiences,” IDNR Director Colleen Callahan said. “It is our goal to have Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant program projects developed in every county of the state, and eventually at every school. So far, we have supported projects in 86 of Illinois’ counties.”

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