The River Mile has come a long way Started locally, an outdoor curriculum that reaches thousands in several states is awarded a big grant
Last updated 1/6/2021 at 8:40am A curriculum focused on students learning outdoors within the Columbia River watershed began locally and has grown to include thousands of students and teachers in the Pacific Northwest. The River Mile was awarded a $100,000 Environmental Education grant from the Environmental Protection Agency in late 2020. Janice Elvidge has worked as the education specialist for the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area since 2005. Her office is at Spring Canyon. Tasked with coming up with an education plan for the park, Elvidge spoke with teachers to find out what they would like to see. Something involving the river is what many of them wanted.