EPA Grant to Fund Butterfly Workshops

New money from the Enviormental Protection Agency is coming to Prince George’s County.

(PHILADELPHIA – January 29, 2010) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $7,720 environmental education grant to the Prince George’s County Board of Education for a teacher workshop on Monarch Butterflies.

The school district will use funding for a workshop that trains elementary and high school teachers about the biology, history and ecology of the Monarch Butterfly.

“Unique environmental education programs like this help teach students about nature’s beauty and inspires youngsters to become lifelong stewards of the environment,” said Shawn M. Garvin, administrator for EPA’s mid-Atlantic region.

This workshop will provide teachers with skills necessary to facilitate the raising of Monarch Butterflies in their classrooms so they can provide students a unique hands-on learning experience.