Vermont Business Magazine The Plum Creek Foundation recently awarded a $4,000 grant to the Vermont PBS Youth Environmental Education program, which offers environmental conservation and preservation material to engage the next generation of environmental stewards. According to Maggie Hunter, Director of Grants and Foundation Support, the Vermont PBS’ Youth Environmental Education program has inspired young viewers and their families since its start in 2014. In 2016, the program places to focus on their Watershed and River Model. This will involve river clean ups, looking at trout in the classroom, exploring the chop & drop watershed restoration technique and looking at riparian buffers.
Vermont PBS is filming and broadcasting these restoration projects as part of its weekly “Outdoor Journal” program. The program just launched its 14th season, airing Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. The conservation and restoration segments are also accessed for classroom use by teachers across the state.
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“We constantly receive positive feedback from teachers and parents,” said Hunter. “Thanks to the help of the Plum Creek Foundation, we can continue to raise awareness among our youth about the fact that we cannot take our environment for granted.”
Vermont PBS aims to educate, inform, entertain, and inspire Vermonters to be lifelong learners and engaged in their community by fostering various points of view, children’s readiness to learn, personal enrichment through art and culture, appreciation for the environment and involvement in the community.
The mission of the Plum Creek Foundation is to provide philanthropic contributions to support and improve the general welfare of life in the communities that Plum Creek serves. The Foundation board meets quarterly to review applications submitted from organizations in the company’s operating communities. Visit the Community Involvement page on Plum Creek’s website at www.plumcreek.com to download an application.
Plum Creek is among the largest and most geographically diverse private landowners in the nation with more than 6 million acres of timberlands in 19 states. We also operate wood products mills in the Northwest. We manage our working forests using sustainable practices to benefit Plum Creek’s many stakeholders. Our employees work together to create shareholder value, serve as stewards of the environment, make wood products for everyday use, and build strong communities. Please visit www.plumcreek.com for the latest information about Plum Creek.