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YOUR LOCAL SCHOOLS COULD GET AN AWARD FOR RECYCLING
The Department of Ecology issued 1995-96 Waste Reduction and Recycling Award application forms to Washington's public schools on Nov. 30. The deadline for applications is Monday, Mar. 4, 1996.
Ecology will provide 15 awards of $1,000 each to schools with outstanding waste reduction and recycling programs, and two awards of $2,500 each to the schools with the best waste reduction program and best recycling program. The $1,000 awards will be divided evenly among elementary, middle/junior high and senior high schools.
Last year two middle schools won the $2,500 awards--Riverside Middle School in Chattaroy, Spokane County, and Trout Lake Middle School in Klickitat County. This is the seventh year for the awards program, established by the Legislature's "Waste Not Washington" Act in 1989. For information, contact Terence Todd, School Awards Coordinator, Ecology, (360) 407-6140.
CONTACT: Terence Todd at (360) 407-6140 or Libbie McClaflin at (360) 407-6144.
LEWIS CONSERVATION DISTRICT GETS GRANT TO CONTINUE AQUATIC WEED PROGRAM
Ecology awarded Lewis Conservation District a Corps of Engineers grant of $7,052 to continue to control milfoil in Carlisle Lake. This aquatic weed is harmful to aquatic life and threatens the safety of boaters, swimmers and anglers. Last year the lake was treated with the aquatic herbicide -- sonar. This year, divers will inspect the lake for milfoil and any remaining milfoil plants will be handpulled and/or covered with bottom barriers to stop light for plant growth.
CONTACT: Kathy Hamel at (360) 407-6562 or Mary Getchell at (360) 407-6157.
KITSAP CONSERVATION DISTRICT GETS GRANT TO IDENTIFY POLLUTION IN THE SINCLAIR INLET WATERSHED
Ecology offered the Kitsap Conservation District a Centennial Clean Water Fund grant of $115,000. This project will identify sources of pollution within the Sinclair Inlet watershed. Resource plans will be developed and implemented on sites where it is determined that changes in agricultural practices or timber harvesting will improve water quality. A permanent agricultural management practices technical assistance program will also be established.
CONTACT: John Glynn at (206) 649-7033 or Mary Getchell at (360) 407-6157.
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