Released: Oct. 13, 1998

Earthguard award to UWSP’s Environmental Council

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Environmental Council has been awarded the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education’s 1998 Earthguard Award.

The council was recognized in the university category for "student leadership in developing and conducting outstanding environmental action projects." For nearly 20 years the council has held an Eagle Walk and raised thousands of dollars for the nonprofit Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin. These donations are matched by the state's Stewardship Fund, and are then used to purchase ecologically important lands in Wisconsin. In addition, the organization has adopted a section of Highway 10 for cleanup, assisted in developing an "Eco-Hall" for campus residents, and done countless educational and action projects on campus.

The group received a $100 check and an engraved plaque. On October 17 its efforts will be acknowledged at the association's annual conference in Rosholt.

Dan Sivek of the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education, located at UWSP’s College of Natural Resources, advises the council. This year’s co-presidents are Emily Hanka, a junior resource management-environmental education major of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Laura Thibedeau, a senior biology major of New Brighton, Minn.

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