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8 <br /> The FEE AdvocateiV <br /> - <br /> Page 8 `- <br /> Nonprofit Organization <br /> National EnIF vironmental Education U . S . POSTAGE <br /> AdvancementProject P A I D <br /> College of Natural Resources <br /> Un><veait Of Wisconsin- Stevens Point STEVENS POINT, WIS . <br /> y PERMIT NO . 19 <br /> Fa <br /> Stevens Point; WI 54481 <br /> Fall <br /> Fla <br /> NWLIC 530 <br /> 4 4 *r <br /> E1AVID STANCYL <br /> ORANGE COUNTY wwreR RESOURCES COMM <br /> PO PDX alai <br /> 1 l li ! lint II III III I ill I III II r F ��i F tFi ii , it ii i Ft tiF ! ii iiFt FF tiit iii r — <br /> _ w <br /> all <br /> all; _Y <br /> IF <br /> Fla Fail <br /> a: all <br /> L ht �n ra a the Fail <br /> IF <br /> ATa <br /> � <br /> _Spit = <br /> IF Ia <br /> i <br /> totes Discuss DiversityFFl <br /> a. <br /> II <br /> rII <br /> aa <br /> II <br /> FF <br /> Dernonstrat ion Co r ulc ti -a <br /> By NEEAP StaffaIIlXa <br /> gauge bounty : , <br /> During ahalf- day meeting at the North American Association for The Grourdwatei Guardian (OU) c�mm�uuty team haspariPred <br /> Environmental Education (NAAEE) annual conference in with thelacalCREEC (CaliformaRgianTEEonsoihum) team <br /> >3oston , MA this August , representatives from the eight states The '= teams eomine iareayah irnreszvii at professor� l <br /> Ir <br /> laFLlF <br /> ( AZ , CA , IL , MO ) OH ) OK , UT and WA) of the Environmental ed�tatc� rs , intcilaxefe ts ,agency staff , <br /> Education and Training Partnership ' s (EETAP) States Program environm ental org nizatton taf , and= bu"sigless and InduaI <br /> stry <br /> shared experiences from their first nine months of activity. leaders TogekaFl <br /> 1101 th s6 leaders are developing plant tczFJll <br /> caQrdat scibntrfic and educational reso�aies around anew ' T <br /> EETAP States presentations reported involvement with state law regtiizing school campuseso comply with storm ` <br /> professional EE certification programs , correlating EE materials w� ti regulations avd Wile combine exng eravronnlerttl <br /> to education standards , developing statewide networks of education iesouxces in thec4�trYty arrdatur them iri ' <br /> communication and diversity outreach . This last topic , diversity vroksliops , meetings fox_ . school Idrxunistrutors and othe IaII <br /> outreach , prompted questions and discussion regarding what is targeted groups <br /> meant by diversity and how to best communicate with <br /> non - traditional audiences about environmental education E1hsolJ4arez <br /> National partners from Project WET, Project Learning Tree, World Project del 121os teiig up u71th a special xniti hve , 7Healthy <br /> Wildlife Fund , and National Project for Excellence in Cfllnmunities , att-WUnivesityof �` xas , El .Paso . Thiseaz�i <br /> Environmental Education joined EETAP management to interact W be wrki i with one corrirnurt� y, �happaral , Na _ <br /> with EETAP State teams around various state initiatives . idrrtify the aria strategies; that group and . ndividuals ; <br /> deed lri girder t( I ecome active and effectiv ens lo ,create <br /> Hyder Houston , a diversity consultant with the National a Healthy: enwanm€ � t tliraugh eduatinon <br /> Environmental Education Advancement Project (NEEAP) helped <br /> laI <br /> FpI <br /> LF <br /> facilitate that discussion and has also been working with four of 1clahoma City <br /> the EETAP States to enhance their diversity outreach efforts . teeriilg commi"tteef sixndivrclual � =including a FI <br /> LF <br /> lc� w <br /> income n using consultant , the �xe( utivt Dctf�r . of the <br /> IF <br /> II <br /> If you would like to learn more about the EETAP States Program Orga atio- of 71I a nal' C;enters (an; dolt iteia y progi any) , <br /> see pages 4 - 5 of this issue , visit the NEEAP website at an epide niologist, . az d a le10islativ�hatsonis; leading thi✓_effoz <br /> wmlw . uwsp . edu/cnr/neeapor email us at neeap@uwsp . edu . To in -04 1ahamazty The gr®up i looll� ng 11tQ pursuingthree ; <br /> find out more about EETAP visit www. eetap . orgo r activities atith rim 1) becorn i�g a Clroul dWater uard3an <br /> Coirrm�athty, 2) providing corninunity eduration �elateii to a <br /> superfur d drimp located iri the neighs°orh old and 3) hflldingaIl <br /> an envonaneztal educations expo in 2003 . <br />