Georgia Educator Awarded $1,000 Conservation Teacher Of Year Grant

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. -(Ammoland.com)- A Cherokee County teacher’s proposal to create a pollinator garden at her school has earned a $1,000 grant from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

The agency recently announced that Karen Garland, K-5 Discovery Science Lab teacher at Clark Creek Elementary STEM Academy in Acworth, will receive the 2017 Conservation Teacher of the Year grant. The award is given annually to a third- through fifth-grade public or private school teacher in Georgia who demonstrates exceptional energy and innovation in teaching life sciences.

The grant is made possible with funding from The Environmental Resources Network, or TERN, friends group of DNR’s Nongame Conservation Section. The section, part of the agency’s Wildlife Resources Division, conducts the contest and reviews proposals.

Garland was selected for her Campaigning for Pollinators proposal, which she said was inspired by her students’ idea to convert a monoculture of grass outside their school into a healthy habitat for pollinators such as butterflies, bees and hummingbirds. Students will design the garden, plant native perennials and record the pollinator species observed in a citizen science database.

A field guide of butterfly host and nectar plants will …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand