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Allen Environmental Leaders Recognized at Year-end Showcase of Projects
Ereckson Middle School Students Adding Plants at Trinity River Audubon Center
By Michelle Harlan
Students from three Allen ISD Schools, Olson Elementary, Ereckson Middle School and Allen High School, recently shared the results of their projects with students from other schools in Texas at a year-end showcase of environmental work at Trinity River Audubon Center in Dallas. More than 50 students and supporters gathered to celebrate a successful year of scientific research, developing leadership skills and showing passion for community service.
The showcase event was hosted by Healthy Habitats, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting education and environmental stewardship in the state of Texas. Healthy Habitats recently provided $30,000 in grants to the three Allen ISD schools to implement several different environmental research projects in the community.
The nonprofit organization, sponsored by Service Learning Texas, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Esri, Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. and Texas Stream Team, supported 14 different school projects in the state of Texas this year, and has overseen grants of approximately $639,000 over the last three years.
Rivera, along with more than a dozen other students from Allen ISD, shared about her school’s project which was completed at Connemara Conservancy Meadow Preserve. Other Allen ISD student-led projects were implemented this year at Allen Station and a water-runoff area near Olson Elementary.
Healthy Habitats project supporters appeared hopeful that the grants will be the beginning of a legacy that students will continue moving forward each year as they expand their knowledge and apply it to their interest areas. Since some of the funding for Healthy Habitats has ended recently, additional sponsors will be sought by the nonprofit organization as well as individual groups to continue their work in the years ahead.
“I know you will keep things going,” said John Spence, director of Service Learning Texas, to the young researchers at the event. “You are doing remarkable things and you have just scratched the surface of your projects.”
The Healthy Habitats program has supported student-led projects that addressed priorities of the Texas Conservation Action Plan, which provides a statewide “roadmap” for research, restoration, management and recovery projects addressing Species of Greatest Conservation Need and important habitats.
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