2 0 0 1 A N N UA L R E P O R T

KANSAS ASSOCIATION FOR CONSERVATION AND

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Environmental education is a process directed at creating an

awareness and understanding of environmental issues, leading to responsible individual and group

actions.

2610 Claflin

Manhattan, KS 66502-2743

Phone: 785-532-3322

Fax: 785-532-3305 Website: www.kacee.org

OUR THANKS TO THOSE WHO SUPPORTED KACEE IN 2001 WITH THEIR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Individual Contributors

Anonymous Raymond G. Aslin

Iralee Barnard Donald E. Biggs

Roger Boyd Rex Buchanan

Judy Carls Diane Coe

Barth Crouch Joseph Downey Laura Downey

Clark Duffy Gordon W. Elliott

Hank and Eileen Ernst Steve Fellers

Ann Feyerharm Sandra Fitzwater

Kent Foerster Cindy Ford Paula Ford Kate Grover

W.L. Hargrove Josetta Hawthorne

Mary Jo Hobbs Maureen Hunt

Daljit Jawa Sandy Koontz Janet Loebel

Brad Loveless Diane S. Maddox

Dwight Platt George D. Potts

Mike Rader Steve Ray

John D. Richardson Bill & Erma Riley

Robert Ring Mary Shaffer

Lt. Governor Gary Sherrer Roland Stein

Senator Chris Steineger John K. Strickler

Marjorie Strekfus Trust Dee Turner

Pat Wakeman William Watson

Bill Welton Shari L. Wilson

George Potts for the Bill Stepp Memorial

Our thanks to the many business, organiza-tions, agencies and individuals who contrib-uted to KACEE in 2001 and helped to strengthen our public/private partnership for sound, non-biased, environmental education

Agency/Organizational/Business Contributors Acorn Naturalists

American Water Purification Bartlett & West Engineers, Inc.

Barton County Community College JM Bauersfeld’s, Villa West

Berry’s Arctic Ice Blue River Watershed Association

BRB Contractors, Inc. Butler County Conservation District

Camp, Dresser & McKee Engineering Central Prairie RC&D

Cici’s Pizza City of Topeka, Water Pollution Control Division

City of Topeka, Water Division Coleman Company

Crawford County Conservation District Council for Environmental Education

Deffenbaugh Industries Dick’s Sporting Goods

Ellis County Conservation District First Step Recycling a division of Sunflower Diversified Services

Great Bend Convention & Visitors Bureau Kansas Association of Conservation Districts

Kansas Biological Survey Kansas Cattlewomen

Kansas Center for Ag Resources and the Environment (KCARE) Kansas Corporation Commission

Kansas Department of Agriculture Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing

Kansas Department of Health & Environment, BWM Kansas Dept. of Health & Environment, Clean Water Neighbor

Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Kansas Farm Bureau Kansas Forest Service

Kansas Geological Survey Kansas Project WILD

Kansas State Department of Education Kansas Water Office

Kaw Valley Heritage Alliance Keenan Law Firm, P.A.

Kinko’s Koch Industries

Lindyspring Water Co. Logan County Conservation District

Miller’s of Claflin furniture, carpeting and drapes since 1903 Neosho County Conservation District

Ness County Conservation District North American Association for Environmental Education

The Pathfinder, Manhattan The Perrier Group of America

Saline County Conservation District Shawnee County Conservation District

Shawnee County Recycling/Shawnee County Commission Smoky Hill Vineyards and Winery

Sprint State Conservation Commission

Sunflower RC&D Area, Inc. Sunset Zoo, Manhattan

T.K. Printing, Inc. Vulcan Chemical Company

Western Resources (Westar Energy)/Western Resources Green Team Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

President’s Message

In winding up my current term as President, I wish to express my appreciation for this opportunity to serve as KACEE’s President over the last two years. We have made great strides and I have seen first hand that our success has been achieved only through the hard work and dedication of you folks, our many active members and volunteers and our dedicated staff. KACEE continued to forge ahead in 2001 while building on the success of events like our annual conference and the Topeka Water Festival. For instance, we were able to complete the correlations to the state core curricular standards to all our KACEE programs in 2001. Thanks to a group of 10 extraordinary teachers and funding through US EPA Region 7, these correlations document how Projects Learning Tree, WET, WILD and WILD Aquatic help to support achievement of the state education standards in reading/writing, math, science and social studies. The correlations database is currently being programmed onto a searchable CD-Rom that will be available to our members in Spring of 2002. We will also have this database on our website (www.kacee.org). KACEE staff and volunteers have also initiated new workshops targeted towards early childhood educators and daycare providers that integrate environmental education and children’s health. These workshops are targeted towards high-risk areas for children and the program is funded through US EPA Region 7. Along the workshop front, we have also offered thematic workshops this year based on our KACEE programs. Workshop topics included: Air Quality, Migratory Birds, Prairie Chickens, The Steam-boat Arabia and others. Another exciting change this year was the first offering of Investigating Your Envi-ronment for children and adults. This weekend long workshop brought together more than 30 children and 15 adults investigating water, natural resources and wildlife. Finally, KACEE is making it’s first foray into adult education. In early 2002, KACEE will train a team of 20+ individuals (thanks to a grant from US EPA) from around the state in cooperation with teams from MO, IA and NE, to become facilitators for Commu-nity-Based Environmental Issues Forums. Watch your newsletter for details on how these programs might benefit your community. And this just touches the surface of our activities this year Former Executive Director, John Strickler, recently related to us at a board meeting that he had been ap-proached by a senior individual at the North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference who commented that when he thought of leaders in environmental education, he thought of KACEE. Sometimes we only see where we need to go and forget where we have been. We have so many accomplishments to be proud of and yet, so much more needs to be done. If KACEE is to remain a leader in environmental education, it’s going to take your help. Our strength as an organization has always been in our volunteers. We have too much work to do for us to rely only on a few--it’s going to take us all. How can you get more involved, you might ask? Call us and we’ll help you find a place to make the best use of your skills and talents. Help us to broaden our membership base, bring a new person to the conference or the Spring Meeting, contact a school in your area and tell them about KACEE and our educator workshops, help on a committee...the possibilities are endless. But if you’re not involved, I urge you to GET IN-VOLVED! We need your help. Make 2002 a year you help us make KACEE even better. My thanks for your ongoing support of KACEE and quality, sound, non-biased EE in Kansas. Brad Loveless, President

2000-01 KACEE Executive Committee: (Front) Dee Turner, Roland Stein, Pat Wakeman, Shari Wilson, Cindy Ford, Kate Grover, Jenee Armbrister, Diane Maddox (Back) Bill Fuller, Jim Ramsay, Rex Buchanan, John Strickler, Bill McGowan, Ray Aslin, Hank Ernst, Richard Pitts, Diane Coe, Brad Loveless, Laura Downey, Kent Foerster (Not Pictured) Clark Duffy, Ron Klataske, Steve Adams, Bill Bider, Janet Loebel, Eric Berg, Val DeFever.

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From KACEE Bylaws approved April 4, 1996: We, as concerned citizens of Kansas, recognizing human dependency on natural resources and seeking to preserve, improve, and utilize the nature environment of our State for the benefit and enjoyment of all, do hereby agree to encourage citizen awareness and stewardship of natural re-sources and to direct our education efforts to achieve these goals. The Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) is a private, non-profit, 501(c)3 association, the sole purpose of which is the promotion of effective conser-vation and environmental education throughout Kansas. The Association does not become in-volved in specific environmental issues, but rather promotes a full understanding of environ-mental issues through the education process. Environmental education is a process directed at creating awareness and understanding of envi-ronmental issues, leading to responsible individual and group actions. The focus of environ-mental education should be on processes that enhance critical thinking, problem solving, and ef-fective decision making. Through these processes, individuals can better understand the com-plexities and inter relatedness of environmental issues and weigh the various sides to make in-formed, balanced, responsible decisions. From KACEE's FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN 1998-2002:

INTRODUCTION

KACEE's MISSION The Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) is a non-profit association of public and private agencies, organizations, businesses, and individuals committed to supporting and enhancing effective conservation and environmental education in Kansas through vari-ous programs, workshops, meetings, and printed/electronic resources. KACEE believes that effective conservation and environmental education encourages critical thinking, problem solving, and responsi-ble decision making.

KACEE's VISION

KACEE's vision is an environmentally literate Kansas citizenry, with KACEE as the recognized leader of the state s conservation and environmental education network.

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KACEE 2001 ACTIVITIES

Third Annual Kansas Environmental Education Conference HeldThird Annual Kansas Environmental Education Conference HeldThird Annual Kansas Environmental Education Conference Held

KACEE held its third annual Kansas Environmental Education Conference November 1-2 2001, at the Holiday Inn in Great Bend. More than 180 participants attended the conference which featured a pre-conference workshop on Migratory Birds. This year the conference planning committee elected to hold the conference in a location that would allow for more of our western Kansas members to attend and we were pleased that so many took advantage of the location. Highlights of this confer-

ence included keynote speakers Stan Herd, Interna-tional Crop Artist and John Altman, co-producer of the documentary film, Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie as well as 24 concurrent sessions focused on EE for Early Childhood Educators, EE and Ag Connec-tions and EE Outdoors. In addition, field trips to the Cheyenne Bottoms Wetland, Fort Larned Na-tional Historical Site and OWLS sites in Russell were attended by many. KACEE also presented the John K. Strickler Award for Excellence in Environmental Education to Connie Elpers of the Great Plains Nature Center in Wichita in the individual category and the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City for an outstanding organization. Along with these educational opportunities, conference goers were treated to a BBQ at Camp Aldrich followed by tales around a campfire from story-teller Molly Postlewaite.

Special Projects Coordinator, Shari Wilson organized the event with tremendous help from a very active confer-ence committee. We were pleased to have increases in sponsors, participants, and exhibitors this year and wish to extend our thanks to all those who contributed to such a successful conference. The Fourth Annual Kansas Environmental Education Conference will be held in Atchison, November 1-2, 2002, so mark your calendars now and be sure to join us in Atchison.

Funding for KACEE ProgramsFunding for KACEE ProgramsFunding for KACEE Programs

In 2001, KACEE had to rely on some of our supporters in the Kansas Board of Education and the Kansas Leg-islature to get an allocation of $30,000 included in the state budget and subsequently approved. In addition, the con-tinuation of $50,000 in support of Project WET was again approved through a contract between the Kansas Water Office and KACEE, utilizing the State Water Plan Funds. This income was supplemented by private contributions such as those from Vulcan Chemicals and Western Resources and Koch Industries, who supported KACEE in 2001. Additional fund-ing was secured through a variety of governmental grants and individual donations. KACEE matched funds secured through government allocations and grants with membership dues, fees for workshops, miscellaneous services, and in-kind contributions. Total cash income from all sources in 2001 was $204,928. KACEE slightly exceeded this amount in expen-ditures, but this was largely due to completion of work on the US EPA Region 7 funded Standards Correlation Project (see related story) that was conducted on a reimbursement basis. The $20,200 in funding was reimbursed to KACEE in January of 2002, thus making our actual income exceed our expenditures for 2001. In addition, in-kind contributions from KACEE Executive Committee members, member organizations, volun-teer facilitators for KACEE sponsored workshops and other individuals amounted to more than $194,240 in value for time, mileage and services. The Kansas Forest Service continued its strong level of support by providing office space and other office support to KACEE as well as serving as state sponsor for Project Learning Tree and providing base support for PLT. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment also continued to support PLT as a Co-Sponsor of the secondary workshops. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks continued to serve as state sponsor for Project WILD and WILD Aquatic and provide base financial support for those programs. As KACEE works toward continued financial stability, efforts are underway to increase the private industry sup-port of KACEE events and activities. John Strickler, KACEE Fund Development Chair, continues to work towards striking a balance between public and private funding. On behalf of the board of KACEE and its members, we wish to thank all those who supported KACEE in 2001 both with their invaluable time and energy and through monetary sup-port in the form of contributions and grants.

Just a few of the 180+ conference attendees enjoying the Friday Luncheon Keynote Speaker, International Crop Artist, Stan Herd. (photo by Kent Foerster)

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KCKCC Campus Childcare presenters on first camping adventures. (photo by Kent Foerster)

The Topeka Water FestivalThe Topeka Water FestivalThe Topeka Water Festival On September 21, 2001, in every state across the nation, children were engaged in water festivals. KACEE was proud to host the water festival event in Kansas. Accomplishments of the Topeka Water Festival include:

•800+ Topeka area fourth graders in attendance, accompanied by approximately 100 teachers and adults •More than 100 volunteers, presenters and exhibitors •Community support and donations •18 hands-on activities and 20+ exhibitors promoting an aware-ness and appreciation for water and water quality • An evening event for community attended by more than 200

Our thanks to Judy Carls, Shawnee County Conservation District, for leading the organization of the event. We also wish to acknowledge the more than 100 volunteers who worked so hard to make this event possible and the numerous sponsors who supported the event. KACEE is in the process of applying for funding to coordinate water celebrations statewide. If you are interested in hosting a water festival in your community, please contact us!

The 2002 Topeka Water Festival will be held at Garfield Park in Topeka on Friday, September 27, 2002.

Making Rivers with the Kaw Valley Heritage Alliance. (photo by Kent Foerster) Learning about non-point

source pollution from Scott Satterthwaite, KDHE. (photo by Kent Foerster).

IYE Goes UrbanIYE Goes UrbanIYE Goes Urban In addition to offering our regular Investigating Your Environment (IYE) workshop, the 29th offer-ing since the program began in 1975, KACEE also conducted a modified workshop that involved adults and children this year. More than 30 children and a dozen adults from the Urban Environmental Education Outreach Program participated in this workshop held at the Wyandotte County Lake Park. Beyond IYE investigations of water, land use and wildlife, the participants learned to set up camp and tents and prepared several of their meals over the campfire. For many of the children and adults, this was their first camping experience. Our thank to Diane Maddox, Alaine Neelly Hudlin, Sarah Koester, and Beth Held for helping to facilitate this

first of it’s kind event. Also our thank to Dolores Daniels, Director of the Outreach Program for dar-ing to try new things!

2001 Environmental Education 2001 Environmental Education 2001 Environmental Education Workshop TotalsWorkshop TotalsWorkshop Totals

KACEE offered workshops around the state in Pro-ject Learning Tree, Project WILD, Project WET and Project WILD Aquatic. The following table breaks out the number of workshops and participants for 2001. KACEE also offered the Investigating Your Environment Workshop in April of 2001. Number Number of Workshop Type of Workshops Participants

Project Learning 21 373 Tree (PreK-8)

Project Learning 8 111

Tree Secondary

Project WET 25 451 Project WILD 22 382 Project WILD Aquatic 11 234 TOTALS 87 1551

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Some of the younger IYE participants during the water investigation at Wyandotte County Lake.. Photo by Dolores Daniels.

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Other KACEE Activities in 2001Other KACEE Activities in 2001Other KACEE Activities in 2001 KACEE was involved in a variety of activities in 2001. The following represent just some of the highlights for the year: ••• Advanced Workshops/Thematic Workshops-KACEE has continued to offer advanced and thematic work-

shops in 2001 including a Migratory Bird workshop, Prairie Chicken Workshop, Workshop on the Steamboat Ara-bia and an Air Quality workshop. Plans to continue these advanced/thematic workshops in 2002 are underway.

••• Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration Planning-KACEE staff and partner organizations have been involved as state coalition partners for the L&C Bicentennial Planning Committee. There will be events held around the state and KACEE is involved in exploring ways environmental education can be incorporated into these events and offerings. Possibilities include L&C themed environmental education workshops for teachers and teaching trunks that would include EE components for educators to check out and use in their classrooms.

••• Representation at State and National EE Events-KACEE was represented by staff and members at the North American Association for Environmental Education Conference, National Coordinators’ Conferences for WET and WILD and a variety of state conferences and meetings in 2001.

••• Partnerships Strengthened-KACEE worked hard at strengthening partnerships with conservation districts, other non-profit organizations related to the environment and state agencies in 2001. Co-hosting workshops with the Kansas Collaborative Research Network, The Schlagle Environmental Library, the Kaw Valley Heritage Alli-ance and the Flint Hills Wildlife Refuge are just a few of the examples of how KACEE has worked hard in 2001 to continue serving as an umbrella organization for quality, sound and non-biased EE in Kansas.

Children’s Health Protection WorkshopsChildren’s Health Protection WorkshopsChildren’s Health Protection Workshops KACEE recently received a grant from the US EPA Region 7 offices to conduct a series of workshops targeted to early childhood educators and day care providers in the KCK metro area. These workshops focus on information and educa-tional activities that can be used with parents and young children to promote good children’s health. KACEE has partnered with the Healthy Homes Network/Leadbusters to offer these workshops and they have been very well received. To date, we have conducted 4 workshops with more than 100 participants. The funding from EPA covers the cost of the workshop for participants and we will be con-ducting our last under this grant in Spring of 2002. KACEE is currently exploring funding options to continue offering this program in the KCK metro area and beyond. If you would like more informa-tion on this program or any of our programs, please contact Laura Downey at: (785)532-3322

KACEE Spring Meeting at the Great Plains Nature CenterKACEE Spring Meeting at the Great Plains Nature CenterKACEE Spring Meeting at the Great Plains Nature Center More than 65 individuals and organizational representatives were on hand at the Great Plains Nature Center in Wichita for the 2001 KACEE Spring Meeting. A preview of the PBS documentary, Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie and presentations from the Konza Prairie, Botanica, the Wichita Gardens, Quiv-era National Wildlife Refuge, Wichita Water and Sewer’s Public Education Pro-gram, Sedgwick County Zoo and an update on Outdoor Wildlife Learning Sites and Eco-Tourism in Kansas were some of the offerings to those present. Partici-pants also had time to do the ‘Habitat Lapsit,’ an activity from Project WILD (see photo left, courtesy Diane Coe). Members concluded the day listening to the youth winners of the KACD 2000 essay and speech contest and a tour of the Great Plains Nature Center.

KACEE Programs Correlated KACEE Programs Correlated KACEE Programs Correlated to State Core Curricular Standardsto State Core Curricular Standardsto State Core Curricular Standards

In the Spring of 1999, the Environmental Education Standards for Kansas were completed by the Phase One Writing Team. These standards outline the benchmarks and goals for environmental edu-cation from grades kindergarten through 12 and are supported by the Kansas State Department of Education. These standards have been distributed to educators and other interested parties in Kansas. Additional funding was secured through an EPA Region 7 Grant to correlate KACEE materials to the state core curricular standards in Reading and Writing, Math, Science and Social Studies. We are pleased to report that thanks to the incredible effort on the part of 10 dedicated educators this summer, we have completed the correlations of Project Learning Tree (PreK-8 & Secondary Mod-ules), Project WET, Projects WILD and WILD Aquatic, as well as Conserve Water to the state core curricular standards in reading/writing, math, science and social studies as well as the Environ-mental Education Standards in Kansas. Because this is a huge volume of work, we have a hired consultant to put this information onto a searchable CD-Rom that is to be completed in the Spring of 2002. We will also include this searchable database on our website (www.kacee.org) . Our thanks to all those who worked so hard to complete these correlations!

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Executive Committee Brad Loveless - President Western Resources Inc Kate Grover - Vice-President City of Topeka Rex Buchanan - Secretary KS Geological Survey Clark Duffy - Treasurer Resources Administration & Management Dee Turner - Past President State Conservation Commission Diane Coe - At Large SO West KS Environmental Planning Agency Cindy Ford - At Large Pittsburg State University Bill Fuller - At Large Farm Service Agency of Kansas Ron Klataske - At Large Audubon of Kansas Bill McGowan - At Large Johnson County Park & Recreation District John Strickler - At large KACEE Fund Development Chair Pat Wakeman - At Large KS Assn of Biology Teachers Steve Adams - Ex-Officio Division of Learning Services Ray Aslin - Ex-Officio Kansas Forest Service Erig Berg - Ex-Officio Alternate Kansas Forest Service Bill Bider - Ex Officio KS Department of Health & Envi-ronment Hank Ernst - Ex-Officio Kansas Water Office Kent Foerster - Ex Officio Alternate KS Dept of Health & Environment Janet Loebel - Ex Officio Alternate Division of Learning Services Roland Stein - Ex Officio KS Dept. Of Wildlife & Parks

KACEE STAFF Laura Downey - Executive Director Beth Carreno - Coordinator of Educational Programs Shari Wilson - Special Projects Coordinator COLLEGES AND UNIVERSI-TIES Baker University Barton Co Community College Library Benedictine College Education Department Emporia State University Division of Biological Sciences Fort Hays State University Dept. of Biological Sciences Fort Hays State University Sternberg Museum of Natural History Haskell Indian Nations University/Natural Resources Johnson Co Community College Kansas City KS Community College Campus Child Care Center Kansas City KS Community Col-lege Urban Environmental Outreach Program Kansas City KS Community Col-lege/Dept Biological Sciences Kansas State University College of Education Kansas State University Dept of Biological and Ag Eng KSU/KS Center for Ag Resources and the Environment (KCARE) Kansas State University KS Environmental Leadership Program (KELP) Kansas State University K-State Research and Extension Kansas State University Pollution Prevention Institute

Pittsburg State University Department of Biology University of Kansas Natural History Museum University of Kansas School of Education Wichita State University College of Education, C & I ORGANIZATIONS Audubon of Kansas Blue River Watershed Association Bridging the Gap Earth Awareness Researchers for Tomorrow’s Habitat-EARTH Earth Care Exploration Place Friends of Konza Prairie Grassland Heritage Foundation Great Plains Society of Foresters Kansas Geological Foundation Kansas Sierra Club Kaw Valley Heritage Alliance KS Assn of Biology Teachers KS Assn of Conservation Dist KS Assn of Teachers of Science KS Earth Science Teachers Assoc KS Cattlewomen KS Geographic Alliance KS Natural Resource Council KS Recreation and Park Assn KS Tree Farm Committee KS Wetlands & Riparian Area Alliance KS Wildlife Federation KS Wildscape Foundation Matfield Green Consortium for

Place-Based Education/The Land Institute Pheasants Forever Project Learning Tree - Kansas Project WET - Kansas Project WILD - Kansas Rock Springs 4-H Camp Rolling Hills Refuge Wildlife Conservation Center Science Pioneers Inc. State Association of Kansas Watersheds The Nature Conservancy Wildwood Outdoor Ed Center Wonder Workshop Wonderscope Children's Museum Youth Friends of Kansas City KS FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL AGENCIES Board of Public Utilities Botanica, The Wichita Gardens Butler Co Conservation District City of Olathe - Municipal Services City of Overland Park City of Salina

KACEE MEMBERSHIP 2001 The broad-based membership of KACEE represents an extensive network and groups of partners to work within promoting effective environmental education throughout Kansas. KACEE membership numbered 198 organizations and 268 individuals in 2001. To join, please use the membership form on the back of this report.

City of Topeka Cowley Co Conservation District Crawford Co Conservation District Dickinson Co Water Improvement Program Dillon Nature Center Douglas Co Conservation District Dyck Arboretum of the Plains Ellis Co Conservation District Finney Co Conservation District Flint Hills RC & D Geary Co Conservation District Grant Co Conservation District Gray Co Conservation District Great Plains Nature Center Harvey Co Conservation District Hillsdale Water Quality Project Jackson Co Conservation District Jefferson Co Conservation District Johnson Co Park & Rec Dist Kansas City District Corps of Engineers Kansas City Public Library Kansas Forest Service Kansas Rural Water Association KS Biological Survey KS Corporation Commission KS Dept of Agriculture KS Dept of Commerce and Housing KS Dept of Health & Environment KS Dept of Wildlife & Parks KS Geological Survey KS State Dept of Education KS State Historical Society KS Water Office Lane County Conservation District Lee Richardson Zoo McPherson Co Conservation District Milford Nature Center Mitchell Co Conservation District

National Park Trust Neosho Co Conservation District Ness Co Conservation District Osborne Co Conservation District Ottawa Co Conservation District Phillips Co Conservation District Pottawatomie Co Conservation Dist Prairie Park Nature Center Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Rawlins Co Conservation District Reno Co Conservation District Riley Co Conservation District Rush County Conservation District Saline Co Conservation District Salina Parks & Recreation Sedgwick County Zoo Shawnee Co. Conservation District Shawnee Co Recycling Department Soil & Water Conservation Society Southwest KS Environmental Planning Agency Southwest KS Groundwater District State Conservation Commission Sunflower RC&D Area, Inc. Sunset Zoo Tall Oaks Conference Center Thomas Co Conservation District Topeka Zoo Trego Co Conservation District USDA Forest Service Cimarron Natural Grasslands US Environmental Protection Agency Region 7/Office of External Programs US Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 US Fish and Wildlife Service US Geological Survey Wabaunsee Co Conservation District Western Prairie RC & D Area, Inc. Wichita Sedgwick County

Wilson Co Conservation District Wyandotte County Conservation District BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY American Water Purification, Inc. BRB Contractors, Inc. Bucher Willis & Ratliff Corp Central Fiber Corp Coleman Company Inc Energy Technology Laboratories Integrated Solutions, Inc Kansas Farm Bureau Kansas Gas Service KS Agribusiness Retailers Assoc KS Business/Industry Recycling Program KS Chamber of Commerce & Industry KS Contractors Association KS Land Improvement Contractors Association KS Petroleum Council Koch Industries, Inc. Mid-America Lumbermen’s Assn Monarch Cement Co. Operation Enterprises Inc The Oz Entertainment Co. The Pathfinder Pinnacle Technology Inc. Ray Products, Inc Resources Administration and Management Shaklee of Kansas Sunflower Diversified Services Taylor & Associates Inc. Vulcan Chemical Company Wal-Mart Green Team Western Resources/ KGE Western Resources Green Team Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION

Lawrence Public Schools #497 Morse Elementary Smokey Hill Education Service Center SO Central KS Educational Services Center Sunflower Elementary USD #202 Turner USD #229 Blue Valley School District USD #233 Olathe District Schools USD #259 Wichita Public Schools USD #307 Saline Public Schools USD #335 North Jackson USD #340 Jefferson West USD #345 Seaman USD #348 Baldwin City USD #355 Ellinwood USD #368 PreK-12-Woodson USD #461 Neodesha USD #495 Ft. Larned USD #500 Kansas City Professional Development Center USD #500 Kansas City USD #501 - Topeka Public Schools West Indianola Elementary School Wichita West High School INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS 268

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KACEE’s FUTUREKACEE’s FUTUREKACEE’s FUTURE

The upcoming year is sure to be one of changes for KACEE, but with the strong foundation built by KACEE volunteers and supporters, these changes will only facilitate further growth and strength for our organization. One of the first changes will be the relocation of KACEE’s main office space. After several years of having our space and much of our office equipment provided to us through the generosity of the Kansas Forest Service (KFS), we will need to find a new home. KACEE currently occupies the last avail-able office space in the KFS building and the time has come that they need our space. I wish to extend the thanks and gratitude of our organization to Ray Aslin and the Kansas Forest Service for providing us with such a wonderful home and express our appreciation for their ongoing support of KACEE programs. Watch your mail for the announcement of our new main office address! As you may know, Diane Maddox, KACEE’s Project WET coordinator resigned her position with us this last fall and after reviewing more than 30 applications and interviewing four top notch candidates, we of-fered the Coordinator of Educational Programs position to Beth Carreno, so you’ll be seeing a new face on staff this year. While we’ll miss Diane, she will continue on as a volunteer and I am certain that Beth’s en-thusiasm and expertise will help us to further strengthen our environmental education programs in Kansas. Beyond the changes in space and staff, perhaps the most profound change I believe you will see in KACEE this coming year is expanded vision for KACEE that involves continuing the great programs we have in place while working more closely with our partner organizations to coordinate and collaborate efforts to promote quality, sound, non-biased environmental education. For instance, in March, through a grant from US EPA, we will be hosting a four state training session of facilitators using the Community-Based Environmental Issues Forums materials and process. Volunteers from many of our KACEE organizational members will be attending this first of its kind event. KACEE is also hoping to secure funding to coordi-nate water celebrations statewide. KACEE is working with the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Committee to include environmental education in the offerings commemorating this event. Furthermore, KACEE is ex-ploring how to partner with other agencies and organization with our new Project Learning Tree Energy & Society materials. We have also applied for funding to establish an electronic clearinghouse of information on programs, projects and resources for environmental education in Kansas. We believe that this will be a tremendous benefit to our members and will further strengthen the role of KACEE as an umbrella organi-zation. We have an exciting year before us and we’ll definitely need your help! KACEE will face several challenges this year as well. On the financial front, we face the possibility in this tough fiscal year of losing our funding for environmental education from the State Board of Education. Also, as many of you know, the US EPA Offices of Environmental Education are in serious jeopardy. I urge you to do what you can to make sure these are changes that do NOT take place. Both are critical to KACEE and while we can survive without them, we do not want to lose these valuable connections. On the flip-side of this coin, 2002 will be a year when we strengthen our private-sector support. Efforts are under-way by John Strickler, Chair of Fund Development for KACEE to solicit more private support for environ-mental education in Kansas and the Executive Committee is currently exploring options that may facilitate this goal. I wish to leave you with this from Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” To me, this is what KACEE is called upon to do—we are indeed blazing new trails in environmental education, so as we go forward in 2002, happy trails, my friends! Laura Downey Executive Director

2001 KACEE FINANCIAL STATEMENT* INCOME EXPENSES *This statement includes only the actual cash income and expenses reflected in the KACEE accounts. It does not reflect the in-kind contributions by individual members, member organizations or volunteer workshop facilitators in time and services. A conservative value of these in-kind contributions exceeded $194,240 in 2001. **This does NOT reflect the EPA Region 7 Funding for the Standards Correlations Project ($20,200) that was paid on a reimbursement basis. The monies were not reimbursed until January 2002, thus income exceeded expenditures for 2001.

Membership Dues $4,355.00 Interest & Indirect Income 1,945.00 Spring Meeting Registration 1,100.00 Western Resources Donation for General Support 5,000.00 Vulcan Chemical Grant 3,000.00 Koch Industries Donation for General Support 5,000.00 Miscellaneous Donations 7,211.00 State Department of Education 30,000.00 Project Learning Tree (Kansas Forest Service Contract) 5,000.00 Project Learning Tree (Kansas Department of Health and Environment Contract) 30,000.00 Project Learning Tree (Workshop Fees and Other Income) 2,781.00 Project WET (Kansas Water Office Contract/State Water Plan Fund) 50,500.00 Project WET (Workshop Fees and Other Income) 4,541.00 Project WILD (Workshop Fees and Other Income) 4,603.00 Kansas Environmental Education Conference 35,375.00 Miscellaneous Programmatic Grants (Ogallala Aquifer Institute and Water Festival)** 13,252.00 Investigating Your Environment Registration 1,265.00 TOTAL 2001 INCOME $204,928.00

Spring Meeting $471.00 Kansas Environmental Education Conference 32,192.00 KACEE IYE Workshop Expenses 1,499.00 General Travel Expenses (Staff, Executive Committee and Volunteers) 1,985.00 Project Travel Expenses (Staff, Executive Committee, Volunteers, Speakers) 13,544.00 Vulcan Grant (Reimbursement to IYE) 382.00 Miscellaneous General Operating Expenses (Phone, Office Supplies, Services) 9,896.00 PLT Operating Expenses (Supplies, Services, Activity Guides) 3,988.00 WET Operating Expenses (Supplies, Services, Activity Guides) 4,124.00 WILD Operating Expenses (Supplies, Services, Activity Guides) 6,765.00 Special Projects Expenses (Supplies, Services, etc.) 14,678.00 Staff Salaries, Medicare, Social Security and Benefits (General) 38,948.00 (PLT) 21,059.00 (WET) 49,305.00 (Special Projects) 21,333.00 TOTAL 2001 EXPENSES $220,169.00

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KANSAS ASSOCIATION FOR CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (KACEE) 2002 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

9 Organizational Membership $25.00 _______ Date: ________________________ 9 Individual Membership $10.00 _______ 9 Additional Donation (to support quality, sound, non-biased environmental education in Kansas) $__________________ Name of Organization: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Representative or Individual Member Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ City/State/Zipcode+4: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: Home Business Fax: __________________________________________ Email: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Make checks payable to KACEE (FEIN: 48-0850919) Mail To: Laura Downey This is a: 9 Renewal 2610 Claflin 9 New Membership Manhattan, KS 66502-2743 9 I would be interested in becoming more actively involved in KACEE by serving on a committee if needed. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Internal Use: Membership Category Date Received:

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