York County Audubon Society (YCAS) is seeking an educator or community leader to participate in a one-week program on famed Hog Island off mid-coast Maine in July 2017. YCAS will sponsor one participant who can benefit from the Hog Island experience and use it to teach others. Complete information is available at www.yorkcountyaudubon.org and applications are due March 15, 2017.
The program is entitled "Sharing Nature: An Educator's Week" and will run from July 16 through July 21. The YCAS scholarship will pay 70 percent of the recipient's cost for program tuition, room, and board.
YCAS's 2015 Hog Island scholarship winners were teachers Nathan Hall (Kennebunk Middle School) and Christine Caprio (York High School). They provided lively descriptions of their program experiences in an article for the Autumn 2015 issue of The Harlequin, the YCAS newsletter, which can be accessed through the YCAS website. And a report from our 2016 winner, Katie Brodeur (from the Center for Wildlife) can be found in the Autumn 2016 issue.
Since 1936, some of the world's most well-known and highly respected naturalists have inspired thousands to learn about and protect birds and the environment. Roger Tory Peterson was among the first teachers on the 335-acre island. Rachel Carson described her visit to Hog Island in her landmark book, Silent Spring. Kenn Kaufman, only nine years old when he read Peterson's account of Hog lsland, is now an international authority on birds and nature.
York County Audubon Society fosters understanding, appreciation, and conservation of the natural world through the education of present and future generations. YCAS is a chapter of Maine Audubon and the National Audubon Society.
Source: Apply for York County Audubon scholarship
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