Wisconsin Environmental Education Board seeks representatives

The Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB) is soliciting nominations for three individuals to serve as the Agriculture, Environmental/Conservation, and Labor representatives. The selected individuals will serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2012, and ends June 30, 2015.

WEEB was created in 1990 to identify needs, establish priorities and provide grants for environmental education in Wisconsin. In this capacity, the board advises the Department of Public Instruction, the Department of Natural Resources, the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin Technical College System on the direction and needs for providing environmental education in schools, organizations, communities, nature centers, colleges and universities, and various other sectors. The Board meets quarterly, typically in January, April, July and October.

Nominations are due Friday, March 30. To submit a nomination, contact WEEB at 110B College of Natural Resources, UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point WI 54481, weeb@uwsp.edu or 715-346-3805. Alternatively, the nomination form may be downloaded from the WEEB website at www.uwsp.edu/cnr/weeb/volunteer/NOMFRM2012.doc.