Environmental Education Grant Coordinator

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Friends of Lory State Park seeks a person to work with CPW staff and eligible schools and non-profits, coordinating our scholarship program. The person who takes this on will send communications to grant applicants, review their eligibility, and schedule trips to the park as well as schedule volunteers to teach the school groups and lead hikes. Retired teachers, youth advocates, and those inspired to pass their love of nature to the next generation, we need you! Although many schools and organizations can afford to include outdoor programs in their curriculum, for some this is challenging. That is why the Friends of Lory State Park established the "Get the Kids Outside" grant, to provide a way eligible non profits can "get students outside" at Lory State Park. The grant was established in 2015 by a generous donor who wanted to connect local youth to the incredible ecology around them. With pine forests, riparian corridors, granite canyons, red sandstone hogbacks, diverse wildlife and migratory bird and butterfly paths, Lory State Park is an excellent "outdoor classroom" with a team of staff and volunteers dedicated to delivering fun and educational programs.To hear about the natural world is one thing, to know is to see, smell and touch. The outdoor experience is true environmental learning.