Port Blakely Accepting Applications for Environmental Education Grants

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Mike Warjone (left) and Court Stanley (right)
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Schools that participate in Port Blakely Tree Farms’ environmental education program are encouraged to apply for one of four grants. The maximum amount of each grant is $500, to be awarded in June 2015.

Port Blakely Tree Farms started the grant program in 2011 to help elementary schools provide environmental education opportunities for students. Any school that participates in Port Blakely Tree Farms’ environmental education program in Washington and Oregon is eligible to apply for grant funds.

“As a company with over 150 years of history, we recognize that our longevity and success is in part due to the commitment of primary educators to environmental education,” said Court Stanley, President of Port Blakely Tree Farms. “This is our way of further supporting their efforts to connect students with natural resources.”

The application and information on Port Blakely Tree Farms’ environmental education grant can be found here.

Port Blakely Tree Farms, LP, owns and manages healthy forestlands throughout western Washington and Oregon. The company provides sustainable forest products, protects wildlife habitat and water resources, and supports the local communities in which it operates. Port Blakely Tree Farms is a division of Port Blakely Companies, a 150-year-old, family-owned company with diversified assets in forestry, and forest product exports. For information, visit www.portblakely.com/port-blakely-tree-farms/about.

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