June 6, 2012 For the WVEEA Frank Rodgers Vice Chair WVEEA Director of Education & Outreach, Cacapon Institute

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June 6, 2012 For the WVEEA Frank Rodgers Vice Chair WVEEA Director of Education & Outreach, Cacapon Institute

Key Environmental Issues West Virginia will key on WV DEP’s priorities.

WV DEP is organized by air, land, water & waste.

Air: Nine cities and many counties are monitored and are included in the State Implementation Plan for air quality attainment.

WV: AMD affects over 2000 miles of streams Extent of AMD in the mid-Appalachian region Land: Acid Mine Drainage

LAND Resource extraction Marcellus Shale

Water: Results of mining.

Environmental Education Vision: Ultimate Obective Every student will have a meaningful outdoor PBL, MWEE and/or 21 st Century experience EL embedded in WV DOE’s Constent Standards & Objectives

Status of Literacy Planning 2006 WVEEA Founded st WVEEA Conference 2010 EL workgroup proposed Fall 2010 WV joins Mid-Atlantic EL Roundtable March 2011 EL session at WVEEA Conference December 2011 WV Sustainable Schools Program accepts applicants Fall 2012 WV Sustainable Schools Awards & 2 nd round of aplicantions

WV Sustainable Schools In addition to four national referrals WV Sustainable Schools will award 1 st place, runner up and honorable mentions under each objective. Environmental and Sustainable Education Healthy School Environments Environmental Impact and Energy Efficiency

WV EL Team Ellen Murphy, WVEEA Environmental Literacy Workgroup Coordinator Watershed Educator, Potomac Valley Audubon PO Box 578, Shepherdstown, WV Eriks E. Janelsins, President of WVEEA Director, Schrader Environmental Center Oglebay Institute · Wheeling, WV · (fax)· OIonline.comOIonline.com Frank Rodgers, liaison with Fed & States Director of Education & Outreach ISA Certified Arborist MA-4468A Cacapon Institute, P.O. Box 68, High View, WV / Vicki Fenwick-Judy, WVEEA Sustainable School lead Canaan Valley Institute Davis, WV Education Coordinator x257 Robin Anglin, WV DOE liaison Science Coordinator, Office of Instruction 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E., Building 6, Room 603, Charleston, WV Phone: (304) Tim Craddock, WV DEP liaison Nonpoint Program Coordinator WVDEP's, Division of Water and Waste Management th Street, SE, Charleston, WV (304) Ext

June 6, 2012 For the WVEEA Frank Rodgers Vice Chair WVEEA Director of Education & Outreach, Cacapon Institute