DOCUMENT 12SURE ED 121 628 SE 020 820 AUTHOR Disinger, John F., Ed.: Borman, Nary Lynn*, Ed. TITLE Environmental Education 1975: A State-by-State Report. INSTITUTION ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science. Matheaatics, and Environmental Education, Columbus, Ohio. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. of Education (DREW), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE Dec 75 NOTE 324p.: For Volumes 1-5, see ED 085 262, ED 086 513-515, and ED 087 624 AVAILABLE FROM Information Reference Center (ERIC/IRC), The Ohio State University, 1200 Chambers Road, 3rd Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43212 ($6.50) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 EC- $16.73 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS Bibliographies: College Science: *Direotories: *Educational Programs: *Environmental Education: Hunan Resources: Instructional Materials: Outdoor Education: Program Descriptions: Resource Materials: Science Education: *State Programs ABSTRACT This compilation deals vith current programs in environmental education in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Territory of Guam. Arranged state-by-state, this volume details such information as: state plans for environmental education, environmental education legislation, teacher certification, state coordinators for environmental education, state environmental education publications and sources, exemplary state public school programs in environmental education, college and university activities in environmental education, and activities in environmental education by respective state resources agencies. The state-by-state reports are prefaced by a brief reviev of the documentes preparation and recommendations for its application. A list of documents maintained in the ERIC collection and produced by state agencies appends the document. The manuscript was prepared and revieved by members of the State Coordinators for luvironmental Education and the various State Departments of Education along with the National Institute of Education.(RR) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available fros other sources. ERIC makes every effort* * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, item; of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). !DRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. * *********************************************************************** U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION WELPARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OP EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEENREPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILYREPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF EDUCATION POSITION ORmoo, II ONMENTAL ENVI EDU ATION INF REP MATION RT 0 THE ERIC SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND X ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CLEARINGHOUSE in cooperation with Center for Science and Mathematics Education 0 The Ohio State University 0 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INFORMATICN REPORTS Environmental Education 1975: A State-by-State Report compiled and edited by John F. Disinger and Mary Lynne Bowman ERIC Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education The Ohio State University 1200 Chambers Road, 3rd Floor Columbus, Ohio 43212 December 1975 3 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INFORMATION REPORTS Environmental Education Information Reports are issued to analyze and summarize information related to the teaching and learning of environ- mental education. It is hoped that these reports will provide information for personnel involved in development, ideas for teachers, and indications of trends in environmental education. Your comments and suggestions for this series are invited. John F. Disinger Associate Director Environmental Education Sponsored by the Educational Resources Information Center of the National Institute of Education and The Ohio State University. This publication was prepared pursuant to a contract with the National Institute of Education, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Wel- fare. Contractors undertaking such projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their judgment in professional and tech- nical matters. This manuscript was prepared, and reviewed, by members of the network of State Coordinators for Environmental Education developed by ERIC/SMEAC cooperatively with the various State Departments of Educa- tion. Points of view or opinions, however, do not necessarily represent the official view or opinions of the various State Departments of Educa- tion or the National Institute of Education. 4 PREFACE In 1972, the ERIC Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environ- mental Education cooperated with the Office of Environmental Education, U. S. Office of Education, in the development of a five-volume set of State Directories in Environmental Education. The aid of appropriate personnel from state departments of education across the nation was enlisted, both in developing reports for each state and in verifying information gathered from other sources. ERIC/SMEAC has worked cooperatively with many of these same state education department personnel in a number of areas involving in- formation exchange since 1971. Such cooperative arrangements have become increasingly valuable to the ERIC system in general, and to ERIC/SMEAC in particular, in that a great deal of information has been made available to, then through, the ERIC system, by the efforts of state agency repre- sentatives.In addition, a number of needs of the states have been met. A major result has been an informal "State Environmental Education Co- ordinator Network." In Spring 1975, the Advisory Committee to the Environmental Educa- tion Section of ERIC /SIIEAC recommended that the State Directories be up- dated during the current year, and that consideration be given to periodic updating. Because external funding was not forthcoming, members of the State Coordinator Network were requested to develop reports concerning history, status, current activity, and future projections for environ- mental education within their states. It was not anticipated that reports would be received from all states, because many members of the State Co- ordinator Network have responsibility in several areas, thus having several sets of duties, multiple demands upon their time and energies, and differing priorities. ERIC /SIAC's expectations in this regard have been met, and ex- ceeded. A report has been developed for each state and is contained in this volume. In all cases, the report was prepared by the member of the Coordinator Network or in his office, or from information supplied by them.Also prepared, in the ERIC/SHEAC offices, has been a list of selected documents announced through the ERIC system which relate to the state reports. It is anticipated that this volume will be particularly useful to members of the State Coordinator Network, to help them keep abreast of activities in other states. Other field practitioners in environmental education should find much of interest, while students of environmental education should find them instructive. As compilers and editors of this volume, we are particularly appreciative of the efforts of the members of the Coordinator Network. This appreciation extends not only to efforts extended in preparation of these reports, but for continuing cooperation in all of our mutual efforts. John F. Disinger Mary Lynne Bowman December 1975 5 CONTENTS STATE REPORTS: Page Alabama, by Donna Bentley 3 Alaska 5 Arizona, by Lyman Jackson 6 Arkansas, by William L. Fulton 8 California, by Rudolph J. H. Schafer 13 Colorado, by George A. Ek 31 Connecticut, by Dr. Sigmund Abeles 41 Delaware, by John F. Reiher 13 District of Columbia, by Ethel J. Hackney 146 Florida, by C. Richard Tillis 54 Georgia, by Dallas W. Stewart 59 Guam, by Dave Hotaling 64 Hawaii, by Dr. Patsy Saiki 66 Idaho, by Karen Underwood 72 Illinois, by Dr. Lance E. Bedwell 713 India na, by Joe Wright 81 Iowa, by Duane Toomsen . 88 Kansas, by Clayton Stultz 93 Kentucky, by Lynn Hodges, Billy Blankenship and Terry Wilson 99 Louisiana, by Edward W. Dayton, Jr 111 Maine, by Dr. Dean B. Bennett 114 Maryland, by Dr. James W. Latham, Jr 118 Massachusetts, by Raymond L. Gehling, Jr 119 Michigan, by Jack W. 1Cammeraad 123 Minnesota, by John C. Miller 126 Mississippi, by Michael G. Carothers 139 Missouri, by Robert M. Taylor 141 Montana, by Gary Hall 1142 Nebraska, by Dr. Roger E. Macklem 152 Nevada, by Jack O'Leary 153 New Hampshire, by 'AM= B. Ewert 158 New Jersey, by Louis A. Iozzi 163 New Mexico, by B. K. Graham 171 New York, by Barry W. Jamason 173 North Carolina, by Paul Taylor and Clinton Brown 178 North Dakota, by George Fors 189 Ohio, by Dr. John Hug 190 Oklahoma, by Howard Potts 194 Oregon, by Mary M. Lewis 198 Pennsylvania, by Robert W. Schwille 206 Rhode Island, by H. Wells French 22h South Carolina, by Alice Linder 228 South Dakota; by Delwin Carter 235 Tennessee, by R. Jerry Rice 237 Texas, by Joseph J. Huckestein 239 Utah, by Richard S. Peterson.. 241 Vermont, by John E. Stevens 246 6 STATE REPORTS: Page Virginia, by Charles R. Davis, Jr 247 Washington, by David Kennedy, Tony Angel and Lloyd Rowley 269 West Virginia, by Robert Seymour 285 Wisconsin, by David C. Engleson 288 Wyoming, by Dr. William M. Futrell... 299 SELECTED ERIC DOCUMENTS: Alabama 303 Alaska 303 Arizona 303 Arkansas 303 California