Registration open for 2021 Environmental Steward class
Registration is open for the 2021 Rutgers Environmental Steward program, which will be offered virtually on Tuesdays from 5 to 8 p.m. from Jan. 26 through June 1.
This year, Rutgers Cooperative Extension is offering one statewide, online class. Register by Jan. 22 at https://envirostewards.rutgers.edu/county-classes/.
The Rutgers Environmental Steward program prepares adult volunteers to tackle environmental issues in their local community by offering training in climate change, soil health, alternative energy, water resource protection, invasive species, habitat conservation, pollinator health, environmental policy and more. Following a 20-week training course, Rutgers Environmental Stewards complete an internship project of their choosing, often by teaming up with a local environmental organization.
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In 2020, Mercer County became the eighth county in New Jersey to offer the Rutgers Environmental Steward program, hosted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County. Having completed the training program, each member of the inaugural Mercer County graduating class will now develop and complete an environmental project in their community as part of their certification process.
Following are the members of the 2020 Mercer County class: Alan DeFalco and Roseann Greenberg, Allentown; Sudha Petluri, Bordentown; John Fitton, Megan Hnath-Brown and Stephen Kuntz, Hamilton; Annette Loveless, Joan Reilly and Theodora Wang, Lawrence; Sharon McCrae and John Norton, Pennington; George Point, Karen Prager and Helen Trpisovsky, Princeton; Kariina Rand, Stockton; and Susan Dill Wendrzycki and Jessie Webb, Trenton.
For more information about the Rutgers Environmental Steward program in Mercer County, please contact Margaret Pickoff, Mercer County Horticulturist, at mpickoff@mercercounty.org.
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