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10TH ANNUAL “STORMING THE SOUND” EDUCATOR WORKSHOP
SET FOR JANUARY 29 IN LA CONNER

(La Conner, WA) Hundreds of north Puget Sound environmental educators will gather at Maple Hall in La Conner at 9 AM on Friday, January 29, for the 10th annual “Storming the Sound” educator workshop.

The all-day workshop is co-organized by People For Puget Sound, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the National Park Service, and brings together environmental educators in the K-12 schools, organizations with education resources, and students interested in pursuing a career in environmental education.

“Participants can attend a wide variety of planned sessions organized by leaders of our regional environmental education community,” said community education director Ann Butler of People For Puget Sound. “Past workshops topics have included climate change, working with interns, grant-writing and web-based environmental education.”

Storming the Sound attendees will also hear inspiring speakers and meet representatives from over 30 sponsoring organizations who bring with them environmental resources and valuable information to share.

For more information, contact Ann Butler, 360.754.9177, abutler@pugetsound.org <mailto:abutler@pugetsound.org> .

A short video clip of the January 2009 Storming the Sound gathering is found at http://www.youtube.com/user/people4pugetsound#p/u/9/14okmcWifIQ <http://www.youtube.com/user/people4pugetsound#p/u/9/14okmcWifIQ>

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