3M contributes $20k for Environmental Education Programming

Barry Stone (left), 3M’s Environmental Engineering Specialist, presents Dr. Jeff Beacham , Executive Director, a check for $20,000 from the 3M Environmental Grant Program. This grant is to fund a “podcast” educational program involving the ecology and restoration of Lake Conestee Nature Park.

The future environmental education program will be self-serviced and web-based, consisting of downloadable lesson plans for teachers and students, a downloadable self-guided tour of LCNP that will enable one to download a podcast directly to a mobile device, and interpretive signage throughout the park.