Deadline Extended to March 1, 2012

York County Audubon Society (YCAS) is seeking an educator or community leader to participate in a one-week program on famed Hog Island off mid-coast Maine in July 2012. YCAS will sponsor one participant who can benefit from the Hog Island experience and use it to teach others.

Complete information is available at www.yorkcountyaudubon.org and applications are due March 1, 2012. The program is entitled “Sharing Nature: An Educator’s Week” and will run from July 19th through July 24th. Program details and descriptions are available at www.projectpuffin.org/OrnithCamps.html.

The YCAS scholarship will pay 70% (up to $700) of the recipient's cost for program tuition, room and board. Hog Island is celebrating its 75th anniversary as a leader in environmental education.

Since 1936, some of the world’s most well-known and highly respected naturalists have inspired thousands to learn about and protect birds and the environment. Roger Tory Peterson was among the first teachers on the 335-acre island. Rachel Carson described her visit to Hog Island in her landmark book, Silent Spring. Kenn Kaufman, only nine years old when he read Peterson’s account of Hog lsland, is now an international authority on birds and one of the program instructors.

York County Audubon Society fosters understanding, appreciation, and conservation of the natural world through the education of present and future generations. YCAS is a chapter of Maine Audubon and the National Audubon Society.