In this video contest, EPA will be giving out two cash prizes of $2,500. One award for a short, 30 or 60 second video that is useable as a public service announcement, and another for a longer 1 to 3 minute video. The goal is to effectively tap into the creativity of the general public, particularly the very talented YouTubegeneration, in the production of engaging Web content that will help educate the public about steps we can all take to protect water resources. The videos should convey easy, low-cost, steps that individuals and communities can take to improve and protect the nation’s streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and oceans. Videos may be on a wide a wide variety of topics including: low impact development, wetlands, marine debris, watershed management, water quality monitoring, polluted runoff, and other water-related topics. Entries are due by Earth Day, April 22, 2009. Contest details can be found on EPA's web site at: http://www.epa.gov/owow/videocontest.html

Through its Water Resources Education Network (WREN) Project, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund (LWVPA-CEF) will accept proposals for water resources education projects sponsored by community based partnerships that educate, build awareness, and promote water-sustaining public policies and/or behavior change. Projects should be designed to encourage individual or collective action that will protect and improve local water resources.Visit http://wren.palwv.org/grants/local.html to download the files, or call 1-800-692-7281 to receive a paper copy.

RiverBASE is a project of the Environmental Program of Reading Area Community College. Our goal is to provide educators in the Schuylkill River watershed with resources covering science, natural history, history and culture of the river watershed.

RiverBASE helps users locate river related resources on the Internet. To view categories, go to "Browse Resources" or search via "Keyword Search" or "Advanced Search". Under "Advanced Search" users can request to be notified by email when new resources on topics that they have expressed an interest in become available.

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