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ABCA offering Student Environmental Grant

The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation is offering a $1,000 Student Environmental Grant this year.

Applicants must be a graduating secondary school student or student currently enrolled in university or college pursuing education in a conservation-related course of study, such as biology, ecology, geography, forestry, fish and wildlife, agriculture or outdoor education.

Eligible students must be between the ages of 17 and 25, have a permanent address in a municipality of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority watershed, and interested students are asked to write a creative two-page essay on their personal involvement with a conservation or environment-based project or organization.

The deadline to apply is Thursday, June 29, 2023 by 4:30 p.m. local time. The application form and flyer poster, and complete details can be found on the abca.ca website at this web page link: Student Environmental Grant https://www.abca.ca/foundation/awards/.

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