Before nearly 400 guests at the annual Minnesota Environmental Initiative Awards May 17, 2007 at Nicollet Island Pavilion partners in the Big River Journey School Field Trip received the organization's top award. More than 100 agencies, organziations and businesses competed in the annual competition.
In addition to the top award for "Partnership of the Year" honors were given out for Natural Resource Protection, Green Business & Environmental Management, Green Building Develpment, Environmental Education and Air Quality & Climate Protection. The Padelford group was entered in the Environment Education competition and the partners initially were deeply disappointed when they did not win any of the top three awards in that category. Sorrow was replaced by an enthusiastic run to the podium when the top award was announced at the end of the night.
Big River Journey has given extensive environmental education to over 40,000 students in grades 4 to 6 over 10 years. The program features a Padelford Riverboat cruise with six learning stations staffed by environmental experts. The partnership also provides mandatory teacher training sessions, a year-long teaching guide and river stewardship.
Project partners include: National Park Service, Center for Global Environmental Education, Fort Snelling State Park, Friends of the Mississippi River, Historic Fort Snelling, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Mississippi River Fund, Padelford Packet Boat Co., MN Dept. of Natural Resources, Science Museum of MN, and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community.
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