School habitat projects to receive funding through IDNR’s Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Grant program
SPRINGFIELD – Seventeen Illinois schools have been awarded Schoolyard Habitat Action grants totaling $15,700 from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
- Gerber School, Urbana School District #116, Urbana. Sixth through 12th grades. Pollinator garden, $367.58.
- Bartelso Grade School, Bartelso. Fifth through eighth grades. Standard pollinator garden, $1,000.
- Congress Park Elementary School, Brookfield. Sixth grade. Birds and butterflies pollinators garden, $1,000.
- Congress Park Elementary School, Brookfield. Sixth grade. Standard pollinator garden, $1,000.
- Galileo Scholastic Academy, Chicago. Sixth through seventh grades. Standard pollinator garden, $480.91.
- George B. Swift Specialty School, Chicago. Kindergarten through fifth grades. Woodland habitat, $1,000.
- Lenart RGC, Chicago. Third through eighth grades. Birds and butterflies pollinators garden, $997.
- North-Grand High School, Chicago. Ninth through 12th grades. Standard pollinator garden, $994.52.
- Palestine High School, Palestine. Ninth through 12th grades. Woodland habitat, $1,000.
- Arbor View Elementary School, Glen Ellyn. Third grade. Standard pollinator garden, $981.73.
- Prairieland Kids Daycare and Learning Center, Morris. Pre-kindergarten. Standard pollinator garden, $973.30.
- Grande Park Elementary PTA, Plainfield. Fifth grade. Standard pollinator garden, $970.
- Libertyville High School, Libertyville. Ninth through 12th grades. Pollinators wetland, $1,000.
- Meredosia-Chambersburg High School, Meredosia. Standard pollinator garden, $990.40.
- Oak Grove School District 68, Bartonville. Seventh through eighth grades. Standard pollinator garden, $1,000.
- Carriel Junior High, O’Fallon. Seventh grade. Standard pollinator garden, $1,000.
- Elwood CCDE #203, Elwood. Fifth through eighth grades. Standard pollinator garden, $1,000.