The Wyoming Natural Resource Foundation provides a scholarship in honor of the late Gary Beach and his work on behalf of Wyoming's natural resources. Beach worked for the Department of Environmental Quality and as Administrator of the water quality division was instrumental in working with local conservation districts to establish the local watershed planning approach to addressing Wyoming's impaired waterbodies.
University of Wyoming students focusing on natural resource management are encouraged to apply. In order to be eligible for the scholarship, the following criteria must by met: The applicant must have completed at least 59 credit hours (be enrolled at the Junior level or higher) and have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5. The applicant must be enrolled at UW in one of the following academic majors: environment and natural resources, water resources, rangeland ecology and watershed management or a related field.
Pictured above, Leena Horton was selected as 2009 recipient. Applications for the Fall 2010 school year
are being accepted through July 31, 2010.
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