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Take Care
OF Texas..Youth
Sarah Jo Lambert, Lubbock
Despite an already active schedule as
a high-school sophomore, Sarah Jo
Lambert took time to help design and
construct an 800-square-foot environ-
mental center at Camp Rio Blanco-the
Girl Scout camp in Crosbyton that she's
attended the past 11 years.
The environmental center,
Lorax Lodge-whose
name Lambert picked
from one of Dr. Seuss's EST.
children's books-
serves to educate camp-
ers and visitors on how to
implement green-building
practices and on other ways to
reduce their environmental impact. In
addition to donating more than 600 hours
of her own time, Lambert recruited more
than 2,200 volunteers and sponsors, who
made contributions or in-kind donations
totaling over $230,000.
To assist area educators and lodge
visitors, Lambert developed an environ-
mental teaching guide for kindergarten
through twelfth grade. She also mapped a
nature trail at the camp, identifying plants
and wildlife.Education
City of Waco, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and Baylor University
When the City of Waco looked to
safeguard the community's water supply,
it increased Lake Waco by seven feet,
providing an additional 20,000 acre-feet
of water. However, raising the level also
inundated surrounding habitat,
which spurred the city to
approve the development
of a 180-acre constructed
1993 wetlands in 2001. Known
as the Lake Waco Wet-
lands, this new habitat
is now home to a variety
of aquatic and terrestrial
plants, mammals, birds, insects,
amphibians, and reptiles.
In 2004, the wetlands project added a
research and education center to serve as
a special resource for the community. As
the only wetlands in a 60-mile radius with
public access, the Lake Waco Wetlands
has become a major hub for the science
programs of three colleges and universities
and more than 24 school districts.
Baylor University, with the support
and cooperation of the City of Waco
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,NATURAL OUTLOOK- FALL 2010 1
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