Conservation and Natural Resources Scholarships Available
Students in the fields of natural resource conservation, forestry, soil science, ecology, wildlife science or agriculture should consider applying for scholarships through their conservation district office. The Campbell County Conservation District will award up to three $1,000 scholarships. Students must be Campbell County residents. High school students planning to enter college, as well as students currently attending college, are eligible to apply. Previous scholarship recipients are eligible to apply. Applications must be postmarked or returned to the district office by Friday, January 20, 2012. For information, contact the Campbell County Conservation District, 8351 East Main Street, Suite 104, Alexandria, KY 41001, phone 859–635–9587, E–mail at campbellcd@fuse.net or visit the district’s web site at http://home.fuse.net/campbellcd. The Boone County Conservation District will award one $1,000 scholarship, named for the late W. Robert Ellis, to a Boone County resident currently attending a college or university located in Kentucky. Previous scholarship recipients are eligible to apply. Applications must be postmarked or returned to the district office by Friday, January 27, 2012. Contact the Boone County Conservation District, 6028 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington, KY 41005; Phone 859–586–7903; E–mail: Boone@nkcd.org or visit www.boonecountyky.org/bccd
Due to funding restrictions, a conservation scholarship is not being offered by the Kenton County Conservation District this year.
Several other scholarship opportunities are available for students pursuing careers in agriculture and natural resources. Three $1000 statewide scholarships are offered by the Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts Auxiliary. The Conservation of Natural Resources Scholarship is for students currently enrolled in college; the George Crafton Memorial Scholarship is for high school seniors entering college the next fall; and another is for non–traditional students. The deadline to return applications to your Conservation District office is February 1, 2012. For application forms, visit http://conservation.ky.gov/Pages/Scholarships.aspx.
The Bluegrass Soil and Water Conservation Society offers two $1000 scholarships to students from the Bluegrass region (east and central Kentucky) who are enrolled in a college or university in the same region. The deadline for application varies, but is normally in November. Contact Danny Hughes (606) 306–7398 or Danny.Hughes@ky.usda.gov.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture is offering scholarships intended to increase the number of students studying agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, or other related disciplines at one of the eighteen 1890 Historically Black Land–Grant Institutions. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2012.
For information about these scholarships, contact the Campbell County Conservation District, 8351 East Main Street, Suite 104, Alexandria, KY 41001, phone 859–635–9587, E–mail at campbellcd@fuse.net or visit the district’s web site at http://home.fuse.net/campbellcd. In Boone and Kenton counties, contact the Boone and Kenton County Conservation Districts, 6028 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington, KY 41005; Phone 859–586–7903; E–mail: Boone@nkcd.org or Kenton@nkcd.org or visit the web sites at www.kentoncounty.org or www.boonecountyky.org/bccd
Complete the Boone County Conservation District scholarship application online here