Here are applicants’ proposals

Moulton Reservoir Restoration/Recreation by Julia Crain, Butte-Silver Bow: $ 100,000

Restoring Tree Growth by Paul Conrad, Montana Tech — an underground nursery project to start trees from local seed in Orphan Boy Mine west of campus: $ 99,860

Conservatory Consolidated by Mark Reavis — a revegetation project to prevent erosion: $ 80,436

Vegetative Restoration at Clear Grit Dump by Norm DeNeal: $ 66,500

Vegetative Restoration north of the Pit viewing stand by Norm DeNeal: $ 66,500

Hands-On Science Exhibits by Lois Podobnik, Science Mine: $ 49,000

Vegetative Restoration east of the Pit viewing stand by Norm DeNeal: $ 20,720

Mineralogy/Geochemistry of Slag by Chris Gammons, Montana Tech: $ 13,000

Lexington Avenue Wetland Project Development by Ted Dodge, Watershed Restoration Council: $ 9,100 

Vegetative Restoration at Mandan Park by Norm DaNeal: $ 4,420

A meeting about funding small restoration projects turned into a larger, impassioned discussion about science education in Butte high schools this week.

The Butte Natural Resource Damage Restoration Council met Wednesday to hear 10 presentations on the projects that rang…………… continues on Montana Standard

Netherlands

The number of students in high school education increased from 13 thousand in 1900 to almost a million today, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) revealed on Thursday. Currently, 80 percent of the Dutch population between the ages of 12 and 18 are enrolled in a secondary school. The current percentage has largely held over the course of the last four decades.

The proportion of students in the secondary education s…………… continues on NL Times