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March 13, 2021 03/13/2021 10:30 am
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) An alliance of environmental education centers in the region is looking to fill paid summer fellowship positions.
Across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, there are 23 Alliance for Watershed Education of the Delaware River environmental education centers.
Some nearby include Bartram’s Garden in Southwest Philly, the Center for Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, the DuPont Environmental Education Center in Wilmington, the Independence Seaport Museum along Penn’s Landing, and the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum.
Each center will hire at least one person for a Delaware River Watershed Fellowship.
“Each of the centers has its own target community,” explained Dr. Steve Tuorto, director of science and stewardship at The Watershed Institute in Pennington, New Jersey, and a fellowship leader, “within which it’s trying to broaden its