Green Talk
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Winter 1998 |
| An Environmental Newsletter for High School Students and Teachers |
Inside This Issue
Eagle Scout Plants Deep-Roots
Anthony Scully's efforts led to this prairie and creek
bank stabilization in Elk Grove Village. |
Anthony Scully knew he would someday earn
his Eagle Scout rank, but he never dreamed he would be involved
with his local village, a federal agency and county agency,
the local park district and about 70 volunteers in order to
accomplish it. Anthony, a 15-year-old sophomore at Conant High
School in Elk Grove Village, originally decided he wanted to
do a cleanup project in his community to earn his rank. Instead,
he ended up planning and developing a planting project that
will help stabilize and beautify a portion of Salt Creek in
his hometown.
According to his mother, Pam, Anthony started out with a simple
idea. But with his father also involved in Scouting and about
to become a Scoutmaster, "Anthony knew he couldn't just
get by with a simple project." So, Anthony contacted Nick
Nikola with Friends of Critters in Salt Creek to begin looking
into potential projects.  More |
Green Talk is published by the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA) Office of Public Information, Dennis H. McMurray, manager;
Mary A. Gade, director. Reproductions of articles from this issue or
portions thereof is allowed with proper attribution given to Green
Talk, Illinois EPA.
Editor: Naomi Greene. Contributors: Christy
Trutter, Kurt Niebergall, Steve Kolsto, Peggy Dunn. Editorial
Contributions: Dennis McMurray, Gloria Ferguson, Beth Kirman,
Joan Muraro, Julie Neposchlan, Michelle Tebrugge. Graphics: Gloria
Ferguson.
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