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OKAEE Documentation

501(c)(3) Documentation
Letter 1045

Contact Information

OKAEE
PO Box 2382
Stillwater, OK 74076-2382

E-mail:
info [at] okaee [dot] org

Phone: (405) 521-2384

OKAEE We are the official affiliate of NAAEE. NAAEE

The mission of the Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education (OKAEE) is to support Oklahoma educators and promote, in formal and non-formal settings, environmental literacy through communication, resource sharing, skill building, and recognition of excellence.
  • Create a networking system to facilitate discussion and resource sharing among Oklahoma environmental educators.
  • Encourage, promote and assist in the development and dissemination of environmental education.
  • Conduct and support environmental education programs in the state.
  • Recognize exemplary efforts in environmental education.

Wynnewood Resident Awarded For Lifetime Achievement

Luann Sewell Waters
Luann Sewell Waters holds the Lifetime Achievement Award she received from the Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education on Jan. 30, 2009. The trophy—designed by Stillwater Artist Jim Hull—commemorates her efforts in the field of environmental education.

A Wynnewood resident received one of the state’s highest honors at an awards ceremony held in Oklahoma City, Okla. Luann Sewell Waters received the Oklahoma Association for Environmental Education Lifetime Achievement Award for her efforts in environmental education.

OKAEE presented the award to Waters on January 30, 2009, during the group’s annual event held at the Oklahoma City Zoo. The recognition—complete with commemorative trophy—is the highest honor granted by the OKAEE.

Waters’ listed accomplishments include: tenure as a state coordinator for both Oklahoma Project WILD and Becoming an Outdoors-Woman, and service as a regional coordinator for Women in the Outdoors. Her efforts total more than 25-plus years, to date.

In addition to her recent contributions, Waters continues her involvement in environmental education as an outdoor writer, Dutch oven chef, and state coordinator for the Leopold Education Project.

Click here to view all award winner photos.



Desiree Webber

We would like to thank Desiree Webber, award-winning author of children's books for elementary to middle school readers, for presenting and autographing The Buffalo Train Ride during our 2009 EEExpo. This true story shares the tale of fifteen buffalo that traveled from the Bronx Zoo to the Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve in Oklahoma to create the first federally-funded bison refuge in the United States. Please visit her website, http://www.desireewebber.com.





Last updated: 3/18/2009



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