THE WOODLANDS, Texas – A second year Texas Healthy Habitats Grant in the amount of $10,000 has been awarded to the EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION FAMILY LEARNING CENTER for a project that will create a natural habitat refuge for native and endangered plants and animals on the organization’s property. Extraordinary Education is a nonprofit organization supporting home schooling families in Montgomery, Harris and Waller counties. The grant is one of 15 recently awarded across Texas to support students doing service-learning projects to benefit wildlife and the environment.

The grants are being administered by Service Learning Texas, made possible with a donation from EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department scientists met with student-teacher teams recently in Austin, and TPWD experts will continue to guide grant projects as they unfold over the next year.

The students will address priorities in the Texas Wildlife Action Plan, a blueprint to “keep common species common” and avoid more species from becoming threatened and endangered. Texas is believed to be the first state offering grants for student service projects to support a state wildlife action plan.