Karen Scott , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Karen Scott has been with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC, for almost 10 years. She came to the agency after 20 years in the education community - first as an elementary school teacher, then as an adult literacy teacher, finally as an education specialist with the U.S. Army. She is the author of 4 books in the field of adult education, has developed workplace literacy programs in Illinois and Maryland, and as an adult educator conducted training workshops inside and outside the government on topics ranging from college study skills to ethics in government. Since being recruited for the climate change education program in 1998 while serving as an employee development specialist at EPA, Karen has traveled extensively to do presentations and exhibits on the topic of climate change. She has developed many educational materials to help inform the American public about the science, impacts, and possible responses to climate change, especially as it affects wildlife and their habitat. In 1999 she coordinated the effort that got into place a Memorandum of Agreement between EPA's Office of Atmospheric Programs and National Park Service's Harpers Ferry Design Center. This MOA has produced its first product, Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands: A Toolkit for Teachers and Interpreters, published just this last March 2002, and which she is here to show us today.