Michael B. Whitfield Scholarship Awarded

The Teton Regional Land Trust is proud to announce that Eli Dery of Driggs, ID is the 2011 recipient of the Michael B. Whitfield Scholarship. He was chosen from a group of high caliber applicants to receive $1,000 towards his college education.

Dery will graduate from Teton High School this spring and plans to study forestry or wildlife biology at the University of Montana in Missoula. Eli is the son of Amy and Dave Dery of Driggs and has been involved in many outdoor activities including the Forest Service’s Youth Conservation Corps program.

The Teton Regional Land Trust created the scholarship in 2009 to honor Michael B. Whitfield who helped found the organization in 1990 and served as its Executive Director for 18 years. Michael’s passion for and commitment to land conservation initially in Teton Valley, then throughout the Upper Snake River Watershed, has been instrumental in the preservation of key landscapes in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

To be a candidate for the scholarship, students must be graduating seniors who live in the Teton Regional Land Trust service area. These counties include Bonneville, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Teton and parts of Bingham, Butte, Caribou, and Lemhi in Idaho and Teton County, Wyoming west of the Tetons.  Candidates must also show an intention to pursue a major course of study in college or vocational school in the environmental sciences, biology, ecology, environmental planning or policy, agriculture, or a related field.  Candidates must have a grade point average of at least 3 (out of 4).

Please help us congratulate Eli Dery, the 2010 Michael B. Whitfield Scholarship award winner.