BERTSCH-HOKENDAUQUA-CATASAUQUA WATERSHED ASSOCIATION

Bertsch-Hokendauqua-Catasauqua Watershed Association is offering the Bud Cole Memorial Scholarship to all college-bound high school seniors residing within the boundaries of the watershed.

Interested students should fill out an application and write an essay that compares and contrasts the global and local effects of climate change. Students should also address what they, as individuals, can do on both scales to help maintain an ecological equilibrium.

The essays should be approximately 750 words and will be judged on content, topic development, grammar and spelling.

First prize is $500, and second prize is $250.

The entries are due April 15.

Applications and essays should be sent to BHCWA, 3870 Kreidersville Road, Northampton, 18067.

For more information, contact lmsuppan@gmail.com.