Students in schools near PPL Corporation power plants will be studying streams, planting trees, creating wildlife habitats and building outdoor environmental study areas, thanks to education grants from PPL Project Earth.

Eleven schools are receiving a total of $16,400 this year to support their earth science programs as part of the PPL Project Earth Environmental Education Grants program.

"This annual program supports a wide range of studies at all grade levels," said Meg Welker, PPL's education relations director. "It's a natural for PPL, where we place so much importance on operating our plants with respect for the environment, to fund this program for students and schools."

The competitive grants enhance established classroom curricula and academic standards, or support extracurricular activities of school organizations and clubs. A team of teachers and PPL employees chose the winning projects.

Awarded grants are:
• Cedar Cliff High School, Camp Hill, Pa.
• Price Elementary School, Lancaster, Pa.
• Hazleton Area Career Center, Hazleton, Pa.
• Central Columbia Middle School, Bloomsburg, Pa.
• Liberty High School, Bethlehem, Pa.
• Francis D. Raub Middle School, Allentown, Pa.
• Lee Park Elementary School, Hanover Township, Pa.
• Allamuchy Township School, Allamuchy, N.J.
• Belvidere High School, Belvidere, N.J.
• Brentwood High School, Brentwood, N.Y.
• Stillwater Montessori School, Old Town, Maine

PPL Project Earth is an initiative to educate the public about energy resources and the environment. For more information, contact PPL at pplpreserves@pplweb.com.

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), headquartered in Allentown, Pa., controls about 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to more than 5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America. More information is available at www.pplweb.com.