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The (Ferry Beach Ecology School ) is a non-profit environmental education program started in 1998 in Saco, Maine. Since its inception, Ferry Beach Ecology School (FBES) has brought innovative ecology education programs to nearly 60,000 children and adults throughout New England, United States. FBES offer a variety of programs for school groups of all ages. Whether students come to Ferry Beach's coastal campus for a week-long (residential program ), or schools host a FBES (outreach program ) at their own site, FBES's original (ABCs of Ecology ) curriculum is tailored to meet each state's learning frameworks, under the auspices of the ''No Child Left Behind Act'', in addition to each school's specific curriculum. During the summer, children and adults may enroll in one of FBES's (day camps ), learning about organic gardening or exploring the many ecosystems of the southern Maine coast. FBES staff also travel to regional and national conferences and summits, presenting original workshops and trainings on everything from food systems education and sustainability to innovative teaching methodology. FBES also published its own (curriculum ) for educators and ecosystem-based (field guide ). The FBES campus is located on Ferry Beach in Saco, Maine, about 30 minutes south of Portland and 90 minutes north of Boston. The stunning coastal campus is an ideal outdoor classroom with eight ecosystems within walking distance including a sand beach and dunes, tide pools, salt marshes, a forested (state park ), river estuary, tupelo bog, fishing village and (jetty ). The Ferry Beach Ecology School leases the campus from the Ferry Beach Park Association, an organization nominally associated with the Unitarian Universalist Association. On February 1, 2015, the Ferry Beach Park Association Board of Directors voted unanimously, "not to extend an invitation to the Ecology School (EEI) to negotiate a lease agreement past the 2018 current agreement". The Park Association believes it can earn a higher profit from developing its own ecology school program, or by renting out the campus to other organizations. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ferry Beach Ecology School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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