Tim Burnham was recently accepted into the seventh class of the Nebraska Water Leaders Academy, a one-year program that provides leadership training and educates participants about the vital role rivers, streams and aquifers play in the economic sustainability of the state.

Tim, an environmental health scientist with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Drinking Water and Environmental Health, Grand Island, Neb., is a graduate of North Gaston High School, Dallas, N.C., and the University of New England, Biddeford, Maine. He is the son of Gus (stepfather) and Marie Schopper of Southport, Maine.

A project of the Water Futures Partnership-Nebraska, Academy sessions feature classroom as well as field trip experiences presented by acknowledged experts in leadership and natural resource topics held at locations across the state.

The Water Leaders Academy is partially funded through a grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust and more than 25 other organizations and individuals.

More information can be found at www.waterleadersacademy.org.