The Council for Environmental Education is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization founded in 1970. Its programs are among the most long-lived and successful environmental education efforts in the nation.

a nationally recognized leader in environmental education, providing programs and services that promote responsible stewardship of natural resources:

• In 1991, President Bush presented CEE's Project WILD program with the President's Environment and Conservation Challenge Award for excellence in developing innovative solutions to the nation's environmental challenges.
• CEE was recognized by the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation in Washington , D.C. with the 1997 National Environmental Education Achievement award for leadership in conservation education.
• CEE is currently one of 10 partners selected nationally to participate in the EPA's Office of Environmental Education supported "Environmental Education and Training Partnership."
• CEE's programs are considered benchmark environmental education programs, cumulatively reaching more than 50,000 educators per year through high quality workshopsdelivered by a national network of partners in state wildlife agencies and conservation organizations.