On May 30, 2018, the Arizona Daily Star published an article on PolarTREC teacher Svea Anderson.
In this press release, Tanque Verde Unified School District announced that Svea Anderson had been accepted as a PolarTREC Educator.
Gary Wesche, a PolarTREC teacher and board president of the Blue River Watershed Association, operated a community cleanup along with more than 30 of his students at St. John Francis Regis School. The head of the EPA was also on hand for the event.