The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded a $134,267 Project Grant to Protect Our Water Jackson Hole, Inc. under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support implementation of an environmental education initiative in Jackson, Wyoming focused on maintaining clean drinking water. Key deliverables include at least eight adult educational workshops over two years on topics like private well testing and septic system maintenance. The grantee will also...
This $815,407 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports Ecology Project International (EPI), a non-profit organization, to implement an environmental education project in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) region of Wyoming and Montana. Over a two-year period, the project will engage up to 340 middle and high school students and their teachers in 30 immersive field science and habitat restoration...
This $131,270 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 supports the Project Wet Foundation in implementing environmental education programs in Montana. Funded through the EPA's $66,951 Environmental Education Grants Program, the award will train 100 educators and educate 3,000 middle and high school students on climate change globally and locally through hands-on, inquiry-based lessons. Subawards totaling $25k will be provided to five educational and environmental...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) supports the Sierra Streams Institute, a nonprofit organization in California, to implement an environmental education initiative. The key activities include: Developing a Watershed Communication Toolkit (WCT) to enhance students' critical thinking and science literacy by facilitating communication between peers on regional watershed issues. The WCT will...
This $80,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund a comprehensive environmental education initiative led by Learning Endeavors, a woman-owned non-profit organization. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and promote pro-environmental behaviors in the Hawaiian Islands and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $137,500 to the Outdoor Lab Foundation to implement an environmental education project in Jefferson County, Colorado. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors. Key activities include: updating the...
This $129,450 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 through the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund the High Country Conservation Center (HC3) to implement environmental education initiatives in Summit County, Colorado over a 2-year period from February 2025 to January 2027. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Providing water conservation education to 550 7th grade students through the "Water...
This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) will fund Mississippi State University (MSU) Extension to implement a community-based environmental education and outreach project in Mississippi. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in local communities, with a focus on the Jackson metropolitan area. Key activities include developing a...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $130,191 in funding to the Takshanuk Watershed Council, a non-profit organization in Alaska, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices and techniques. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in the communities of Haines, Skagway, and Klukwan, Alaska. Key activities include a...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $90,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to Envirolution, a woman-owned non-profit organization, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques in Reno, NV. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally beneficial behaviors. Key activities include providing 50 Nevada teachers with curriculum, training, and...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $107,342 to Protect Our Water Jackson Hole, Inc. to implement an environmental education initiative in Teton County, Wyoming. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors within the local community. Key activities include hands-on learning, outreach events, and citizen science projects focused on water quality issues, such as surface water impairment, groundwater contamination, and the disproportionate impacts on underserved populations. The project will partner with local schools, the Teton Conservation District, and community organizations to engage students, teachers, and residents in understanding and protecting the region's fragile water resources.