Project Grant NA10NMF4690133

The Salinas Union High School District Community Science & Outdoor Learning Collaborative will receive $199,680 under a one-year Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA #11.429). The collaborative partnership between the district's educational services team, Bird School Project, and Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History will create and implement annual multi-week educator seminars and ongoing outdoor learning and...

The Ferry Beach Ecology School was awarded a $133,333 Environmental Education Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 to deliver its "Food for Thought" program. The two-year project will educate 805 students from 13 partner schools in southern Maine and northern New England on sustainable agriculture, healthy food systems, and responsible land and water conservation. Fifty percent of participating schools qualify as low-income under Title I. Through residential and...

This $1,700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) supports the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership in implementing their Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Casco Bay estuary in Maine. The grant funding will enable a range of activities to protect, restore, and enhance key habitats, address water quality impacts, engage communities, and strengthen regional collaboration to benefit the Casco...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456), funds the implementation of the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) in the Casco Bay watershed in Maine. The $1,700,000 award to the University of Southern Maine supports a range of activities over the July 2025 to June 2028 period, including: assessing environmental trends, coordinating CCMP implementation, and...

This two-year, $298,908 project grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group to deliver meaningful watershed educational experiences and curriculum integration for all 5th grade students in the East Wenatchee, Washington school district. The goal is to increase authentic, locally relevant science education and student-led stewardship actions to improve local watersheds and recover imperiled salmon...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program is providing a 3-year, $205,767 Cooperative Agreement grant to the Sultana Education Foundation (SEF) to support the "Wild Wetlands" project. This project will provide comprehensive, meaningful watershed educational experiences for all 6th grade students in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Through this funding, students will examine the impacts of human development...

This $147,468 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Inland Seas Education Association to deliver a Great Lakes watershed field course professional development program. The Association will bring 30 K-12 educators to the Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station in Suttons Bay, Michigan from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 for four-day training sessions emphasizing hands-on experience with regional conservation success stories. Participants will visit...

The Cascade Head Biosphere Collaborative will receive a $115,951 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA 11.429) to provide meaningful watershed educational experiences (MWEEs) for approximately 748 elementary school students in South Tillamook and Lincoln Counties, Oregon. Over the two-year project period from February 2025 to January 2026, the grant will fund field-based and classroom-integrated learning modules that teach...

The Malama Honua Public Charter School Foundation will deliver outdoor education experiences and watershed education curriculum development under a $125,000 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Project Grant awarded on August 1, 2021. Funded through NOAA's Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, the project will engage K-6 students in 100 experiential learning opportunities in the Waimānalo watershed in Hawaii. Teachers and community partners will...

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) was awarded a $130,923 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 to implement an environmental education program under the agency's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The two-year project will design and demonstrate practices to increase environmental literacy and stewardship among approximately 800-1200 middle school students across Maine. GMRI will partner with eight Title 1 school districts to incorporate...