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NOAA brings thousands of K-12 teachers and students around the country outside for hands-on environmental education opportunities as part of Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) projects. In fiscal year 2019, one hundred and seventy-one new and continuing projects benefitted from a total of over $7 million in funding from the NOAA Office of Education’s B-WET program.
John Curtis School students measure dissolved oxygen during their MWEE experience at Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans (Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation).
B-WET currently serves seven areas of the country: California, Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, New England, and Pacific Northwest. Grantees were selected through a rigorous peer review process administered by a NOAA program office in their region. All B-WET applicants are encouraged to partner with local NOAA offices, and/or utilize local NOAA field sites and data where appropriate. Awards in the Great Lakes region are made possible by funds from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
2019 B-WET awards, by region, are:
California
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
California State University, Channel Islands
Crossing the Channel
Camarillo, CA
$59,034
Explore Ecology
Flows to the Ocean Project
Santa Barbara, CA
$50,000
Exploring New Horizons
Ecosystem Resiliency: a study of watershed health and biodiversity for Salinas students
Felton, CA
$33,656
Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria
Kashia Elementary School: Promoting Watershed & Ocean Stewardship through a Cultural Context
Santa Rosa, CA
$17,610
Local Earth Action Forum (Sonoma Ecology Center)
Inspiring Water Wonders and Creating Climate Champions
Sonoma, CA
$39,986
Marine Science Institute
Redwood Creek Watershed Investigators and Sea Level Rise Heroes
Redwood City, CA
$55,701
Napa County Resource Conservation District
LandSmart Youth Stewards: Salmon to Sanctuary
Napa, CA
$59,382
Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Relevant Action and Learning for Science
Santa Cruz, CA
$300,000
Water Education Foundation
Watershed Institute for Teachers: Understanding Systems, Respecting Cultures, Activating Student Stewards
Sacramento, CA
$59,666
Watsonville Wetlands Watch
Building Capacity in Environmental Literacy in the Pajaro Valley
Watsonville, CA
$60,000
Chesapeake Bay
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Elizabeth River Project
Project Blue Crab: Fourth Graders Take Action to Protect a Chesapeake Bay Fishery
Portsmouth, VA
$314,993
Pennsylvania State University
Headwater Investigations for Kids and Educators to Promote Watershed Research and Stewardship
State College, PA
$296,236
ShoreRivers
Sturgeon Discovery Program
Easton, MD
$209,930
Towson University
Harbor Scholar Professional Learning Workshop
Towson, MD
$448,345
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bivalves as Ecosystems Sustaining Treasures (BEST) in Bay Watersheds
Richmond, VA
$447,599
Great Lakes
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Chicago Public Schools
Calumet Is My Back Yard (CIMBY) Program
Chicago, IL
$74,325
Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate District
Connecting the Watershed Dots: Clear Lake, Escanaba River, Bay de Noc, Lake Michigan
Escanaba, MI
$58,468
Flint River Watershed Coalition
Flint River GREEN: Developing a Community-Based, Applied, and Integrated Watershed Curriculum for the Flint River Watershed
Flint, MI
$74,858
Friends of Reinstein Nature Preserve
Day in the Life of the Niagara River/Lake Erie Watershed
Depew, NY
$66,834
Friends of the Rouge
The Rouge Education Project
Dearborn, MI
$75,000
Inland Seas Education Association
Great Lakes Watershed Field Course
Suttons Bay, MI
$72,939
Michigan Technological University
Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative
Houghton, MI
$74,967
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Sciences
Lake Ontario Headwaters Watershed Education Program
Paul Smiths, NY
$50,000
Regional Science Consortium at Presque Isle Center
Using the PASST to Weather the Future
Erie, PA
$75,000
Riveredge Nature Center
Testing the Waters
Saukville, WI
$75,000
University of Toledo
Engaging Students and Teachers Through GLOBE: Authentic Watershed Studies in the Maumee and Lake Erie Watersheds
Toledo, OH
$65,897
University of Wisconsin (Superior)
Rivers2Lake - A Superior Focus
Superior, WI
$73,032
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
All Wet: Inclusive Watershed Education for Learners of All Abilities
Manitowoc, WI
$72,858
Gulf of Mexico
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Artist Boat
Turn the T.I.D.E.
Galveston, TX
$99,938
Auburn University
Exploring and Mitigating Pathogen Pollution in Our Waters
Auburn, AL
$99,999
Galveston Bay Foundation
Bay Biodiversity
Houston, TX
$97,810
Infinity Science Center
Watershed Education & Environmental Impact Program
Pearlington, MS
$82,380
Louisiana Environmental Education Commission
Louisiana Coastal Fellowship Project
Baton Rouge, LA
$84,627
Santa Rosa County School District
Empowering Students to Take Action: Aquatic Care Team Navarre Beach Marine Science Station
Navarre Beach, FL
$94,661
Hawaii
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Alakaina Foundation
Molokai Digital Bus KILO Project (Keiki Investigate Learn & Observe) Ola Honua
Honolulu, HI
$77,318
BSCS Science Learning
Connecting Our Youth to Aina Through Investigations of Place
Mililani, HI
$149,687
Kohala Center
Ke Kumu Aina: Cultivating HA through Forest-to-Reef Education and Stewardship
Kamuela, HI
$150,000
Malama Learning Center
Affirming Aina and Place Based Education Through Connectivity and Collaboration
Kapolei, HI
$149,500
Malama Pupukea-Waimea
Ocean Education & Service Learning at Pupukea MLCD Oahu
Haleiwa, HI
$29,158
Manoa Heritage Center
Connecting K-12 Schools and Community Organizations to Create Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) Learning Journeys
Honolulu, HI
$150,000
University of Hawaii Systems
Building a Learning Community in the Heeia Ahupuaa
Honolulu, HI
$117,401
University of Hawaii Systems
Na Kilo Aina: Observers of Our Sustenance
Honolulu, HI
$148,960
New England
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Buzzards Bay Coalition
Discover Buzzards Bay: Providing Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences for New Bedford Youth
New Bedford, MA
$159,497
Project Oceanology
Rising Waters: the Thames River Resilience Project
Groton, CT
$237,079
Save the Bay
Salt Marsh Nursery Program: How Do You Enhance Coastal Resiliency in Narragansett Bay?
Providence, RI
$173,553
SoundWaters
One Million Bottle Caps! Meaningful Environmental Education and Stewardship for Middle School Students and Teachers
Stamford, CT
$220,190
University System of New Hampshire
New Hampshire American Eel Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences Program
Concord, NH
$96,823
Western Connecticut State University
Finding Our Way: Building a College Ready STEM Pipeline for At-Risk High School Youth Through Watershed Stewardship
Danbury, CT
$223,936
Pacific Northwest
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Feiro Marine Life Center
North Olympic Watershed Science Program (NOW Science): Salmon Impacts
Port Angeles, WA
$59,261
Lummi Indian Business Council
Lummi Nation Youth: Importance of Water Quality and Healthy Watersheds to the Lummi Schelangen (“Way of Life”)
Bellingham, WA
$59,948
Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group
Watershed & Ocean Connections
White Salmon, WA
$59,971
Nisqually River Foundation
Climate Literacy, Action, and Monitoring in South Sound 2020
Olympia, WA
$57,361
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
Students for Salmon (SFS) Program
Bellingham, WA
$59,858
Oregon State University
MWEEs by the Sea III: Diving Deeper
Corvallis, OR
$60,000
Port Townsend School District
Building Awareness and Understanding of Ocean Acidification in a Coastal Community
Port Townsend, WA
$59,681
University of Washington
Bonds Across the Water: Exchanging knowledge and actions across boundaries to address ocean acidification
Seattle, WA
$59,955
Funding amounts listed above are full federal award amounts for all years of the award. In addition to the awards listed above, NOAA supported 115 continuing awards. For more details about B-WET awards, please visit the regional program websites.