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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 2020, one hundred and sixty new and continuing projects benefitted from a total of over $7 million in funding from the NOAA Office of Education’s B-WET program.
Student volunteer conducts a plankton tow in April 2020 for the "At Home with the Bay" plankton video, part of a video series by Galveston Bay Foundation, a Gulf of Mexico B-WET grantee, to share watershed concepts with students at home due to COVID-19. "At Home with the Bay" is featured in the NOAA Education Aquatic Food Webs resource collection. (Mariah Waters, Galveston Bay 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.
2020 B-WET awards, by region, are:
California
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
California State University, Channel Islands
Crossing the Channel
Camarillo, CA
$59,031
Coastal Watershed Council
Watershed Rangers
Santa Cruz, CA
$32,210
Explore Ecology
Flows to the Ocean Project
Santa Barbara, CA
$59,946
Greater Farallones Association
LiMPETS Climate Literacy Project
San Francisco, CA
$45,375
Local Earth Action Forum (Sonoma Ecology Center)
Inspiring Water Wonders and Creating Climate Champions
Sonoma, CA
$39,986
Marin County Office of Education
Marin's Ocean and Bay Backyard
San Rafael, CA
$100,000
Marine Science Institute
Redwood Creek Watershed Investigators and Sea Level Rise Heroes
Redwood City, CA
$55,701
MERITO Foundation
Energy Efficiency to Mitigate Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
Ventura, CA
$69,979
Napa County Resource Conservation District
LandSmart Youth Stewards: Salmon to Sanctuary
Napa, CA
$59,963
One Cool Earth
San Luis Obispo County Watershed Project
San Luis Obispo, CA
$60,000
Strategic Energy Innovations
Discovering Watersheds through Experiential Learning
San Rafael, CA
$59,629
Ventana Wildlife Society
MBNMS Watershed Exploration Program for Teens
Salinas, CA
$59,983
Watsonville Wetlands Watch
Building Capacity in Environmental Literacy in the Pajaro Valley
Watsonville, CA
$60,000
Chesapeake Bay
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Chesapeake Bay Trust
Environmental Education Capacity Building in the Region: A Regional Outdoor Learning Network Initiative and Mini-Grants Program
Annapolis, MD
$641,858
Otsego County Conservation Association
Chesapeake Bay Headwaters Educational Ecosystem
Cooperstown, NY
$226,273
Stroud Water Research Center
Expanding Environmental Literacy and MWEE Implementation Capacity Across Pennsylvania
Avondale, PA
$170,000
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Virginia Teachers Innovating and Designing Experiential Science
Gloucester Point, VA
$167,945
Great Lakes
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Board of Education of City of Chicago
Calumet Is My Back Yard: Burnham Park Expansion
Chicago, IL
$79,549
Eastern Michigan University
Stormwater Stewards: Youth-Led Responses to Community Watershed Challenges
Ypsilanti, MI
$80,000
Flint River Watershed Coalition
Flint River Bridges
Flint, MI
$72,851
Friends of the Rouge
The Rouge Education Project
Plymouth, MI
$80,000
Grand Valley State University
Deer Creek GEEKS
Allendale, MI
$79,931
Hope College
Prep for Day 1: K-12 Students Jump into West Michigan Watershed
Holland, MI
$79,971
Huron Pines
Terrestrial Systems Today for Healthy Waters Tomorrow
Gaylord, MI
$80,000
Lake Superior State University
Developing Great Lakes Stewards through Place-making In Urban and Rural Classrooms
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
$76,575
Muskegon Area Intermediate School District
The Power of Place: Connecting Students to Their Watershed
Muskegon, MI
$78,170
St. John Fisher College
Our Lakes, Streams, and Rivers: Experiential Education and Stewardship in the Lake Ontario Watershed
Rochester, NY
$79,972
University of Toledo
Great Lakes Student Research Campaign
Toledo, OH
$79,467
Gulf of Mexico
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Baylor University
Matagorda Bay B-WET
Waco, TX
$84,176
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Facilitating Learning in Our Watershed (FLOW): St. Bernard Parish
New Orleans, LA
$149,996
Mississippi State University
Magnolia Bayou Watershed from Schoolyard to the Northern Gulf
Stennis Space Center, MS
$83,627
Southeastern Louisiana University
Project CREATES
Hammond, LA
$149,417
University of New Orleans
Hydrosphere and Estuary Investigations
New Orleans, LA
$99,399
Hawaii
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests
Immersive Professional Development in Watershed Science to Support Peer-to-Peer STEM Learning Among Public School Educators on Hawaii Island
Hilo, HI
$119,057
Kipahulu Ohana
Maui Hikina Opio Stewardship Development Project
Hana, HI
$131,830
Learning Endeavors
Champions of Coastal Resilience: A Coastal Field Ecology Professional Development Program for Teachers
Wailuku, HI
$149,700
Malama Maunalua
Instilling Community Kuleana Through Experiential Learning
Honolulu, HI
$149,326
Malama Pupukea-Waimea
Ka Papa Kai: Kids Making the Connection Between the Pupukea MLCD and the Pae Aina
Haleiwa, HI
$77,060
Pacific American Foundation
Wisdom of the Watershed Phase I for K-12 students
Kaneohe, HI
$150,000
Polynesian Voyaging Society
Kapalama Ahupuaa Bioremediation
Honolulu, HI
$130,000
University of Hawaii Systems
Providing Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences for High School Teachers Through Na Kilo Aina
Honolulu, HI
$149,691
New England
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Gulf of Maine Institute
Bringing Community-Based Steward to the Gulf of Maine
West Newbury, MA
$220,500
Pacific Northwest
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Discover Your Northwest (Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve)
Story of Life as Told by Water
Otis, OR
$59,782
Dungeness River Audubon Center
North Olympic Watershed Science: Schools Supporting Salmon
Sequim, WA
$53,272
Environmental Science Center
Salmon Heroes: Understanding Watershed Health in Diverse Communities Through Salmon Field Studies, Water Quality Training, and Stewardship Action Projects
Burien, WA
$49,383
Lummi Indian Business Council
Outreach and Education on Marine Resources for Native American Youth
Bellingham, WA
$59,948
Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group
Central Washington Watershed Connections
White Salmon, WA
$59,984
National Wildlife Federation
Fish Eggs to Fry; Eco-School USA Stewards
Milwaukie, OR
$52,615
Nisqually River Foundation
Climate Literacy, Action, and Monitoring in South Sound
Olympia, WA
$59,715
Northwest Maritime Center
Salish Sea Stewards Program: Integrating Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences into the South Whidbey Public School District
Port Townsend, WA
$60,000
Port Townsend School District
Developing Understanding of Ocean Acidification and Building Solutions in Coastal Communities
Port Townsend, WA
$59,968
Funding amounts listed above are full federal award amounts for all years of the award. In addition to the awards listed above, NOAA supported 118 continuing awards. For more details about B-WET awards, please visit the regional program websites.