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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 2021, 182 new and continuing projects benefitted from a total of over $7 million in funding from the NOAA Office of Education’s B-WET program.
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.
2021 B-WET awards, by region, are:
California
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Coastal Watershed Council
Watershed Rangers COVID-19 Response
Santa Cruz, CA
$61,591
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District
Students Understanding Peoples, Environments, and Resources
Rohnert Park, CA
$298,275
Earth Team
Aqua Team - Sustainable Youth Watershed Internships
Richmond, CA
$47,159
Explore Ecology
Flows to the Ocean Project
Santa Barbara, CA
$52,500
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Project WISE
San Francisco, CA
$38,380
Greater Farallones Association
Engaging Coastal Communities in Kelp Forest Recovery
San Francisco, CA
$38,787
Oxnard School District
The Islands Around Us
Oxnard, CA
$72,455
Napa County Resource Conservation District
LandSmart Youth Stewards: Salmon to Sanctuary
Napa, CA
$60,000
Save the Whales
From Soledad to the Ocean: Teaching Coastal Stewardship to South County Title 1 School Children
Seaside, CA
$49,853
Strategic Energy Innovations
Discovering Watersheds through Experiential Learning
San Rafael, CA
$60,000
Ventana Wildlife Society
MBNMS Watershed Exploration Program for Teens
Salinas, CA
$60,000
Ventura Unified School District
Ventura River Action Network
Ventura, CA
$299,842
Watsonville Wetlands Watch
Building Capacity in Environmental Literacy in the Pajaro Valley
Watsonville, CA
$60,000
Chesapeake Bay
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Chesapeake Audubon Society
Chesapeake Linked: People, Skies, Water, & Place
Easton, MD
$221,612
City of Richmond (James River Park System)
The Richmond Environment
Richmond, VA
$149,437
Friends of Rappahannock
Upper Rappahannock MWEE Program
Fredericksburg, VA
$409,271
Howard County Conservancy
Climate kNOWledge: Student Research & Action to Reduce the Impacts of the Climate Emergency
Woodstock, MD
$387,332
James River Association
It's All Connected: Together Three School Districts Investigate the James River
Richmond, VA
$450,000
Lancaster Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13
Expanding Capacity for Environmental Literacy at IU13
Lancaster, PA
$346,024
Let's Go 1-2-3
Steps and Community Partnerships to Expand MWEE Education for Sixth Graders and the City of Lancaster
Philadelphia, PA
$90,000
Living Classrooms - National Capital Region
Anacostia Watershed High School MWEE
Washington, DC
$449,485
The Mariners' Museum
The Mariners' Environmental Co-op
Newport News, VA
$423,053
Millersville University
Shared Waters: An Upstream- Downstream Collaborative
Millersville, PA
$396,318
Prince William County Public Schools
A Community-Connected and Curriculum-Embedded Environmental Literacy Program
Manassas, VA
$369,378
University of Delaware
Building District Capacity for Environmental Literacy and MWEEs in Delaware
Newark, DE
$259,088
Great Lakes
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Eastern Michigan University
Stormwater Stewards: Creating Resilient Teacher Learning Communities to Support Youth-Led Action
Ypsilanti, MI
$80,000
Genesee County Soil and Water Conservation District
Great Lakes Water Sources: A Multifaceted MWEE for Genesee County Students
Batavia, NY
$77,667
Grand Valley Metropolitan Council
Blue Crew: Student Stewards of the Lower Grand River Watershed
Grand Rapids, MI
$79,533
Lake Superior State University
Increasing Freshwater & Data Literacy Among High School Students Through Real-Time Stream Monitoring with MiWaterNet
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
$79,619
Michigan Technological University
Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative: Expanding MWEEs for Rural Schools
Houghton, MI
$79,995
Regional Science Consortium at Presque Isle Center
The Great Lakes WISE Program: Developing Environmental Leaders through "Watershed Immersive Stewardship Experiences"
Erie, PA
$80,000
St. John Fisher College
Our Lakes, Streams, and Rivers: Online and Field-based Hybrid Teacher Training
Rochester, NY
$80,000
University of Toledo
Maumee River Floating Laboratory on Watershed Science
Toledo, OH
$79,883
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Coastal Engineering Education: People, Place, and Practice
Madison, WI
$80,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nibi gaa-gikinoo'amaage, Nibi gaa-bimaaji'iwemagak (Water will Teach, Water Will Give Life)
Madison, WI
$79,780
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
For the Birds — and People Too: Understanding Interdependence of Living Things in the Lake Michigan Watershed
Poynette, WI
$80,000
Gulf of Mexico
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Florida Gulf Coast University
Sustainable WATERS (Watershed Education for Resilience in Southwest Florida)
Fort Myers, FL
$149,886
Galveston Bay Foundation
NOAA V-WET: Virtual Watershed Education and Training
Kemah, TX
$99,481
Louisiana State University
Layers of Louisiana Natural History: Environmental Collections Detail Coastal Change
Baton Rouge, LA
$99,420
St. Petersburg Innovation District
Elementary Scholars and Teachers Exploring the Watershed 2.0
St. Petersburg, FL
$95,075
University of New Orleans
Youth Watershed Action Project for a Resilient New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$99,707
Hawaii
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii
Aloha Aina Program for the Waianae Coast
Honolulu, HI
$150,000
Hui o Hoohonua
Discovery and Stewardship in the Honouliuli Watershed
Ewa Beach, HI
$105,400
Kakoo Oiwi
Hooulu Huliamahi Learning Community in the Heeia Ahupuaa
Kaneohe, HI
$149,075
Learning Endeavors
Champions of Coastal Resilience: A Coastal Field Ecology Program for High Schools
Wailuku, HI
$62,000
Malama Honua Public Charter School Foundation
Kindling Environmental Learning Education in the Waimanalo Watershed
Waimanalo, HI
$74,000
Malama Kai Foundation
Ridge to Reef Ahupuaa: Watershed Education Program in South Kohala
Kamuela, HI
$149,974
Malama Learning Center
Designing a Statewide Aina-Based Education Certification Program for Teachers and Students of Hawaii Nei
Honolulu, HI
$150,000
Pacific American Foundation
NALU Studies Maui Alakai Opio
Kaneohe, HI
$150,000
Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative Inc.
Future Foresters Mauka Makai Stewardship Program
Waikoloa, HI
$94,496
New England
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research
Moving the MWEE to the Summer Months: Building a Bridge between School and Community to Support Year Round Authentic Watershed Investigations
Cohasset, MA
$288,176
EdAdvance
Blue Science
Litchfield, CT
$300,000
New England Science & Sailing Foundation
Ocean Experiential Learning Program
Stonington, CT
$225,000
Project Oceanology
Outdoor Learning Alliance
Groton, CT
$296,902
Pacific Northwest
Recipient
Project
State
Amount
Cascade Fisheries
Systemic and Inclusive Science Education: North Central Washington MWEEs and Teacher Empowerment
Wenatchee, WA
$99,485
Discover Your Northwest (Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve)
Story of Life as Told by Water
Otis, OR
$59,559
Lummi Indian Business Council
Lummi Nation Youth: Importance of Water Quality and Healthy Watersheds to the Lummi Schelangen (“Way of Life”)
Bellingham, WA
$62,169
Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group
Central Washington Watershed Connections
White Salmon, WA
$100,000
Nisqually River Foundation
Climate Literacy, Action, and Monitoring in South Sound
Olympia, WA
$99,793
Vashon-Maury Island Nature Center
Hands On Science: Adaptive Teaching Strategies for Watershed Education During COVID
Vashon, WA
$84,137
Funding amounts listed above are full federal award amounts for all years of the award. In addition to the awards listed above, NOAA supported 122 continuing awards. For more details about B-WET awards, please visit the regional program websites.