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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 2022, 181 new and continuing projects benefitted from a total of more than $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.
2022 B-WET awards, by region, are:
California
Recipient
Project
LOCATION
Amount
Earth Team
Aqua Team - Sustainable Youth Watershed Internships
Richmond, CA
$50,360
Greater Farallones Association
Engaging Coastal Communities in Kelp Forest Recovery
San Francisco, CA
$35,382
Salinas Union High School District
Community Science & Outdoor Learning Collaborative
Salinas, CA
$99,840
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Student and Professional Learning to Advance Stewardship for H2O! (SPLASH!)
San Jose, CA
$298,985
Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Every Classroom a Green Classroom
Santa Cruz, CA
$299,999
Save the Whales
Bees, Butterflies, and Blue Whales: Teaching South Monterey County Students about Ecosystem Resilience
Salinas, CA
$209,685
Solano County Superintendent Of Schools
Spinning Salmon Monitoring Project
Fairfield, CA
$300,000
Ventana Wildlife Society
MBNMS Watershed Exploration Program for Teachers and Teens
Monterey, CA
$195,000
Chesapeake Bay
Recipient
Project
LOCATION
Amount
Blast Intermediate Unit #17
Get 'OUTSIDEE’ (Ongoing Understanding through Science Inquiry and Diverse Environmental Experiences)
Williamsport, PA
$83,102
Central Columbia School District
Environmental Literacy Plan for Capacity Building & Curriculum Programming
Bloomsburg, PA
$57,337
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Pennsylvania Environmental Action Teams
Annapolis, MD
$272,359
Friends of Rappahannock
River History and Watershed Science: A Community Based Approach to MWEEs
Fredericksburg, VA
$229,777
Gettysburg College
Partnership for Adams County Environmental Literacy (PACE)
Gettysburg, PA
$296,032
Hanover Caroline Soil & Water Conservation District
Building Capacity for Environmental Literacy in Virginia’s Middle Peninsula
Hanover, VA
$158,737
Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
Maryland Environmental Literacy Advisory Network
Baltimore, MD
$200,000
National Career Technical Education Foundation
Developing A State Framework for Incorporating Environmental Literacy in Career Technical Education
Silver Spring, MD
$193,450
Paleontological Research Institute
A Watershed of Trees
Ithaca, NY
$299,468
Stroud Water Research Center
Building Sustainable and Equitable Capacity Support Systems towards Environmental Literacy for All K-12 Audiences Across Pennsylvania
Avondale, PA
$200,000
Virginia Commonwealth University
Petersburg Environmental Activities and Regional Learning (PEARL)
Richmond, VA
$229,764
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Virginia Teachers Innovating and Designing Experiential Science (VA TIDES) - Phase 2
Gloucester Point, VA
$50,476
York County School Division
Fostering Bay Stewardship by Building Capacity to Lead MWEEs
Yorktown, VA
$225,000
Great Lakes
Recipient
Project
LOCATION
Amount
Board of Education of City of Chicago
Calumet is My Back Yard: Building Student and Teacher Leadership
Chicago, IL
$79,996
Case Western Reserve University
Smart Citizen Science Curriculum Dissemination and Implementation
Cleveland, OH
$76,110
Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan
Preventing Marine Debris Today for Healthy Waters Tomorrow
Alpena, MI
$79,856
Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District
First Rings First: MWEEs for Teachers and Underrepresented Students in the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern
Cleveland, OH
$79,953
Eastern Michigan University
Schoolyard Stewards: Place-Based Watershed Explorations Supporting Community Resilience
Ypsilanti, MI
$80,000
Flint River Watershed Coalition
Flint River Environmental Leaders: A Systemic Community Approach to Water Quality Solutions Through a Youth Lens
Flint, MI
$79,525
Friends of Reinstein Nature Preserve
Niagara River/Lake Erie Classrooms
Depew, NY
$76,006
Friends of the Rouge
The Rouge Education Project
Plymouth, MI
$80,000
Grand Valley State University
Great Lakes MWEE Toolkit for Educators and Students
Allendale, MI
$79,918
Inland Seas Education Association
Great Lakes Watershed Field Course
Suttons Bay, MI
$75,522
Michigan Technological University
Expanding MWEEs for Rural Schools – Exploring the Geoheritage of Lake Superior Coastal Sites (Exploring Our Foundations)
Houghton, MI
$77,041
Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council
Mid-Michigan Watershed Connections
East Lansing, MI
$46,817
Muskegon Area Intermediate School District
West Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative
Muskegon, MI
$79,975
Upstate Freshwater Institute
Lake Ontario, Oneida, Onondaga Program
Syracuse, NY
$79,987
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Fox-Wolf River Connections
Poynette, WI
$80,000
Gulf of Mexico
Recipient
Project
LOCATION
Amount
Artist Boat
Island Style (Systemic Training for Youth Leadership in the Environment)
Galveston, TX
$150,000
Auburn University
Improving, Expanding, and Sustaining the Exploration of Pathogen Pollution in Our Waters by Students in the Gulf of Mexico Watershed
Auburn, AL
$100,000
County of Escambia (The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program)
Pensacola Bay System Oyster Restoration Education and Engagement Framework
Pensacola, FL
$100,000
Florida Gulf Coast University
Network Influencers Coalition for K-12 Climate Literacy Education Across Florida
Fort Myers, FL
$94,437
Louisiana State University
Changes of the Pontchartrain Basin: Historical and Ecological Differences Due to Climate Change
Baton Rouge, LA
$79,136
Pontchartrain Conservancy
FLOW: Facilitating Learning in Our Watershed - St. John the Baptist Parish
New Orleans, LA
$150,000
Hawaii
Recipient
Project
LOCATION
Amount
Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests
The Pilina Kaiaulu Program
Hilo, HI
$146,702
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Mauka to Makai: Watershed Experience for Teachers
Honolulu, HI
$147,355
Kohala Center
Ka Ua Naulu o Kawaihae
Kamuela, HI
$150,000
Le Jardin Academy
Koolaupoko Impact Collective: Kawainui Youth Stewardship Program
Kailua, HI
$136,040
Learning Endeavors
Champions of Coastal Resilience: Developing Climate Stewards & Caring for our Coastal Communities
Wailuku, HI
$75,000
Pacific American Foundation
Wisdom of the Watershed Phase II
Kaneohe, HI
$150,000
Recycle Hawaii
Na Waa Mauo- Project Hanau ka uku koakoa, a Honuaiakea Voyaging Experience
Hilo, HI
$148,235
University of Hawaii (Manoa)
Iolani Paepae o Wai Ekolu: Place-based Watershed Education and Caring for Stream Ecosystems
Honolulu, HI
$75,000
New England
Recipient
Project
LOCATION
Amount
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor
Learning from the Lake
Vergennes, VT
$222,490
Massachusetts Audubon
Rivers to Sea Anywhere, Anytime Watershed Education
Lincoln, MA
$295,055
Pacific Northwest
Recipient
Project
LOCATION
Amount
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
"Changing Currents: Summit to the Sea" Water Education Project
Portland, OR
$75,000
Cascade Fisheries
WOW (Watching Over the Watershed): Eastmont & North Central Washington Schools
Wenatchee, WA
$149,454
Environmental Science Center
From Salmon Heroes to Orca Actions: Connecting the Watershed from Stream to Sea
Burien, WA
$79,860
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
Students for Salmon Program
Bellingham, WA
$144,500
Twin Harbors Waterkeeper
From Headwaters to the Ocean: Muddy Boots in Your Watershed for Coastal High School Students
Aberdeen, WA
$139,442
Funding amounts listed above are full federal award amounts for all years of the award. In addition to the awards listed above, NOAA supported 124 continuing awards. For more details about B-WET awards, please visit the regional program websites. Learn more about the impacts of this program.