Adelante Mujeres (Forest Grove) $7,000
To offer a retreat training in place-based education for early childhood education teachers in order to reach low-income, Latino children
Alder Creek Children's Forest (Canyonville) $10,000
To build local capacity of the Oregon Explorer program, which engages 5th and 6th grade students in field,classroom and computer lab activities
Bienestar (Hillsboro) $10,000
For the Explorador Summer Science Program, and environmental education day camp for 3rd - 7th graders
Coast Range Natural Resources Education Organization (Corvallis) $5,000
To support the Forest Camp Scholarship Fund, a one-week outdoor school program
Columbia Gorge Ecology Institute (Hood River) $15,000
To plan and develop the Snowden Wetlands Regional Environmental Education Center to offer three-day, residential, outdoor school sessions for underserved fifth-grade students of HoodRiver and North Wasco counties, not for Trout Lake ODS
Columbia Slough Watershed Council (Portland) $10,000
For year two of a two-year request for the Slough School Education Program,engaging K-12 students throughout the watershed in science education and service-learning projects to raise awareness of the watershed
Friends of the Tualatin River NWR (Sherwood) $10,000
To collaborate with Sherwood School District in creating a permanent experiential environmental education program to provide students with nature-based learning opportunities
Friends of Tryon Creek State Park (Portland) $12,280
For the Tryon Steward Fieldtrip Program for 5th-8th graders students
G.A.P.S. Foundation (Hillsboro) $33,000
For Terra Nova High School to support Terra Nova Conservation Corps/Community Farm, serving 80-120 students each year
Hacienda Community Development Corporation (Portland) $10,000
For the Expresiones Summer Program, to support integrated environmental field trips,camps and sustainable living workshops for low-income, minority youth
High Desert Museum (Bend) $10,000
To promote education and awareness of fire ecology in the ponderosa pine forests of Central Oregon
Hood River County School District (Hood River) $10,000
For the SECRETS science education program, a ten-week school and outdoor site based ecology curriculum for fifth-grade students
Institute for Applied Ecology (Corvallis) $ 15,000
For a multi-year request for the RESTORE Oregon Schoolyard Restoration Program,working with local schools to restore native ecosystems on school grounds to be used as outdoor classrooms
Klamath Bird Observatory (Ashland) $20,000
To bring field science and inquiry to life for fifth and sixth grade students in "Songbirds, Science, and Outdoor School"
Klamath County School District (Klamath Falls) $10,000
To bring the Wolftree Watershed Science Program to fifth through eighth grade students at Gilchrist School
Lincoln County Natural Resource Education Group (Newport) $15,000
For four-week-long residential, outdoor schools for sixth grade students
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership (Portland) $10,000
To expand the Outdoor Environmental Applied Learning Program, bringing outdoor hands-on applied learning experiences to Oregon students residing in communities along the lower Columbia River, designated for middle schools only
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council (Lowell) $15,000
For Watershed Rangers, an interdisciplinary, place-based environmental education program for elementary students and teachers in the rural communities in the Middle Fork Willamette Watershed
Mount Pisgah Arboretum (Eugene) $7,060
For Discovery Tours, an outdoor education program for 3,000 K-5 students in Lane County
Oregon City School District (Oregon City) $ 12,000
Toward the Outdoor Classroom Project, to fund additional staff and curriculum development, hire a full-time outdoor education coordinator, develop an on-campus summer camp, and develop two Outdoor School programs, designated for middle schools
Oregon Forest Resources Institute (Portland) $10,000
To expose 150 K-12 teachers to collaborative, outdoor-based service learning and natural resources education strategies
Oregon State University (Corvallis) $5,000
To increase the capacity of high school teachers to engage students in field-based science inquiry
Oregon State University Foundation (Corvallis) $11,006
For ONREP for Oregon teacher scholarships for the NAAEE 2009 Conference
Oregon Stewardship (Medford) $ 7,220
To support a project-based curriculum in southwest Oregon elementary and middle schools by taking students on field trips to study their watershed and having them complete and present projects to other students at a Watershed Sciences Symposium
Oregon Zoo Foundation (Portland) $10,000
For the Urban Nature Overnights program, working with underserved urban youth ages 8-19, to introduce 400 youth and 10 teen mentors to summer camping trips
Portland State University Foundation (Portland) $12,000
For the Student Forest Stewardship project, to train high school science teachers for an ecology field program in Forest Park
Rimrock Expeditionary Alternative Learning Middle School (Bend) $13,000
To expand the Tumalo Creek Project
Springfield Public Schools (Springfield) $12,000
To bring fifth grade classes to the McGowan Creek Educational Area to study the old-growth forest and aquatic environment
Tryon Life Community Farm (Portland) $5,000
For the Hands-On Sustainability Program for youth ages 4-18
Willamette Farm and Food Coalition (Eugene) $10,000
For the Farm to School Program and School Garden Project
Willamette Riverkeeper (Portland) $10,000
To support the River Discovery Education Project, which will engage students through guided walking, canoe, and kayak trips
Yamhill County 4-H Leaders Association (McMinnville) $3,500
For the Homeschool Outdoor School program to provide ecological learning and hands-on activities to homeschool students to increase environmental awareness
32 Grants $355,066