Alder Creek Children's Forest (Canyonville) $10,000
to support 160 fifth and sixth grade students engaging in field, classroom, and computer activities
Beaverton School District (Beaverton) $25,000
to support Terra Nova Community Farm, involving 120 students from Terra Nova High School
Bienestar (Hillsboro) $10,000
for the Explorador Summer Science Camp program, a series of four one-week outdoor education day camps, to serve 100 children
Caldera (Portland) $10,000
to support 8-10 outdoor arts and environmental retreats for 150 underserved 6th-8th grade students from ten Portland and Central Oregon schools
Center for Earth Leadership (Portland) $5,000
to build an Eco-School Network of trained "parent agents" to introduce sustainable practices and eco-awareness within their local school communities
Central Oregon Environmental Center (Bend) $7,954
to improve the sustainability educational outcomes of the existing EarthSmart Kids program by grounding students' experience in their local community through field trips to the landfill and waste water treatment plant, and an outdoor school experience
Columbia Gorge Ecology Institute (Hood River) $10,000
to provide outdoor experiences for 300+ 5th grade students in the Columbia River Gorge
Columbia Slough Watershed Council (Portland) $10,000
to engage 4,500+ K-12 students and support 25 teachers in field-based science education and service learning projects to raise awareness of the Columbia Slough Watershed
Curry Soil & Water Conservation District (Gold Beach) $12,500
to reach over 600 5th - 8th grade students, 20 teachers, and 50 parents through the South Coast Foodshed project, exploring the foodsheds of southern Oregon, creating several school gardens, interviewing local farmers and ranchers, and understanding the wider food distribution system
David Douglas School District (Portland) $20,000
to send 794 sixth grade students and 115 high school student volunteers to MESD Outdoor School for five days and four nights
Educational Recreational Adventures (Portland) $10,000
to allow 135 students and 6 teachers/volunteers to take at least one three-day field trip
Faulconer-Chapman School (Sheridan) $9,000
to send all 85 6th grade students to a four-night, five-day outdoor school
Food Roots (Tillamook) $7,000
for the Seeds of Self Reliance Program, to build capacity and strengthen Food Roots' school based garden and food system education programs serving 4th-8th grade youth in Tillamook
The Freshwater Trust (Portland) $10,000
to provide teachers in the Portland, Bend, and Corvallis communities with skills and support to successfully implement watershed-based student stewardship projects that adhere to best practices and respond to community needs
Friends of Historic Champoeg (St. Paul) $22,000
to fund a part-time executive director, purchase educational supplies, develop curriculum, train instructors, promote and market new environmental programs and build the capacity to sustain the position
Friends of the Straub Environmental Learning Center (Salem) $3,000
to support two, five-day outdoor camps for 4th-8th grade students, with a focus on the natural history and ecology of Oregon rainforests and watersheds, environmental careers, and environmental stewardship within the Santiam State Forest
Friends of Tryon Creek State Park (Portland) $10,000
to produce a teacher training/mentoring summer institute that will promote science inquiry as a fundamental teaching tool and break down barriers for the utilization of natural settings to engage their students in environmental and science education
Friends of Zenger Farm (Portland) $5,000
to support 200 5th-8th grade students in participating in farm field trips
High Desert Museum (Bend) $6,750
to support Fired Up About Oregon's Forests! In engaging 1,500 5th-6th grade students in fire ecology education and awareness
Institute for Applied Ecology (Corvallis) $15,000
for the RESTORE Oregon Schoolyard Ecosystem Project, guiding teachers and students in the exploration and restoration of native ecosystems on school grounds to be used as outdoor classrooms and living schoolyard laboratories
John McLoughlin Elementary School (Oregon City) $7,000
to send 88 6th grade students and 20 high school students to the NWRESD Outdoor Science School, a hands-on, residential, science camp
Klamath Outdoor Science School (Klamath Falls) $29,000
to coordinate efforts of existing outdoor and environmental education programs in the region by promoting awareness and stewardship of the natural environment through hands-on, integrated curriculum and out-of-class experiences by providing every school with a Stewardship Liaison, designated for two liaisons
Lewis & Clark College (Portland) $10,000
to develop teams of educators able to incorporate sustainability issues into their classrooms and implement school or community projects that enhance local natural and social environments
Lincoln County Outdoor Education Group (Newport) $15,000
in partnership with MidCoast Watersheds Council, for Forest to the Sea Residential Outdoor Schools, to teach 450 youth natural history, ecology, and outdoor skills
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership (Portland) $10,000
to provide pre-service and in-service professional development for Oregon teachers, faculty, or non-formal educators to improve their environmental education teaching skills and knowledge about environmental issues and content, primarily around the issue of water quality
Marys River Watershed Council (Corvallis) $15,000
to provide outdoor classroom sites for 5th-8th grade students to provide an authentic natural resource and ecological education through on-the-ground field projects and the capstone Newton Creek Wetland Stewardship Field Day
Mount Pisgah Arboretum (Eugene) $7,060
to both establish a scholarship fund to secure the participation of low-income students in Discovery Tours, and to establish an internship position to assist in program management
Neighbors for Kids (Depoe Bay) $5,000
to involve up to 50 youth in grades 5-8 in afterschool, nature-based field trips and a local community garden project
North Marion School District 15 (Aurora) $9,000
to send 155 6th grade students and high school student leaders to MESD outdoor school for a residential science camp experience
Oregon 4-H Foundation (Corvallis) $10,000
to train teacher and volunteer coaches to engage culturally diverse youth in exploring how their schools, communities, and homes can become more ecologically and economically sustainable
Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex (Newport) $5,200
to expand environmental education programs and stewardship activities, using technology to help 5th-8th grade students explore, interpret and engage with nature in scientific and artistic ways; not for equipment
Oregon State University (Corvallis) $8,000
to increase high school and middle school teachers' capacity to engage students in field-based science inquiry
Oregon Zoo Foundation (Portland) $10,000
to support the Urban Nature Overnight program, to introduce 135 fifth graders to nature through summer camping trips and school year programs
Parkrose School District (Portland) $15,000
to send 300 6th graders and 40 high school students to the MESD Outdoor School, a hands-on, residential science camp
Pioneer School (Lebanon) $5,000
for 55 6th grade students to attend a three-day, two-night OMSI Outdoor School
Portland State University Foundation (Portland) $10,000
for the Student Forest Stewardship project, to train teachers for an ecology field program in Forest Park
Reynolds School District (Fairview) $20,000
to send 826 sixth graders and 60 high school students to the MESD Outdoor School for three days and two nights
Robert Frost School (Silverton) $7,000
to send 140 sixth graders, 25 high school students, and 10 teachers/adults to Camp Tadmor for an outdoor school field trip for three days
Sauvie Island Center (Portland) $7,533
to send 250-300 fifth graders from North Portland Schools to the Sauvie Island Center for a full-day, farm-based field trip
South Santiam Watershed Council (Sweet Home) $7,500
to provide a natural resource education program that integrates watershed and natural resource education for students K-12, with an overnight outdoor school for 100 5th-6th grade students, designated for the camp rental
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (Charleston) $11,000
to facilitate the development of a professional learning community of coastal and non-coastal educators, and to disseminate a set of exemplary education modules that incorporate best K-12 teaching practices
Tualatin Riverkeepers (Tigard) $12,500
to continue to serve 1,000 youth in the Tualatin River watershed through the Nature Awareness and Service Education program, and to expand/enhance the Nature Day Camp program
University of Oregon (Eugene) $4,552
to train 18+ undergraduates and three graduate students, designated solely for field trips
University of Oregon (Charleston) $10,000
to provide marine science and coastal management professional development for teachers and volunteers; also, to provide outdoor, place-based service learning opportunities for K-12 students
Wasco County 4-H Leaders Association (The Dalles) $9,326
to send all 5th-6th grade students in southern Wasco County to a three-night, four-day outdoor camp with a follow-up field trip to the Oregon coast
West Linn-Wilsonville School District (West Linn) $13,850
for a two-day summer sustainability institute for teachers, and two release days for teacher leaders to collaborate and develop place-based sustainability projects in their local community
William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge (Corvallis) $5,000
to create an inquiry and place-based education curriculum for use of six area school districts and to provide training and resources to 60 local teachers and volunteers who will lead students in environmental education programs on the refuge
47 Grants Totaling $496,725