Baker School District 5J (Baker City) $8,300
to conduct a three-day outdoor school for all 160 sixth-grade students in Baker County
Bienestar (Hillsboro) $7,500
for Explorador Camp, to provide outdoor exploration opportunities for 48 5th-7th grade Latino children of low-income families
Caldera (Portland) $15,000
to support two eight-day outdoor arts and environmental retreats for 175 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 take the lead in introducing sustainable practices and raising eco-awareness within 35 local school communities
Central Oregon Environmental Center (Bend) $4,985
for EarthSmart Kids Community Exploration Project, to improve the educational outcomes by grounding students' experience in their local community through an outdoor school experience and field trips to the landfill, waste water treatment plant, local watershed and water source
Clearing Magazine (Portland) $5,000
to develop and build an effective multimedia resource journal/website that supports teacher professional development in environmental education by providing access to the best ideas, creative teaching strategies and resources that promote environmental literacy
Columbia Gorge Ecology Institute (Hood River) $10,000
for Science in Action, to provide on-the-ground field conservation research opportunities for 300 students in the Columbia River Gorge
Columbia Slough Watershed Council (Portland) $10,000
to engage K-12 students and provide support to teachers from Gresham, Fairview and Portland in field-based science education and service learning projects
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (Warm Springs) $1,300
to enhance fisheries and watershed education amongst 5th grade students through field trips and classroom participation (Gray Family Fund to support travel and equipment costs only)
Corvallis School District (Corvallis) $20,000
for development of an outdoor education program which reaches all district children during at least ten years of their K-12 experience through comprehensive district-wide teacher training
Crater Lake National Park Trust (Crater Lake) $10,000
for Classroom at Crater Lake, to support teacher field-based professional development and encourage use of Crater Lake National Park as a dynamic learning laboratory for over 5,000 student visits (Gray Family Fund offers a matching grant opportunity)
E2 Foundation (Portland) $22,200
to integrate experiential, accessible art with hands-on, field-based environmental education at the MESD Outdoor School
Friends of the Straub Environmental Learning Center (Salem) $5,000
to support two five-day outdoor environmental education camps for students grades 4-5 and 6-8 from Salem-area Title 1 schools
Friends of the Tualatin River NWR (Sherwood) $10,000
to conduct an outdoor environmental education program for 5th-8th grade students and provide nature education training for teachers and volunteers
Friends of Tryon Creek State Park (Portland) $10,750
to expand the 2010 pilot program that introduces teachers to working in a natural setting and furthers their understanding of science inquiry
Friends of Zenger Farm (Portland) $10,000
for an interdisciplinary outdoor education program connecting 5th-8th grade students to nature in their neighborhood through multiple interrelated farm field trips
Harney County Cooperative Weed Management Area (Burns) $16,230
to provide opportunities for educators to explore new curricula that build conceptual and concrete understanding, knowledge and skills about invasive weeds while providing opportunities for collaboration with local resource managers for identification of relevant service learning projects
Jefferson Nature Center (Medford) $15,500
for Finding Home, to support 300 fifth-grade students from five Jackson County elementary schools in participating in Finding Home for five to seven days
Klamath Bird Observatory (Ashland) $5,000
to support 30 teachers and non-formal educators in participating in educator workshops to increase the capacity of educators using public lands as outdoor classrooms to teach topics related to sustainability and 21st-century conservation challenges
Lewis & Clark College (Portland) $6,375
to deepen and extend educators' knowledge of sustainability education practices and their capacity to integrate these into their school's curriculum
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership (Portland) $5,000
to provide professional development workshops for Oregon educators so participants can develop service learning programs to provide students opportunities to apply their science lessons while benefitting their communities and addressing local environmental needs
Marys River Watershed Council (Corvallis) $10,000
for watershed restoration projects, a Teacher Liaison to promote outdoor learning and Newton Creek Wetland Spring Stewardship Field Day
Oregon 4-H Foundation (Corvallis) $10,000
to provide up to 35 3rd-5th grade teachers the opportunity to attend a two-day workshop featuring an experiential, place-based watershed curriculum and send their students on follow-up field trips to experience the curriculum
Oregon Forest Resources Institute (Portland) $20,000
to introduce Oregon teachers to service learning as an instructional strategy and provide them with the skills and support needed to successfully implement natural-resources-focused service learning curricula
Oregon State University Foundation (Corvallis) $20,000
for the Stewardship Schools Summit, to extend the integration of natural resources as the context for learning through all subject areas
Phoenix-Talent School District #4 (Phoenix) $10,080
to send 55 students on weekly environmental field studies as part of their magnet Outdoor Discovery Program
Portland Children's Museum (Portland) $2,000
to support teachers in attending an intensive, comprehensive course on creating and sustaining school gardens
Sauvie Island Center (Portland) $6,396
to increase the food, farm and environmental literacy of the next generation through educational field trip programs
School Garden Project of Lane County (Eugene) $10,000
to support 169 students' participation in a 12-week school garden education program
Siuslaw School District 97J (Florence) $3,880
to enhance ongoing watershed studies in the district with hands-on field experiences for 6th grade (four trips) and 8th grade (two trips)
Southern Oregon University (Ashland) $20,000
to send 60 teachers to a five-day Environmental Education August Institute and prepare them to implement the Oregon Environmental Literacy Plan after exploring Southern Oregon field sites
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum (Tillamook) $4,000
for the Kilchis Point Interpretive Learning Project, to support bio-disciplinary learning in an outdoor classroom setting
Tualatin Riverkeepers (Tigard) $10,000
for Diverse Partners for Nature Awareness, to engage all income, racial and ethnic groups in efforts to grow a new generation of watershed stewards through school field trips, day camps and events
Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (Bend) $9,000
for Hometown Waters, to create a watershed-as-home concept by connecting students to the source of our water, educating them about the path of water and engaging them in active stewardship
West Linn-Wilsonville School District (West Linn) $16,000
for support of a Farm Educator that will organize and lead field trips to a district-owned farm
Willamette Farm and Food Coalition (Eugene) $10,000
for Farm to School, to offer students a hands-on experience visiting farms, tasting fresh produce, and harvesting and preparing their own food; also, to assist district food services staff in sourcing locally-grown produce to serve in school meals
Wolftree, Inc. (Portland) $12,000
for Watershed Education, to provide project-based watershed science education and local stewardship experiences for over 200 5th-8th grade students living in rural, remote communities
37 grants totaling $376,496