Profiles of Environmental Education Grants Awarded to Organizations in Idaho
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2015 Grants
Friends of the Teton River, Inc. $91,000
Amy Verbeten, P.O. Box 768, Driggs, ID 83422
http://tetonwater.org/Exit
Teton County WaterWise Initiative - Driggs, Idaho
The Teton County WaterWise Initiative educates students and adults in Teton County, Idaho, on the importance of maintaining clean drinking water as part of a WaterWise Community Education program. At least eight adult educational events and workshops over the 2-year project focus on what the 3,500 households in Teton County can do to protect drinking water—such as testing for nitrates in drinking-water wells, preventing backflow from residential irrigations systems, and properly using and maintaining individual residential septic systems. In addition, biology students in grade 10 at Teton High School learn about water quality and how to take field water quality measurements, including how to test specifically for nitrates. Students organize and advertise one nitrate testing event per year at the high school, where they provide free testing kits and instruct adult community members on how to do their own testing. This project also entails development of a Common Core State Standards Curriculum for a Water Awareness Program for all students in grade 6 in the Teton County School District, implemented through a series of classroom lessons and field trips and culminating in an annual Water Awareness Festival. The project reaches 440 students in grades 6 through 10 over the 2 years. Also under this project, Friends of the Teton River work with Teton County representatives and the Teton County Drinking Water Protection Committee to develop and implement a best management practices and incentives program to reduce the risk of drinking water contamination, distribute drinking water education materials throughout the county, and ensure that a diverse segment of Teton Valley’s population is engaged in the Initiative.
2014 Grants
Regents of the University of Idaho $91,000
Dr. Brant Miller, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 3020, Moscow, ID 83844
https://www.uidaho.edu/Exit
2015 The Confluence Project
The goals of the Confluence Project include improving environmental science education in urban, rural, and tribal areas of Idaho and building community capacity to protect and restore local water resources. The project serves a total of 200 students, 10th-12th grade, across six high schools in diverse communities. High school science classes participate in three field experiences over the course of the year, each supported by pre and post lessons. Additionally, the project holds a summer workshop for teachers in field experiences. The field experiences will focus on water quality, water quantity (snow science) and a service learning, restoration, or agriculture field experience as the final component. Students devise their own investigations and propose solutions to problems encountered based on the data that they collect, and present their findings at the Youth Water Summit through individual and small group projects.
2011 Grants
University of Idaho $77,000
Ashley McFarland, P.O. Box 443020, Merrill Hall 114, Moscow, ID 83843
IDAH2O Master Water Stewards
The Master Water Stewards program is a citizen science program that trains youth and adults from diverse backgrounds to be volunteer stewards and collect water monitoring data and reinforce the concept of public ownership and stewardship of water resources. The program trains and certifies volunteers to monitor streams throughout Idaho. Stewards report assessment results back to a centralized data management system. These data are used to inform citizens about watershed conditions and to increase citizen knowledge on water quality issues. The program uses classroom instruction and intense field work to teach participants how to conduct habitat, chemical, physical and biological assessment, and watershed mapping techniques. The participants are provided with testing equipment and tools, standardized assessment methodologies, and an online database to warehouse the collected water quality data. The three main outcomes for the program are (1) increased citizen knowledge on water quality issues; (2) promotion of volunteer monitoring on Idaho streams; and (3) enhanced watershed stewardship. The following diverse groups support the program: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, city of Coeur d'Alene, University of Idaho Extension, University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene Center, and local soil and water conservation districts.
2010 Grants
Idaho Environmental Education Association $33,000
Matthew Sanger, 9272 West Charlotte Drive, Pocatello, ID 83204
Support the Environmental Literacy Planning Process in Idaho
The project develops an Environmental Literacy Plan (ELP) for the State of Idaho that provides the framework for school systems to expand and improve their environmental education programs. An ELP director leads the process of ELP development and recruits an advisory board. The advisory board develops statewide networks, provides support for the ELP, and drafts the initial plan. The statewide networks and the capacity built in the process of developing the ELP lay the ground work for implementation. Completion of an ELP can qualify Idaho for further Department of Education funds authorized from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. These Department of Education funds can greatly increase the capacity of the EE program in Idaho to support environmental education activities on a broader scale.
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute $21,815
Greg Fizzell, 1040 Rodeo Drive, P.O. Box 8596, Moscow, ID 83843
Project FESCUE
The goal of Project FESCUE: Fostering Environmental Sustainability through Community Understanding and Education is to create a connection to nature, increase knowledge of sustainable living practices and projects, and increase stewardship. The need for this project lays in the immediate environmental issue of dwindling groundwater resources across the Palouse region as well as the physical long-term effects of decreased outdoor experiences by the youth. This project provides educational and hands-on experiences that encourage sustainable living practices across multiple generations. Activities include green parenting presentations and family field trips, development of a classroom-based, scientific inquiry lesson for students in grade 6, and a field trip to participate in a water saving service-learning project. Other activities include summer sessions for kindergarten through grade 12 students to create a Children's Discovery Garden and two day-long sustainability workshops where community members actively learn how to create water-saving projects for their landscapes and homes.
2009 Grants
Idaho State University $14,041
Donna Lybecker, 921 South 8th Avenue, Stop 8046, Pocatello, ID 83209-8046
Framing Citizenship with Recycling
Idaho State University (ISU) surveys a sample of its students, faculty, and staff to find which view of citizenship (duty-based or engaged) is prevalent in the ISU community and how members of the community view a "frame" (recycling). Once the results have been compiled, educational materials, informational booths, activities, and signage on recycling are tailored to the different views of citizenship. A post-outreach survey is conducted to evaluate whether the materials are educating people on recycling. In addition, tracking is also done monthly on the amount of recycling at ISU to evaluate current recycling amounts with the amount that had previously been recycled. ISU wants to be able to expand this program to the City of Pocatello and to the nearby Tribe.
Salmon Valley Stewardship $19,484
Gina Knudson, 513 Main Street, Salmon, ID 83467
Sense of Salmon
The Sense of Salmon project focuses on children 6 to 12 years of age in Lemhi County and at the Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock Reservation. It includes "River of Raptors" and "Sagebrush Adventures" classes that each run for 6 half days on Fridays during the school year; "Trees, Please" and "Mountains of Wool" are day camps that each run for 5 half days during the summer. In addition, a 2-day Salmon River raft trip in August is sponsored for children entering grade 6. Each piece of the Sense of Salmon project weaves together science, culture, and art using an interdisciplinary approach. Students engage in hands-on inquiry activities to learn about local natural environments, traditional uses and interactions with the environment, and implications of the actions on the future. They communicate what they have learned to the community through creative arts and writing and on-the-ground stewardship projects.
2008 Grants
Friends of Teton River $17,125
Amy Verbeten, 36 East Little Avenue, P.O. Box 768, Driggs, ID 83422
Watershed Teacher Institute
The Friends of Teton River holds a 4-day intensive workshop, which includes field and classroom sessions. The program is offered to teachers in kindergarten through grade 12 from rural schools in the Teton Henry’s Fork watershed. The goals of the project are to (1) expand the reach of these programs and improve student performance in science and literacy by developing the teachers’ teaching skills; (2) familiarize teachers throughout the area with the Teton Watershed Curriculum; (3) build teacher knowledge in watershed science concepts; and (4) enhance teaching skills that promote student inquiry, critical thinking, increased achievement in science, and literacy in and stewardship of water resources.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game $14,978
Amy Parrish, 600 Walnut Street, P.O. Box 25, Boise, ID 83707
Trout in the Classroom Teacher Training
This project provides training for new and existing “Trout in the Classroom” teachers in grades 4 through 12 in a one-credit, 15-hour workshop throughout Idaho. The training covers trout biology, habitat requirements, water quality, and tank care. “Trout in the Classroom” is an existing program in Idaho where teachers and students raise trout in a classroom aquarium and release them into the wild. The program gives students a hands-on opportunity to observe trout development, monitor water quality in the aquarium, and explore a variety of other trout-related educational topics. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is expanding the program to encourage existing “Trout in the Classroom” teachers to use the program and recruit additional participants.
Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute $23,354
Greg Fizzell, P.O. Box 8596, 1040 Rodeo Drive, Moscow, ID 83843
MY WOODS: Moscow Area Youth Working Outdoors Offering Direct Service
This program adds a school-year component to a pilot summer camp offered in a local county park for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute (PCEI) staff provides schoolyard and field experiences for students and teachers to explore a variety of native ecosystems, empower and instruct teachers in delivery of environmental education, and hosts a 5-week summer program for highly motivated students. Students and their teachers receive multiple exposures to environmental concepts, stewardship behaviors, and to the outdoors itself. The project also develops teachers’ capacity to provide environmental education to students throughout the year through recommended activities, modeling strong environmental education practices, and formal and informal communication before and after field experiences.
2007 Grants
Idaho Environmental Education Association $14,530
Amy Pike, 110 East Fife Street, P.O. Box 791, Lava Hot Springs, ID 83246
Idaho's Next Steps in Building Statewide Capacity
This project continues to increase the environmental education capacity in the state by providing a year of leadership development and strategic planning. A trained facilitator works with the association’s 11-person board to conduct a statewide needs assessment to find out the current needs of Idaho’s environmental educators; provides leadership development about the association’s place in the larger environmental education establishment; implements a recommended community relations system to improve the association’s communications and networking systems; and writes a strategic plan for 2007 through 2012. There is no statewide environmental education mandate in Idaho, so the association must be as effective and strategic as possible in its work. The grantee holds training sessions, professional facilitated meetings, semi-structured interviews (for needs assessment), and presentations at professional meetings, and participates in the North American Association for Environmental Education annual conference (in particular the affiliates pre-conference workshop). All these delivery methods are used to increase capacity building, conduct the needs assessment, build leadership development, and develop the strategic plan.
2006 Grants
Friends of the Teton River $10,584
Lyn Benjamin, 36 East Little Avenue, P.O. Box 768, Driggs, ID 83422
Blackfoot Farms Outdoor Classroom Project
The Teton Watershed Curriculum is implemented via the Blackfoot Farms Outdoor Classroom on the Blackfoot Farms Property. This curriculum was developed by Friends of the Teton River under a previous EPA grant. This curriculum is preparatory, in-field, and provides follow-up resources for learning about watershed science. Friends of the Teton River has collaborated with Blackfoot Farms on this outdoor classroom and watershed rehabilitation project for students in kindergarten through grade 12. The outdoor classroom provides two teacher workshops and teaches the existing curriculum to local students on site. In addition, two wetland ponds and Kid’s Creek are rehabilitated and monitored for native Yellowstone cutthroat trout habitat. The projects include creating interpretive signs for rehabilitating sites and the outdoor pavilion and facilitating a student-made portfolio of all activities over the length of the project. Friends of the Teton River will work with teachers in kindergarten through grade 12 and students from elementary, middle, and high schools.
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute $14,805
Greg Fizzell, P.O. Box 8596, Moscow, ID 83843
Building a Water-Conscious Moscow
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute delivers locally developed, age-appropriate water-conscious curricula to teachers and students in kindergarten through grade 12. Classrooms participate in educational programs, and then the students are assigned to assess water use at their homes. The results are discussed in the classroom, and the students are given the opportunity to sign a pledge to be a “water-conscious citizen.” In addition, a Water-Conscious Business Program provides training and consultation to businesses in Moscow about ways to conserve; businesses that participate in the training receive recognition for their role as a regional leader in conservation.
University of Idaho $26,708
Steve Hollenhorst, P.O. Box 443020, Moscow, ID 83844-3020
Growing What Works: A Graduate Residency and Outreach Program
The University of Idaho implements a cross-disciplinary graduate course of study in environmental education that includes a one-semester teaching residency at McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS). Graduate students from across the country and Americorps members in the community participate in the training on community ecology, environmental education testing methods, low-impact outdoor travel, and Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program protocols. The graduate students subsequently serve as environmental education field instructors in a 10-week teaching residence at MOSS. Concurrently, they take three graduate-level courses and earn 15 credits over the course of the semester. Students in grades 5 and 6 participate in a 5-day ecosystem monitoring study using scientific protocols. Students spend six hours a day in the field collecting data and two hours in a laboratory setting analyzing, comparing, and synthesizing data across several different ecosystem types. Classroom teachers participate in all aspects of the field and laboratory studies. In the spring after the MOSS teaching residency, the graduate students will deliver MOSS outreach programs to additional students in grades 5 and 6 across the state.
2005 Grants
Bonneville County Historical Society $9,800
Bonnie Jacobsen, 200 N Eastern Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83402
Rocky Mountain Adventure
This project expands a summer youth camp, which serves children from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation and migrant Hispanics, to include a week dedicated to teachers. The camp offers field trips to the diverse ecosystems of eastern Idaho, classroom instruction at the Museum of Idaho, role-playing, and other interactive studies. These activities emphasize how teachers can use the local environment to teach principles of environmental education to their students. This for-credit camp fosters an appreciation of the social, economic, and environmental concerns that must be considered when regulatory agencies make environmental decisions. The teachers learn how organisms are affected by factors that are essential to their survival. They gain the ability to identify and explain causes of species endangerment and the effects of species extinction on an ecosystem. They also learn about the habitats and coping techniques of animals and plants in harsh environments and how unique natural resources affect the biodiversity and ecology of the local flora and fauna.
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare $30,000
Kara Stevens, 450 West State Street, 6th floor, Boise, ID 83720
Environmental Education Curriculum Workshops
Under this project, an environmental health teacher training program designs, tests, and implements 10 “Teach the Teacher” workshops for middle and high school health and science teachers across the State of Idaho. The focus of the training is on specific environmental health concerns in the state, such as exposure to arsenic, nitrates in groundwater, hazardous waste disposal, exposure to diesel exhaust, and others. Existing environmental health curricula used in the workshops align with Idaho state learning requirements. Teachers receive credit offered by Boise State University. Partners in this project include the Boise School District, Partnerships in Education, the Boise State University College of Health Sciences, and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
2004 Grants
Friends of the Teton River $6,200
Lyn Benjamin, 36 Little Avenue, P.O. Box 768, Driggs, ID 83422
Teton River Watershed Education Program
This program is establishing and implementing the Teton River watershed curriculum to increase elementary through high school students’ awareness of the watershed and to enhance their critical-thinking skills with regard to environmental issues. The program participants, which include six teachers and their classes, are engaging in classroom learning experiences, field trips, and local watershed hikes. Members of the public also participate in the local watershed hikes, which are designed to educate participants about local watershed issues and encourage them to become involved in protecting their watershed.
2003 Grants
Idaho Environmental Education Association $4,950
Donny Roush, 2211 South Second Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83201
Coaches for Kids Using Their Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning
This project provides "coaches" with stipends that are used to acquire educational resources as each model school develops its Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning (EIC) investigations. The coaches are nonformal educators from each school's community who have technical knowledge, have planning and facilitation skills, and offer connections to resources. The Idaho EIC Network addresses education reform by demonstrating a research-based method of meeting and exceeding standards. This method relies on community-based investigations and the incorporation of a community member into each teaching team. In the Idaho EIC Network, the Idaho Environmental Education Association, the State Department of Education, and the State Education and Environment Roundtable provide support for professional development as well as ongoing consultation and administrative support for eight school teams, each consisting of three teachers, an administrator, and a coach. With this support, these teams develop their own community-based investigations, which form the heart of the EIC method.
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute $17,255
Gregory Fizzell, 112 West 4th Street, Suite 1, Moscow, ID 83843
Internet-Based Geographic Information Systems to Enhance Community Watershed Education
This project involves designing and implementing an Internet-based Geographic Information System (GIS) interface that is directly linked to Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute’s (PCEI) existing web site. The system focuses on the Paradise Creek Watershed and provides the user with easy point-and-click access to information on PCEI’s web site, other restoration sites, and to data on water quality, weather, soils, geology, and land use. Once the GIS system is complete, an education and training guide for kindergarten through grade 12 is to be designed and published for use by teachers and students. Teacher workshops, student outreach programs, and resident workshops are being conducted to field-test the GIS system and to highlight how the web-based tool can be used to enhance student learning and achievement.
The University of Idaho $74,188
Steve Hollenhorst, P.O. Box 443020, Moscow, ID 83844-3020
Residential Environmental Science Education Center and Teaching Program
As part of this project, graduate students at the University of Idaho participate in a 2-week training program focusing on protocols developed by the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program. In addition, the project involves creating a residential environmental science school for hundreds of students in grades 4 through 8 that serves as a model program for math, science, and technology education. The graduate students subsequently serve as environmental education field instructors in a 10-week teaching residency at the residential environmental science school. The project supports ongoing efforts to implement a cross-disciplinary graduate course of study in environmental education and natural science. This project also increases the ability of Idaho schools to meet, math, science, and technology standards and promotes general awareness of environmental issues.
2002 Grants
Idaho Botanical Gardens, Inc. $1,920
Elizabeth Dickey, 2355 North Penitentiary Road, Boise, ID 83712
Idaho Wetlands Environmental Education Program for the Seventh Grade
This project supports the development of a wetlands environmental education program for seventh-grade science classes in the Boise area and assists seventh-grade teachers with meeting new state science curriculum requirements. A teacher's classroom kit provides the background necessary for student participation in a wetlands field trip. During the field trip to a pond, students learn how the site provides wildlife habitat while purifying storm water runoff. The students also participate in a field study to determine the health of the pond.
Idaho Environmental Education Association $24,186
Donny Roush, 2211 South 2nd Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83201
A Model School Network for Achieving New Standards
The project implements the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning (EIC) approach to environmental education in 8 to 10 "model" Idaho schools, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, Environmental Education Association, and the Environmental Roundtable. This alliance demonstrates an engaging and relevant pedagogy that meets or exceeds Idaho's new high school graduation standards, forms a network of EIC schools, and provides them with a 3-day orientation and curriculum mapping workshop, monthly full-day planning meetings, and quarterly site visits. The entire education staff (about 250 teachers and 25 administrators) in the selected schools are involved.
2001 Grants
Boise State University, Department of Biology $5,000
Richard McCloskey, Boise State University, Department of Biology, Boise, ID 83725
Meeting Idaho Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Directives
Under the project, an approved comprehensive literacy course based on environmental literature is developed. The course incorporates environmental education literature into the curricula for kindergarten through grade 3. Through a variety of workshops, teachers are trained in using the environmental education literature. During the workshops, the teachers have the opportunity to field-test segments of the course and become involved in environmental education investigations and hands-on activities related to the literature. Teachers have the opportunity to meet requirements for certification, and both teachers and students explore scientific literature, examine issues, and develop skills in scientific reasoning.
Idaho Forest Products Commission (EEAO), Project Learning Tree $12,649
Michelle Youngquiest, 350 North 9th Street, Suite 304, Boise, ID 83702
Correlation of Projects Learning Tree, WET, and WILD to Meet Idaho State Education Standards
The Idaho Forest Products Commission correlates the projects (the Project Learning Tree, Project WET, and Project WILD environmental education curricula) to Idaho’s new state education standards and distributes the correlations to schools and educators throughout the state. The correlation also serves as a model for other environmental education providers throughout the state, who are encouraged to add their programs’ correlations to ultimately compile a comprehensive integrated correlations document.
2000 Grants
Communities Creating Connections, Inc. $13,963
Gregory Fizzell, P. O. Box 400, Kooskia, ID 83539
Clearwater GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) Initiative
The goal of the project is to advance community school reform, using a place-based, experimental, and state-of-the-art environmental education program. Teachers from Clearwater Valley schools and Elk City School complete a five-day GLOBE training workshop conducted by the University of Idaho. They then implement the GLOBE environmental science program in their classrooms. Community members participate in volunteer activities and are the audience for student presentations. In addition, Communities Creating Connections promotes awareness of the project through the national Rural School and Community Trust network.
1998 Grants
Mackay Joint School District #182 $4,567
Karlene Hardy, P. O. Box 390, 411 Rose Avenue, Mackay, ID 83251
Environmental Awareness Project
This project increases the environmental education knowledge base of the staff of the Mackay Joint School District by providing the following training: Project Wild I and II, Project Wet, and Project Learning Tree. The teachers plan to integrate age-appropriate student activities into their classroom curricula. In the fall and spring, students participate in such activities as an aquaculture project in which they raise fish and release them into local waterways. Through an environmental fair, students apply what they have learned by creating exhibits and demonstrations and presenting them to other students and community groups.
Nez Perce Tribal Foundation $144,520
Patrick J. Sobotta, P. O. Box 365, Lapwai, ID 83540
Two-World View Environmental Education Project
The Nez Perce Tribal Foundation, in partnership with the educational program of the Idaho Division of Environmental Quality, the University of Idaho, and high school teachers on the reservation, provides an environmental education curriculum that uses the Nez Perce Tribe's wildlife and fish books as a foundation. Protection of the ecosystem and issues related to forest management are the primary focus of the Two-World View Environmental Education Project. The target audience is American Indian students in kindergarten through grade 12 and 100 teachers on the Nez Perce reservation; 30 university students who are studying natural resources, environmental science, and engineering; and 40 university pre-service education students and in-service teachers. The curriculum designed for the program is intended to complement education reform in Idaho.
1997 Grants
Idaho Department of Water Resources $5,000
Dick Larsen, Public Information Office, 1301 N. Orchard Street, Boise, ID 83706
Idaho Water Awareness Week
The Idaho Water Awareness Week program equips sixth graders with the educational tools and understanding they need to develop and maintain an appreciation of the importance of water in their lives. The project uses an existing curriculum that specifically focuses on water to teach 11,500 students from a variety of school environments, including home schools. Under the project, extensive organized student activities, including field trips, environmental projects, and hands-on programs, reinforce classroom activities. The program gives students the opportunity to develop critical-thinking and decision-making skills while they increase their scientific and general knowledge about issues related to water and the environment.
Northwest Nazarene College $20,000
Lianne Yamamoto, Teacher Education Department, 623 Holly, Nampa, ID 83686
The Examining Regional Biodiversity Systems Project
The Examining Regional Biodiversity Systems Project enriches the overall environmental literacy and environmental action skills of middle school students living in small-town and rural communities in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon; enhances the planning and instructional skills of middle school teachers in areas related to environmental education; and expands the capacity of schools to provide superior activities focused on environmental issues, with a special emphasis on hands-on activities for young people. A professional training cadre of 21 middle school teachers from seven schools delivers the program. The innovative approach that forms the basis of the program focuses on a model that demonstrates how people experience a change in attitude, and subsequently a change in behavior, as they investigate solutions to various environmental issues.
Southeast Idaho Council of Governments $1,400
Chuck Prince, Portneuf Watershed Council, P. O. Box 6079, Pocatello, ID 83205
Portneuf Watershed Council Water Quality Education
This project aims to improve public awareness of the importance of the quality of both surface water and groundwater in a four-county region. The project focuses on developing critical-thinking skills related to the possible effects of certain land uses on water bodies and the degradation of water quality that may result from certain actions. Models of groundwater and surface-water flow and videotapes are used in presentations and demonstrations for students, teachers, civic groups, community and tribal leaders, and the general public. The presentations are designed to equip those audiences to make informed decisions about land use, the protection of water quality, and possible solutions to problems related to those issues.
1996 Grants
Idaho Department of Water Resources $5,000
Dick Larsen, 1301 North Orchard Street, Boise, ID 83706
Idaho Water Awareness Week
This grant provides support to the Idaho Water Awareness Week, which is sponsored by 25 federal, state, and local government agencies, irrigation and municipal water systems, and utility and private sector companies. Support is in cooperation with approximately 25 Idaho school districts and the Boise Public Schools Educational Foundation. This program for sixth graders uses existing science curricula specifically focused on water and environmental education issues. Curriculum and support materials are provided to the teachers to use in structured classroom activities.
Valley Boys and Girls Club $5,000
Bob Liming, P. O. Box 1627, Lewiston, ID 83843
Outdoor Education Resource Center
The participants in this project are developing an outdoor education resources center at Camp Wittman, a local family farm site for environmental education activities near Lewiston County. The participants will assemble a comprehensive variety of curriculum materials and support equipment to facilitate quality natural resource education during camp sessions. They also will provide a centralized reference base for outdoor educators and environmental educators to receive training and support for planning their own environmental education programs.
1995 Grants
Idaho Department of Water Resources $5,000
Dick Larsen, 1301 N. Orchard Street, Boise, ID 83706
Water Awareness Week
This grant will provide support to the Water Awareness Week 1996" project, sponsored by eight federal, state, and local government agencies and two private sector companies. Water Awareness Week is a 6th grade science curriculum program designed to educate more than 5,000 students in Boise and Meridian school districts on environmental and resource issues and to educate the community to become more environmentally conscious. The program uses existing water and environmental education materials and consists of a specially designed, five-day course of water curriculum taught primarily in the science segment of all 6th grade classes.
Owyhee Soil Conservation District $4,400
Bob Bartholomew, P. O. Box 486, Marsing, ID 83639
Irrigation Induced Erosion Agricultural Producer Education
The goal of this project is to educate members of the local agricultural community through demonstration days and workshops held by the Soil Conservation District with assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service. These demonstrations and workshops will encourage the discussion and adoption of new and existing technologies to reduce nonpoint source pollution due to irrigation-induced soil erosion. These activities will be focused towards 60 producers operating within the Jump Creek Watershed, which has serious irrigation-induced erosion.
University of Idaho - Department of Chemical Engineering $4,900
Margrit Von Braun, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3142
1995 Idaho Science Camp
Through this grant, the University of Idaho will conduct the Idaho Science Camp, a summer science and mathematics workshop for 50 students, in grades 8, 9, and 10. Recruiting emphasis is on Native Americans, Hispanics, young women, and other minority populations under-represented in science and math academic programs and careers. The theme of the workshop is "Environmental Discovery" and includes a variety of innovative, hands-on modules for environmental problem-solving and incorporates math and science into actual problems. The workshops also will include field trips and guest speakers. Special topic areas include pollution prevention, fisheries management, groundwater hydrology, and other water, air and solid waste issues. Classes will be taught by the university faculty and junior high science teachers; graduate and undergraduate student assistants will be used to help with the instruction and serve as role models for the program.
1994 Grants
Better Living $5,000
Loreca Stauber, Route 1 Box 54, Genessee, ID 83832
Workshops for Hands-on Environmental Education
Workshops for youth leaders, teachers, and high school students will be designed to enhance their skills in hands-on environmental education and to give them a better understanding of ecological concepts. The workshops will take place at an environmental park site in Moscow, with an emphasis on ecological implications of Moscow's land use practices.
Boise State University $5,000
Richard McCloskey, 1910 University Dr., Boise, ID 83725
Workshop on Parks, Zoos, Botanical Gardens, and Natural Areas
For this project, Boise State University will hold an elementary and secondary teacher workshop on how parks, zoos, botanical gardens, and natural areas can be used to teach scientific skills and develop students' knowledge of English, reinforcing writing skills through the use of journals and children's literature. The workshop will include investigations of river ecology and will demonstrate hands-on activities that can be used to reinforce concepts with students.
1993 Grants
Boise State University $5,000
Richard McCloskey, Biology Department, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725
Boise River Ecology
The purpose of this project is to use the Boise River ecology to increase an urban public's (Ada County, Idaho) awareness about the environment. Environmental education lessons and activities will be developed to help visitors and residents better understand the ecological processes at work in Idaho's environment.
Bonner County School District #82 $5,000
Susan Seaman, Priest River Elementary School, Box 489, Harriet Street, Priest River, ID 83856
Wildlife Ecology Project
The "Wildlife Ecology Project" provides environmental conservation outreach with hands-on activities for kindergarten through 6th grade students. Two outdoor classrooms will be established on school grounds. One will have a focus on wildlife plantings and the other classroom will be a reclamation project.
University of Idaho $21,500
Leland Mink, Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, Morrill Hall 106, Moscow, ID 83843
Wellhead Protection Training
This project involves public education through a wellhead inventory training program. The training will actively involve community members in conducting wellhead protection area inventories and teach them about groundwater contamination and protection.
1992 Grants
Idaho Conservation League $4,809
Boise, ID 83701
Water Watch Program
The "Water Watch Program" fosters citizen involvement in water quality protection efforts by providing opportunities for hands-on activities. A "Water Watch" group will eventually be developed for particular streams, rivers, wetlands, and lakes.
Idaho State University $4,904
Pocatello, ID 83209
Water Quality in Agriculture
The grant funds the development and testing of a unit for grades 7 through 12 on water quality in agricultural areas of the Intermountain West. The project also includes development of background materials for students and teachers, a pilot curriculum, and a follow-up test at a rural high school.
The Nature Conservancy $5,000
Picabo, ID 83348
Silver Creek Preserve
The Silver Creek Preserve environmental and wetlands education program provides a location for students to learn about wetlands ecology, water issues, and natural areas management.