NOAA to Recognize Local Recipients of Environmental Education Grants
NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries’ California Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary are hosting a public event to mark the presentation of $799,000 to support environmental education programs in the San Francisco Bay watershed.
WHAT:
Ceremony to mark presentation of funding awards to 15 grant recipients who use the outdoors as a classroom. Grant recipients, students and teachers will attend.
WHEN:
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. PDT
WHERE:
Crissy Field Center
The Presidio of San Francisco
603 Mason Street
San Francisco, Calif.
WHO:
Dan Bernal, director of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco office
Marie Brown, superintendent, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary leadership
B-WET grant recipients
California B-WET provides funds to environmentally based education organizations to provide students, teachers and communities throughout the San Francisco Bay watershed with meaningful watershed educational experiences. Through competitive grants, the B-WET program has the opportunity to bring the environment into every classroom and every child out into the environment in a meaningful way.
NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources.