Salmon Homecoming event is sponsored by the Salmon Homecoming Alliance, a coalition including Northwest Wash- ington tribes, the Seattle Aquarium, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commis- sion, Seattle Public Utilities, and other regional environmental education and conservation organizations and govern- ment agencies.


The Education Days celebration


featured cultural programs including student dance/song performances from the Muckleshoot, Makah and Lummi Tribes, oral history and storytelling by Native speakers, and arts and crafts demonstrations. Salmon-themed dive shows were offered by the Aquarium, and over a dozen local environmental education organizations helped spread the word about salmon habitat protec- tion and restoration thorough hands-on activities and information booths. The Salmon Homecoming Alliance provided bus transportation for participating schools needing assistance. This year’s theme was “The Habitat


is Where It’s At”. The environmental education organizations participating in the event focused their activities on salmon habitat conservation, protec- tion, and education. Students traveled from booth to booth answering ques- tions about salmon and received a bead at each venue to complete a salmon bracelet. Students were also asked to complete a “Watershed Pledge” to pro- tect their watershed and share what they learned with their families. The Salmon Homecoming Alliance welcomes participation from additional Tribal groups and environmental educa- tion organizations in the Greater Puget Sound area for next year’s celebration. If you are interested in providing a cultural performance or an organization that would like to host a free education booth, please contact the Salmon Home- coming Alliance or Karen Matsumoto at Seattle Aquarium.


Salmon Homecoming Alliance P.O. Box 2000 Auburn, WA 98092


Karen Matsumoto


Marine Science Education Coordinator, Seattle Aquarium


k.matsumoto@seattleaquarium.org


Environmental Protection Agency – Region 10


EE Grants 2010 These grants are awarded


to local organizations, not-for-profi t organi- zations, government agencies, schools and universities whose projects strive to increase people’s knowledge and awareness about the environment and its associated challenges. The grant recipients, projects and funding amounts


are as follows:


ALASKA Maniilaq Association The Kobuk School Environmental Learning Lab Project $40,694 Funds will be used to develop the Kobuk School Environmental Learning Lab project to reconnect students, families, and the community to nature. Five study stations will teach students about composting and waste management, renewable energy, plant propagation and growth, climate change, water quality, gardening, and food preparation.


IDAHO


Idaho Environmental Education Association Building Capacity to Support the Environmental Literacy Planning Process $33,000 The project will develop an


Environmental Literacy Plan (ELP) for the State of Idaho which will provide the framework for school systems to expand and improve their environmental education programs.


Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute Project FESCUE: Fostering Environmental Sustainability through Community Understanding and Education $21,815 The goal of this project is to create a connection to nature, increase knowledge of sustainable living practices and projects, and increase stewardship. This project will provide educational and hands-on experiences that encourage sustainable living practices across multiple generations.


OREGON


The Freshwater Trust Oregon Environmental Literacy Plan Development: Feedback Forums $15,000 The project will advance the development of a comprehensive, statewide environmental literacy plan (ELP) that serves as a cross-curricular,


CLEARING 2010 www.clearingmagazine.org/online


inclusive framework and unites a broad scope of educational theories and practices including place-based, sustainability, project-based and action education.


Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council Watershed Rangers $19, 254 The project targets 550 3rd


-6th


graders and their


teachers in six rural communities in southwest Oregon. The goal of the project is to foster an ethic of stewardship for the protection and enhancement of natural resources and areas in the local watershed.


City of Corvallis Researching and Implementing Community Stream Stewards Program $14,737 The goals of the project are to research and implement the most effective program to increase Corvallis citizens’ awareness and knowledge about the ways individuals can improve urban stream water quality, while also fostering the community support and skills necessary to improve local stream reaches.


WASHINGTON


West Valley School District #208 West Valley High School – Advanced Placement Environmental Science $21,500 The project will create an Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science course at West Valley High School. Thirty students will focus on restoring and maintaining fi sh habitat within the Yakima River watershed. Students will conduct research in the fi eld, such as water quality monitoring.


Nature Vision, Inc. Blue Teams: Youth Watershed Stewardship Projects $12,000 This project will include approximately 450 K-12 students from Title 1/Low Income schools throughout King county, 16 teachers and 5-7 Nature Vision Naturalists. The students and teachers will be broken up into 16 groups (Blue Teams) and will focus on a community watershed stewardship project.


Earth Corps Earth Educator Corps – Conservation Corps Member Led Student Service Project $12,000 This project will develop and implement a year-long community-based environmental stewardship curriculum for 50 young adults, ages 18-25 enrolled in the organization’s conservation corps. The curriculum will be delivered through classroom instruction, fi eld trips and on-site learning at service projects.


For more information on these grants and to apply, contact Sally Hanft, Region 10 Environmental Education Grant Coordinator at (206) 553-1207 or at hanft.sally@epa.gov.


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