Watershed on Wheels Environmental Education at the Silvio O. Conte Refuge

Funding Opportunity Number: F15AS00146 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EducationEnvironmentNatural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.649Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-FWSClosing Date: Apr 01, 2015Award Ceiling: $26,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Mar 24, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: This is for limited financial support for serving as an educator with the Watershed on Wheels Express (WOW Express), the mobile visitor center for the Conte Refuge. The WOW Express visits schools, summer camps, and community natural resource events in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, with the following purposes: Offer age-specific environmental education curriculum that compliments and complies with educational standards in each of the four states; Discuss river geomorphology: how rivers form, move and change throughout time, and how riverine habitat is affected by the changing of the river. ; Build upon the positive record established by the WOW Express with schools and partner organizations; Establish a relationship in which the Service will be substantially involved in the work of the cooperator in order to accomplish partnerships within the Refuge; and Cooperate with one another for their mutual benefit and for the general benefit o...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Education Environment Natural Resources Source Type: funding