Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Arts and Technology (ArtTech) Stormwater Management and This program offers unique academic learning and $25,000 City of Wilsonville; Workforce Investment Council of Wilsonville High School Watershed Conservation career development opportunities for high school Clackamas County; Clackamas Career and Technical Leaders students to foster conservation leadership skills. Education Consortium The program blends career awareness and paid internship opportunities with a credit based course to support meaningful learning about low impact design that supports watershed health.

Audubon Society of Portland Audubon Society of Portland’s TALON is a paid apprenticeship program that $100,000 David Douglas, Centennial, Sam Barlow, Parkrose, Region (ASoP) TALON Program (Teach, engages youth of color living in East Portland and Reynolds and Portland Public school districts; Native Advocate, Learn, Observe, West Gresham in professions in environmental American Youth & Family Association; Immigrant and Nurture) education, stewardship, conservation advocacy Refugee Community Organization; ZAP and wildlife care. The goal of TALON is to build program; Organizing People and Activating Leaders; leadership and diversity in the environmental Human Solutions; Hacienda; Leach Botanical Garden; community. ROSE Community Development Corporation; Explorador; Hacienda CDC

Caldera The Geography of We: This project provides 50 underserved high school $15,000 Open Meadow; Madison High School; U.S. Forest Portland Humans, Wildlife and the students with yearlong environmental education Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; ODS; Aldo Leopold Habitats We Share that is focused on local wildlife and ecosystems. Foundation; Outdoor School; Portland Parks and Students will learn mapping techniques and Recreation; SOLVE; Nature Conservancy; Ecotrust participate in Caldera’s web-based Geography of We mapping project through scientific research, field studies, documentation activities and community engagement.

The Center for Civic B Street Living Museum: A The B Street Living Museum (BLM) is a $100,000 Centro Cultural; Tom McCall Roots and Shoots Club; Forest Grove Engagement at Pacific Learning Center for permaculture demonstration site and support PACE; Forest Grove Community School university Sustainability Education center for sustainability education that engages participants in community building, ecological design practice, and environmental research to provide information and inspiration for the adoption of environmentally sensitive, sustainable living practices.

Center for Diversity and the Environment 2042 The E42 EE Leadership Program will create a cadre $100,000 Environmental Education Association of Oregon; Region Environment Environmental Education (E42 of change agents that will build a more diverse, Coalition of Communities of Color EE) Leadership Program equitable and inclusive culture in the environmental movement while advancing equity and building more diverse leaders in the environmental education field.

Page 1 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Centro Cultural of Washington STEAM (Science, Technology, STEAM is an after school/summer program that $100,000 Clean Water Services; Pacific University; Forest Grove Forest Grove, County Engineering, Arts, and provides educational supports for Latino youth School District Beaverton, Mathematics) who are struggling with core academic subjects. Hillsboro Centro seeks to enhance the environmental science component of STEAM through partnerships with Clean Water Services, Pacific University, and several school districts in Washington County. Clackamas River Basin Council Connecting People to Place in The Clackamas River Basin Council’s programming $24,699 Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife; SOLVE; Boys and Girls Club; Happy Learners Clackamas, the Clackamas Watershed follows a common theme – that of connecting Clackamas High School; West Linn High School; Rex Homeschoolers Damascus, people to place. Designed to engage communities Putnam High School; Sabin Schellenberg School; Lewis West Linn, in nature-based activities, our programs link & Clark Montesorri Charter School; Stash the Trash Portland people to the Clackamas watershed through Program; Chrysalis Farms; Abernethy Elementary educational and stewardship opportunities that School; Amigos emphasize the importance of watershed health and protection.

Coalition of Communities of Building Environmental The project will 1) build the environmental $20,000 PSU Center to Advance Racial Equity; Verde Environmental educators to provide the Region Color (in partnership with Capacity in Communities of knowledge of organizations of color by facilitation for the trainings culturally-specific community Color: Knowledge, Research implementing an environmental education based organizations, Portland and Discourse training series; 2) produce community-specific State University Center to environmental indicators; and 3) provide a Advance Racial Equity, Verde community of color vision of conservation that and local environmental prioritizes environmental initiatives in educators) communities of color.

Columbia Land Trust (fiscal Backyard Habitat Certification The Backyard Habitat Certification Program $25,000 4-County Cooperative Weed Management Association; Rockwood Neighborhood Association; Region sponsor) and Audobon Society Program – Portland, Lake provides technical assistance, incentives, West Willamette Restoration Partnership; Pacific Friends of Nadaka; Wilkes East of Portland Oswego, and new Gresham resources, and recognition to small lot property Northwest Urban Meadowscaping Project; West Neighborhood Association; Gresham area Expansion owners to restore native wildlife habitat and Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District; East Natural Resources and Sustainability manage stormwater in their yards. Nearly 1,900 Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District; City of Committee properties have enrolled in the program, currently Portland; OSU Master Gardeners; Oregon Tilth; Friends covering more than 350 acres of Portland and of ; Living Cully; Dharma Rain Zen Center; Lake Oswego. Friends of the Overlook Bluff; Sustainable Overlook; Friends of ; SW Watershed Resource Center; Friends of Baltimore Woods; The Green Neighborhoods Project; Green Lents; Mt. Hood Community College Project YESS; Multnomah County Garden Club; Boskey Dell Nursery; Echo Valley Nursery; Cornell Farms Nursery; One Green World Nursery; Backyard Bird Shop; Timber Press

Page 2 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Columbia Slough Watershed Slough School Community The Slough School Community Engagement $66,960 Parent-Teacher Associations; City of Portland Bureau of Portland Council Engagement Project Project prepares the next generation of watershed Environmental Services; Portland Parks & Recreation; stewards through hands-on ecological Kenton Neighborhood Association; Portland programming for elementary through college Opportunities Industrialization Center; Multnomah students in North and Northeast Portland, North Youth Cooperative; Meek High School Gresham, and Fairview while also connecting citizens to their local natural areas through community-based stewardship projects.

Columbia Slough Watershed Nadaka 2020 Conservation Provide multiculturalconservation education and $99,440 Portland Audubon Society; Outgrowing Hunger; St. Gresham Council (fiscal agent) Education and Stewardship stewardship programming including a natural Aidan's Church; City of Gresham; Friends of Nadaka Programming history ambassador/foot patrol program as part of a collaborative, 5-year operations, maintenance and programming plan at Nadaka Nature Park. Programming will serve youth, low-income residents, and people of color in Rockwood and throughout West Gresham.

Department of Fisheries & “Ellie’s Tracks; Exploring the Funds will facilitate collaboration with metro $25,000 Rachel Carson Middle School; CREST; Portland Bureau Portland, Wildlife, Oregon State Ecology of a City” – A environmental educators and resource managers of Environmental Services; Portland Parks & Beaverton University children’s book and in creating an illustrated story and educational Recreation; Friends of Baltimore Woods; SOLVE; environmental curriculum materials about conserving urban habitats for 8 – Portland Audubon Society; Fowler Middle School; about metro Portland 12 year olds, and will supplement publication Xerces Society; Friends of Tryon Creek; OSU Press; costs. Partners will help generate ideas, review Oregon Science Teachers Association; Tualatin National drafts and collaborate in learning activities. Wildlife Refuge; Tryon Creek

Ecology in Classrooms & Connecting Students to Nature “Connecting Students to Nature” provides hands- $98,350 Seven partner schools; Lents Springwater Habitat Portland, Outdoors (ECO) on ecology lessons and outdoor field experiences Restoration Project ; Portland Parks and Recreation; Clackamas for seven elementary schools in the Metro region. Friends of Trees; Dharma Rain Zen Center; Forest Park ECO Ecology Educators facilitate a series of lessons Conservancy; East Multnomah Soil & Water focused on Northwest ecology, and partner with Conservation District other Portland organizations to provide field trips and service-learning opportunities.

Educational Recreational Engaging Underserved Youth ERA and partners Beaverton Police Activities $27,000 Police Activities League; Adelente Mujeres; Home Plate Washington Adventures (ERA) Outdoor Science, League, Adelante Mujeres , and The Home Plate) County Environmental Education and propose to engage 100 low-income children/youth Adventure! in a year-long series of local outdoor adventures from which they will learn skills, Leave-No Trace ethics/practices, ecological concepts, and geography, culminating in a weekend at the Jake Place Ranch in Eastern OR as guests of owner Otto Keller.

Page 3 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION The Environmental Education Building a Comprehensive The Environmental Education Association of $100,000 The Intertwine Alliance Conservation Education Region Association of Oregon (EEAO) Regional Leadership Model for Oregon will hire a Regional Coordinator to lead Leadership Council (CELC); RCE Greater Portland Conservation Education development and implementation of an inclusive, Network lasting regional conservation education leadership model that represents a diverse cross-sector of individuals and organizations working together to build a healthy, just, and thriving Portland-Metro region.

Fibershed Pacific NW Fibershed NW Fibershed NW rebuilds and strengthens the bonds $30,000 N/A Region between local fiber producers and artisans. The project involves education to sheep ranchers, schoolchildren, and clothing designers about the benefits, ecological and otherwise, of a local fiber economy. Forest Park Conservancy Discovery Field Trips Program The Discovery Field Trip program is a multi-year $87,616 Portland Parks & Recreation; Ecology in Classrooms & Portland, program that provides underserved students from Outdoors; Sitton, Woodlawn, Marysville and Pleasant Gresham across the region a series of classroom lessons and Valley schools field trips to Forest Park each year from 3rd-5th grade and culminates in a hands-on restoration project in 5th grade.

Friends of Trees Community Tree Care This program will visit young street trees in the $25,000 Portland Parks & Recreation; Portland Bureau of Portland Program Portland - Metro area for structural and clearance Environmental Services; Pacific Power pruning. This will maximize the benefits these trees provide our communities, while further educating volunteers and the public about tree health and maintenance.

Friends of Trees Creating Change Agents for Friends of Trees would like to invite restoration $20,000 Johnson Creek Watershed Council; Center for Diversity Columbia Slough Watershed Council; Forest Region Inclusion during Restoration focused non-profits and government agencies to and the Environment Park Conservancy; Tualatin River Watershed participate in a 2.5 day retreat with the Center for Council; Sandy River Basin Watershed Diversity and the Environment (CDE). This will be Council; Tryon Creek Watershed Council; based on existing CDE programing, but modified to North Clackamas Urban Watersheds focus and planting and restoration. Council; SOLVE

Friends of Trees Pollinator Garden Outreach FOT & Xerces will complete outreach and $10,000 Portland Parks & Recreation; Xerces Society Portland educational presentations on the importance of pollinators and their conservation to PP&R community gardeners as a first step in identifying community gardens to install pollinator habitat at in the future.

Page 4 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Friends of Tryon Creek Friends & Neighbors for Friends of Tryon Creek has forged a dynamic $75,000 Neighborhood House; the Center for Diversity and the Portland Environmental Diversity partnership with Neighborhood House, Center for Environment; Oregon Parks & Recreation Diversity and the Environment, and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to increase access by low income individuals and people of color to outdoor nature programs and to achieve organizational change.

Friends of Tualatin River Strengthening Community The Strengthening Community Partnerships 100,000 Metro; Oregon Natural Resources Education Program; Region National Wildlife Refuge Partnerships: Expanding a program will build on existing successes to provide Tualatin Riverkeepers; Muslim Education Trust; Legacy more in-depth, accessible, and relevant Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde; Meyer Memorial conservation education programs to the citizens of Trust; Soul River the Portland metropolitan area, specifically targeted to more diverse and urban populations that make up our whole community.

Friends of Zenger Farm Farm School To expand Zenger Farm’s successful Farm School $79,804 David Douglas School District Centennial, Parkrose, Reynolds, North East Portland, Program into new school districts over three Clackamas and Portland school districts Gresham school years, beginning with 2014-2015. Approximately 9,000 students will connect with Zenger programming during the project to build understanding of their local ecosystem and how their actions affect the environment.

Good Neighbor Center Good Neighbor Center Good Neighbor Center runs a 10 week summer $20,536.00 Tualatin Riverkeepers; Tualatin River National Wildlife Washington Summer School (GNC Summer school for the children within the nine family Refuge; Friends of Tryon Creek; Friends of the County School) homeless shelter and for the children that live in Columbia Gorge the center’s housing programs. This experience is dedicated to enriching the educational experiences of the children during their summer break. Groundwork Portland Advancing Portland Harbor This program will build capacity among Portland’s $75,000 Portland Harbor Community Coalition Region Communities diverse and often under-served communities and empower them to participate fully in the region’s natural area restoration and protection programs. Partners will be involved in on-the-ground restoration projects to demonstrate the value and cultural significance of natural areas.

Page 5 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Growing Gardens Deepening Environmental The 3-year Youth Grow garden education program $60,000 César Chavez School; Portland Public Schools; Schools Portland Literacy at César Chavez at César Chavez School will provide experiential, Uniting Neighborhoods; Portland Parks & Recreation's School environmental learning opportunities which Community Garden project; East Multnomah Soil & integrate organic gardening into all classrooms, Water Conservation District; Oregon Food Bank support teachers implement STEM goals, promote environmental literacy, encourage conservation, expand food choices and improve student health and nutrition.

Habitat Concepts, LLC Maintaining Healthy Habitat Regional peer-to-peer learning workshops for $18,000 City of Hillsboro Parks; City of Beaverton; Clackamas Region Workshops parks and public works maintenance staff to County Water Environment Services; City of support professional development and Wilsonville; Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation District; conservation leadership in the maintenance of City of Tigard; Clackamas County Parks/North healthy habitat conditions in parks, natural areas, Clackamas Parks & Recreation District; City of Happy and stream corridors. The program also offers one- Valley Public Works; Portland Parks & Recreation; City on-one restoration mentoring and technical of Gresham; City of Scappoose; Multnomah County; assistance to the partners. City of Oregon City; Clean Water Services; Washington County Immigrant and Refugee IRCO Intergenerational The IRCO Intergenerational Community Gardens $25,000 Independence Gardens; Meals on Wheels; Columbia Portland Community Organization (IRCO) Community Gardens project will expand culturally relevant Land Trust; Audubon Society; Portland Youth Builders; programming in two native and edible plant Oregon Tradeswomen; America the Beautiful; gardens and unite underserved, intergenerational Alternative Community Service; Outgrowing Hunger; communities in watershed health education, ECOS Senior to Senior sustainable and organic gardening, and conservation leadership. Impact Northwest, fiscal PMSP E-STEM Connections Teacher teams from four local elementary schools $70,000 Quatama Elementary; Oregon Zoo; Tobias Elementary; Portland, sponsor of the Portland Metro will collaborate with four community SOLVE; Joseph Gale Elementary; Clean Water Services; Washington STEM Partnership conservation/environmental STEM (E-STEM) Boise-Eliot/Humboldt K-8; City of Portland Clean Rivers County education organizations to enhance and Education Program implement place-based and service-learning experiences for students that demonstrate the synergy between the Oregon Environmental Literacy Plan and the Next Generation Science Standards. Independent Living Resources An Online Regional Trail Map Access Recreation will develop an online, regional $25,000 Friends; Friends of Tryon Creek; SW Region for People with Disabilities trail map that will provide information, through Trails; Oregon State Parks; U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Fish descriptions and photos, that will provide people & Wildlife Service; Portland Parks & Recreation; Metro; with disabilities – people of all abilities – Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation District; North information needed to know whether a trail will Clackamas Parks & Recreation District; Vancouver Parks meet abilities and expectations before they arrive & Recreation; Oregon Office on Disability and Health; at the trailhead. Oregon Disability Sports

Page 6 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Jackson Bottom Wetlands Connecting Communities and The Environmental Stewardship and Service $90,000 City of Hillsboro; Clean Water Services; Tualatin River Hillsboro Preserve Children to Environmental Learning program at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Keepers; Tualatin Soil & Water Conservation District; Stewardship through Service Preserve is a natural resource education and Portland Audubon Society; Xerces Society; Rombough Learning habitat enhancement involvement program that Biological; Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve will provide the educational experience, materials, resources, tools, and access so that community members and children throughout the Metro region can take part in improving the health of their watershed.

Janus Youth Programs, Inc. Food Works Youth Leadership Food Works is a tiered youth leadership and $90,000 Home Forward; Sisters of the Road; New Seasons Portland Program employment program. Each year, 30 culturally Market; Portland Farmers Market; St. Johns Farmers diverse youth, most from low-income Market; Portland State University; Portland Nursery; communities, learn about environmentally Growing Gardens; Sauvie Island Center; Sauvie Island conscious agriculture by carrying out the Organics preparation, cultivation and distribution of responsibly grown produce from the Food Works Farm on Sauvie Island. Jeans Farm (a partnership Serving our Community Jeans Farm is an urban forest farm situated along $24,000 LGI; MES; Rising Stone CSA; Title-1 schools in the Johnson Creek Watershed Council; Portland Portland, between 2 non-profits and local through Nature-based Johnson Creek in SE Portland. Our program aims Portland metro area State University Milwaukie farmers) Learning to connect children from area Title-1 schools with our services and offer teacher trainings that prepare educators in the Metro service area to utilize nature as a classroom.

Johnson Creek Watershed Johnson Creek Interpretive In partnership with TriMet, local and national $25,000 Sellwood Middle School; Ardenwald School; Milwaukie Portland, Council Boardwalk at the Tacoma foundations, companies, and individuals, JCWC has High School; Travel Portland; The Intertwine Alliance; Milwaukie Street Max Station raised almost 80% of funding needed to build a TriMet; Stacy Witbeck Inc.; Oregon Worsted Company; 150’ interpretive boardwalk leading from the East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District; Tacoma MAX station to a Johnson Creek overlook National Fish & Wildlife Federation; William Brod Fund; featuring newly-created habitat benefiting three Oregon Community Foundation; Les Schwab; New species of threatened salmon. Seasons; UPS; Norjohn-ACI; Sitka Technology Group; Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood Association; Celebrate Milwaukie Inc; Friends of Oak Bottom Wildlife Refuge

Johnson Creek Watershed Citizen Science: Geomorphic Do spawning Coho salmon have ample gravel beds $20,000 Saturday Academy; Oregon Department of Fish & Mount Hood Community College SEEDs Portland, Council Assessment of Coho Spawning in upper Johnson Creek? With training from Wildlife; U.S. Geological Survey program; Multnomah Youth Corps Milwaukie Reaches in Upper Johnson ODFW, the USGS, and the JCWC, high school Creek interns and volunteer citizen scientists will map, measure, and analyze the stream bed in a key, four-mile stream reach.

Page 7 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Leach Garden Friends Outer East Portland East Portland is underserved. Community needs $14,400 Portland Audubon Society; Talon Teen; Alice Ott SUN East Portland, (Operating Leach Botanical Community Education Needs assessment will identify education programs Program; David Douglas High School 4-H; Friends of Gresham Garden) Assessment which Leach could host/provide. With partners, Portland Outdoor School; Zenger Farm; Portland Parks identify an assessment tool for schools, ethnic, & Recreation Environmental Education; Rose CDC; other communities. Identify opportunities to Hacienda CDC; Immigrant & Refugee Community connect with nature nearby. Results will frame Organization; MESD Migrant Education; Mt. Scott meaningful programs, increase utility of Leach Learning Center; I Have a Dream Foundation facilities to the community.

Lower Columbia Estuary Gladstone Parks Habitat, The Gladstone Parks Project promotes biodiversity $99,108.68 Estuary Partnership; Wilderness International; City of Gladstone Partnership Education and Job Training in the Meldrum Bar and Cross Park natural areas Gladstone; Clackamas County Juvenile Department Project (Gladstone Parks by restoring habitat, providing career-oriented Project) training to at-risk youth, and providing watershed education and volunteer experiences to students and volunteers in the Clackamas and Willamette watersheds.

Michael Pinker Friends of Minthorn Create a “Friends of Minthorn” group to serve the $5,000 Wetlands Conservancy; North Clackamas Parks & Blount Industries; Bob’s Red Mill; Dave’s Milwaukie community as a single point of communication for Recreation District; City of Milwaukie Killer Bread; Breakside Brewing Minthorn Springs and Minthorn Creek. Establish a website and build a volunteer contact list, then utilize this list to organize restoration/education events at Minthorn Springs.

Native American Youth and Collaborative Place-based NAYA and Verde will collaborate with Portland $100,000 Native American Youth and Family Center; Verde; Portland, Family Center (NAYA) and Education in Support of State University faculty and students, Columbia Hacienda Gresham Verde Ecological Restoration in the Slough Watershed Council‘s Slough School, Cully Neighborhood Hacienda CDC’s Expresiones program, and NAYA’s Early College Academy and Learning Center to develop and implement place-based, hands-on restoration planning, implementation, maintenance, and monitoring curriculum.

Nature Nexus - A Consortium of Nature Awareness Leaders Nature Awareness Leaders develops conservation $100,000 Learning Gardens Institute; Cascadia Wild; Native Portland, Environmental Educators and leaders using the Bird Language Mapping Model American Youth and Family Center Milwaukie Conservation Leaders and 8 Shields’ mentorship model and is geared toward underserved populations in Milwaukie and East Portland in collaboration with Cascadia Wild, NAYA, The Learning Gardens Institute, and many other multi-cultural and nature organizations.

Page 8 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) Northwest Youth Corps’ East Northwest Youth Corps requests $15,000 to $15,000 City of Gresham; Salem Bureau of Land Management; Local schools East Portland, Metro Stewardship Project support 18 teens in various conservation projects National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Gresham in the East Metro area during the summer of 2014. Project will equip participants to become conservation leaders in their communities, as we improve water quality, fish and wildlife habitat and connect people with nature.

Northwest Zen Sangha Inc. dba Siskiyou Field Laboratory Five educational institutions will incorporate field $25,000 Portland Community College; Portland State University; East Portland “Dharma Rain Zen Center” studies at a local brownfield into their curriculum. Madison High School; Ecology in Classrooms and Younger students will restore habitat and perform Outdoors simple monitoring activities. Older students will develop and apply research questions relating to environmental remediation and ecological restoration. Substantial mentoring across institutions is emphasized.

Oregon State University (OSU), Advancing SCILS (STEM, The program leverages existing partnerships and $50,000 SYNERGIES East Portland College of Education Creativity and Invention two years of data collected in Parkrose to develop Learning through SYNERGIES ) and implement coordinated environmental stewardship activities, engaging youth, grades 5 – 9, and their families. The program aligns educators both in/out of school and expands the reach of existing efforts.

Portland OIC- Rosemary Natural Neighborhoods The Portland OIC will partner with Friends of Trees $100,000 Friends of Trees; Portland Parks & Recreation; Portland, Anderson High School Program (FOT),Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) and the Columbia Slough Watershed Council Gresham Columbia Slough Watershed Council to engage a group of 12 Rosemary Anderson High School (RAHS) students in three unique applied learning experiences: 1) Neighborhood Street Tree Planting, 2) Native Restoration Planting (Site Specific), and 3) Community Outreach and Education. Portland Parks & Recreation GRUNT (Greenspaces The GRUNT pipeline of programs connects diverse $60,000 Amer Sports; Nau Clothing; Jefferson, Roosevelt, Portland Restoration & Urban youth to nature & environmental careers through Madison, David Douglas, Benson, Cesar Chávez, Ockley Naturalist Team) leadership training, environmental science, Green, George and King schools; Hacienda CDC; Native outdoor adventure and stewardship. Graduates American Youth and Family Center; Latino Network, are eligible for long-term mentoring and access to Rose CDC, Immigrant & Refugee Community paid work opportunities in natural resources Organization; Asian Family Center; Student & Family fields. Refugee Network; Iraqi Society of Portland; Office of Youth Violence Prevention; All Hands Raised

Page 9 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Portland Public Schools Portland Public School’s All sixth-grade students in the district will attend $42,500 Metro; East and West Multnomah Soil & Water City of Portland; Multnomah County; Portland Outdoor School Program Outdoor School at a residential camp for hands-on Conservation Districts; The Gray Family Fund; Friends Oregon Water Enhancement Board; The study of water, soil, plants, and animals. For three of Outdoor School; Portlanders for Outdoor School; Intertwine Alliance; Portland Metro STEM days, the students explore the local forest and Center for Earth Leadership; SUN Schools; Partnership stream to learn about ecology from professional naturalists. Portland State University Art King School Rain Garden and King School Rain Garden and Native Plant $100,000 King School; Portland State University; King Portland and Social Practice Program Native Plant Program Program engages students from low income and Neighborhood Association; Portland Public Schools diverse backgrounds through naturescaping, Nutrition Services; Wealth Underground Farm (CSA); experiential learning, and gardening projects. Depave; PSU Indigenous Nations Studies Department; Portland Farmers Market; Edible Schoolyard

Portland State University Citizen Science: Yard Habitats Our project involves work with volunteers to $81,658 Portland Audubon Society; Columbia Land Trust; East Portland, Environmental Science and and Ecological Connectivity in accomplish urban conservation research in a Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District; Master Clackamas Management the Portland Metro Area neighborhood-based approach. A new training Gardeners; Living Cully County program will be established, a set of id tools for citizen scientists to collect data, and events will be held to broaden participation.

Project YESS at Mt. Hood Restoring the Future: A This project will provide urban, low-income, and $45,000 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Bureau of Land East Community College Pathway for Underserved minority youth (ages 16-21) a unique opportunity Management; Metro; The Nature Conservancy; Multnomah Youth into Leadership and to develop leadership skills by mentoring/teaching Portland Water Bureau; Sandy River Basin Watershed County, Careers in Conservation younger youth; be employed on a conservation Council; Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife; Mt. Clackamas crew; learn about and explore careers in Hood Community College Project YESS; World Salmon County conservation and natural resources; and develop a Council; Mt. Hood Community College Head Start; Big lifelong connectedness to nature. City Mountaineers; OSU Extension; Sandy River Basin Watershed Council

River Network Building Restoration This project will engage residential landowners $25,000 Private landowners; Willamette Partnership; Clackamas Leadership Along the along a suburban reach of the Willamette River in Willamette Riverkeeper; ECONorthwest; City of County Willamette’s “Missing Link” becoming conservation leaders who will help Portland; Metro; NOAA; BEF; Oregon Department of motivate restoration and protection projects in Fish & Wildlife; U.S. Geological Survey; Cities of West their neighborhood that will benefit salmon and Linn and Gladstone; Oak Lodge District; Clackamas other native species. County; North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council

Page 10 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION ROSE Community Development Foster Green Ring The Foster Green Ring project builds social capital $100,000 Foster Green EcoDistrict;, East Portland East Portland and OPAL Environmental and encourages placemaking through youth Action Plan; Portland Youth Builders; Justice Oregon leadership development around sustainability and Multnomah Youth Commission; Bicycle conservation education. Youth planners will Transportation Alliance; Community Cycling improve connectivity and safety and build a sense Center; Bus Riders Unite; Portland Audubon of community identity through an active Society; Zenger Farm; Portland Bureau of transportation greenway network plan that links Environmental Services; Portland existing environmental assets and open space. Development Commission; Portland Bureau of Sustainability; Metro, East Multnomah Soil & Water District

Sandy River Basin Watershed Sandy Delta Service Learning The Sandy River Basin Watershed Council will $25,000 Project YESS; U.S. Forest Service; Friends of the Delta; Reynolds High School, Corbett High School, East Council Partnership integrate a service learning and leadership Ash Creek Forest Management; Confluence Project; Gordon Russell Middle School Multnomah development program for youth into ongoing Friends of Trees; FedEx; East Multnomah Soil & Water County large-scale restoration in the Sandy River Delta. Conservation District Students from Mt. Hood Community College’s Project YESS (Youth Employability Support Services) will conduct restoration projects at the Sandy River Delta, train as naturalists, and lead tours to promote continued stewardship at the Delta. Saturday Academy Place-based Conservation Funding from the Nature in Neighborhoods $25,000 Oregon Health & Science University; Rae Selling Berry Region Internships & Classes Conservation Education grant would be used to Seed Bank & Plant Conservation Program at Portland support 12 conservation-based ASE summer State University; Johnson Creek Watershed Council; internships as well as subsidize the cost of three Xerces Society; Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish hands-on outdoor education classes for Portland Commission Metro students to make them available to low and middle income students.

Sauvie Island Center Farm and natural area Sauvie Island Center will provide a full day of $8,465 Metro; Sauvie Island Organics Farm; Beaverton School Hillsboro School District Washington exploration for elementary hands-on outdoor education to approximately 400 District; Portland State University County school students. children from high-poverty schools in Washington County. Activities occur on a working farm and natural area, helping children make the connection between the food they eat, farming and the land.

Self Enhancement, Inc. SEI Ecologists: Conservation in SEI’s Conservation in the Hood Program will learn $50,000 n/a Portland, East the Hood about the concepts of conservation and Multnomah environmental literacy through hands on lessons County in the classroom, application of scientific inquiry, and exposure to projects focused on the environment.

Page 11 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION SOLVE SOLVE Watershed Restoration SOLVE Green Team is a service-learning based $100,000 Water Environment Services; Clackamas County Soil & Clackamas Service Learning in program that teaches K-12 students onsite, Water Conservation District; Gladstone High School; County Underserved Clackamas meaningful stream and/or wetland restoration LaSalle Prep; Clackamas Middle College; Clackamas County schools techniques and introduces them to the practice High School; Spring Mountain Elementary; Happy long-term stewardship of Oregon’s natural areas. Valley Middle School; Parrott Creek Ranch; Sabin- This grant is specific to 11 schools and programs in Schellenberg School; Oak Lodge Sanitary District; Ray Clackamas County. Jubitz Foundation; Rex Putnam High School; View Acres Elementary; Candy Lane Elementary; Oregon Fish & Wildlife; Dennis O’Connor; Patrick Edwards; SOLVE; Project Payback

Student Watershed Research Stormwater Education: From We will 1) develop a stormwater education $92,400 Portland State University Student Watershed Research Portland, Lake Project school bioswale to local handbook compatible with the Common Core Project; Portland Bureau of Environmental Services; Oswego, Tigard watershed curriculum and Next Generation Science standards Portland Public School (NGSS), 2) train and supply teachers with education equipment, 3) assess the educational value of curricula, and 4) ensure curricula will be used beyond the lifetime of grant.

Sullivan’s Gulch Neighborhood Green in the Gulch – Creating Cut, mow, clean, and mulch low growing plants $500,000 Sullivan’s Gulch Neighborhood Association; Northeast BPS; American Properties; Blackrock; Portland Association (SGNA) Access to a Regional and shrubs in the gulch, trim trees and remove all Coalition of Neighborhoods; BPR; Union Pacific Railroad Marriott Conservation Area While trash and foreign objects providing public access, Planning for Future education, and future planning and implementation of the Sullivan’s Gulch Trail.

Sunnyside Environmental “In-Site: Explore, Restore, Middle school students at SES will develop a $60,000 Portland Bureau of Environmental Services; Portland Clackamas Parks & Recreation Portland School Share” relationship with a field study site, monitoring Parks & Recreation; Forest Park Conservancy; No Ivy changes over time. A student-designed League restoration project will enhance habitat. We will provide outreach to elementary schools and the neighborhood through site-based wildlife tours to educate and foster a connection with nature.

The Trust for Public Land “Roam” Intertwine Mobile The “Roam” app makes the exploration of nature $25,000 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Oregon Department of Fish Region App fun, allowing us to reach new audiences and teach & Wildlife; Defenders of Wildlife; Audubon Society about wildlife and health. The app will be Portland; Oregon Zoo; Urban Greenspaces Institute; implemented through a collaboration of KEEN Footwear; Columbia Sportswear; Frank Creative; Intertwine Alliance partners as part of the Our Harlo Interactive Common Ground campaign.

Page 12 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Tryon Life Community Farm Hands-on Sustainability TLC Farm's Hands-On Sustainability Program will 11,500 Friends of Tryon Creek State Park; Mother Earth Portland Education Program immerse 1,000 youth in interactive sustainable School; Cedar Moon Community. living field trips annually. Participants will experience sustainable approaches to water and waste management, organic gardening, natural building, native habitat restoration, forest ecology, and service-learning projects.

Tualatin Riverkeepers (TRK) Developing Conservation TRK will build adult and youth conservation $91,930 Tualatin River Watershed Council, Oregon Department Washington Leaders in the Tualatin leaders through in depth trainings focusing on of Fish & Wildlife; City of Tigard; City of Tualatin; The County Watershed water quality, advocacy, conservation, green Intertwine Alliance; Clean Water Services; Tualatin infrastructure, stewardship, and ecology. Basin Partners for Clean Water; Portland Community Participants will be empowered to share their College; Department of Environmental Quality; U.S. knowledge with other community members and Fish & Wildlife Service apply what they learn to their everyday lives.

Urban Greenspaces Institute Oakquest: collaborative Oakquest will enable 50+ citizen scientists to $25,000 Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde; Native Region mapping and stewardship of become active stewards in the mapping and American Youth and Family Center; Tualatin Hills Park Oregon white oak conservation of imperiled Oregon white oak & Recreation District; North Clackamas Parks & ecosystems. This effort will fill a critical Recreation District; Portland Parks & Recreation; information gap identified in the Regional Portland Bureau of Environmental Services; West Conservation Strategy and support career training Multnomah, East Multnomah, Clackamas and Tualatin in natural resources for two Native American Soil & Water Conservation Districts; Metro; Oregon college students. Department of Fish & Wildlife; Portland Audubon Society; PSU Institute for Natural Resources; Urban Greenspaces Institute; Kingfisher Ecological Services LLC; Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium

Urban Greenspaces Institute Sense of Place: Engaging Working with the Indigenous Nation’s Program at $25,000 National Park Service’s RTCA Program; Portland State Portland Youth and Elders Council; Region Indigenous Peoples Portland State University we will engage tribal University Indigenous Nations Studies Program; Confederated Tribes of Siletz; Native representatives within The Intertwine region to Portland State University Geography Department; American Rehabilitation Association; gather information for The Intertwine Alliance’s Institute for Sustainable Solutions; The Intertwine Confederated Tribes of Umatilla; Native website and ensure ongoing communication with Alliance; Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde; American Youth and Family Center the tribes regarding restoration, conservation Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; NACAC education, and culturally appropriate collaboration among Alliance partners.

Page 13 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Vocoform Arbor Lodge Urban Farm The Arbor Lodge Urban Farm is a half-acre farm $47,000 Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center; Open Portland located on N Interstate Avenue that provides the Meadow; Immigrant & Refugee Community infrastructure to develop future conservation Organization; PSU Master of Urban & Regional leaders, engage the neighbors with hands-on Planning; Oregon Tradeswomen; Portland environmental education activities and impact the Development Commission; Volunteers of America; neighborhood through collaborative community Community Cycling Center; Friends of Family Farmers; partnerships. East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District

Warm Current SUP n’ Cleanup! (Stand-Up The SUP n’ Cleanup! Program is focused on $5,184 Portland Parks & Recreation Teen Environmental Gorge Performance and/or Alder Creek Portland Paddleboard) providing underserved youth with exposure to Education Program; Portland Chapter of the Surfrider Kayak; Native American Youth and Family playing in and caring for their local rivers. We Foundation Center spend the day on the Willamette learning how to standup paddleboard, investigating water quality, and completing a beach cleanup.

The Wetlands Conservancy Educating and Training TWC's Educating and Training Wetland Stewards $95,000 AntFarm; Cascade Educcation Corps; Verde; Hands On Washington Wetland Stewards Program introduces students and community Greater Portland; Tivnu; REI; Lush; SEED; DePave; Clean County, members to the benefits of wetlands and the Water Services; Department of Environmental Quality; Gresham, importance of maintaining and preserving these Kingfisher Ecological Services; Willmette Partnership; Milwaukie important landscape features. Through projects Tualatin Riverkeepers; Columbia Land Trust; Metro; and learning activities, we will build a community Xerces; Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife that understands, advocates for and maintains wetlands.

Willamette Partnership Honoring Our Rivers Honoring Our Rivers solicits river and watershed- $18,000 Powell’s Books; Disjecta Gallery; SOLVE; Caldera Arts Region themed writing and visual art submissions from students in elementary school through college for a yearly anthology. We complement the publication with outreach activities to schools, curriculum development, workshops for teachers, and public showcases.

Willamette Riverkeeper River Discovery Program Willamette Riverkeeper plans to build upon our $24,765 Open Meadow School; Groundwork Portland; Oregon The Intertwine Alliance; Cascade Education Region Expansion River Discovery Program to provide more hands Tradeswoman; Mt. Hood Community College Project Corps; CREST; Wasabi Paddling Club; City of on opportunities to engage community members YESS; Portland Parks & Recreation; City of Portland Gladstone and youth in learning about the Willamette River Bureau of Environmental Services; North Clackamas mainstem. Place-based programs will include Parks and Recreation District; Portland State University; elements of: citizen science, restoration, Alder Creek Canoe and Kayak; North Clackamas Urban leadership, and sensory awareness activities. Watershed Council

Page 14 of 15 Nature in Neighborhoods Conservation Education Grants Pre-Application data from the 2014 cycle AMOUNT ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM TITLE PROGRAM SUMMARY REQUESTED PARTNERSHIPS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS LOCATION Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. The Wisdom Project This Native youth leadership initiative provides $25,000 Native American Youth and Family Center; Portland Portland, (Wisdom) Native American youth with hands-on outdoor State University Graduate School of Education; Clackamas conservation restoration and service learning Northwest Indian College; city and county Offices of County during daily field trips to place-based natural Sustainability; Portland Community Media TV; Ecotrust; areas. Paid peer mentors will develop leadership Portland’s United Nations Regional Center of Expertise; skills and career pathways while helping middle Beaverton School District; Portland Public Schools; school youth at summer field science camp. Portland Community College

World Salmon Council, Inc. Salmon Watch Environmental Salmon Watch, a community-based environmental $10,000 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish Region Education Program education program, educates students about the & Wildlife; Freshwater Trust, U.S. Army Corps of importance of wild salmon conservation and Engineers; Bonneville Power Administration, NW healthy watersheds. The program includes teacher Power & Conservation Council, National Marine and volunteer training, classroom instruction, Fisheries Service; U.S. Geological Survey; Bureau of streamside field trips to observe spawning salmon, Indian Affairs; Wasco County SWCD; Oregon State and service learning projects to benefit wild Parks; Johnson Creek Watershed Council; Metro salmon and watersheds.

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Using Citizen Science to To engage residents in research and conservation $59,707 Friends of Zenger; PCC Rock Creek; Jackson Bottom; Portland, Conservation (The) Advance Understanding and of natural areas, we will reach out to Metro area City of Gresham; Johnson Creek Watershed Council; Gresham, Stewardship of Native Insects residents from Gresham to Cornelius, deliver eight Tualatin Riverkeeper; Crystal Springs Partnership; Hillsboro in Metro’s Natural Areas bumble bee and dragonfly workshops, and Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge; Columbia encourage participants to adopt wetlands and Slough Watershed Council; Wisdom of Elders; Saturday flowering meadows for ongoing dragonfly and Academy ASE program bumble bee monitoring.

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