Hands-on experience guided by a fun smart curriculum is the best way to learn. We help fund environmental education field trips and school programming provided by the excellent organizations who do this work. We also help connect teachers to existing environmental education curriculum and support the development of new regionally specific curriculum that will meet Next Generation Science Standards, the goals of Oregon’s Environmental Literacy Plan, and more.
If you are interested in school field trips or in-class environmental programming, contact our Conservationist and Education Coordinator Laura Taylor at laura@wmswcd.org or (503) 238-4775, ext. 112. To apply for assistance of up to $2,000 per year (up to three years), submit this Funding Request Form to Laura Taylor. Requests are accepted on a rolling basis and awarded based on fund availability and project compatibility with the District’s mission. (Note: Funds are no longer available for the July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020 fiscal year. Please submit 2020-21 funding applications after July 1, 2020.)
We have sponsored field trips to:
Sauvie Island Center, Tryon Creek State Park (Hosted by Friends of Tryon Creek)
We have sponsored/funded school environmental education programming provided by:
Dig In Community, Living Streams assemblies with Will Hornyak, ECO (Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors), Mary Rieke Elementary
Environmental Curriculum:
