Community Education Projects

The Why Wetlands program educates 15 groups of 15 students each in 3rd to 12th grades about wetland ecosystems through interactive signage and programs, focusing on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and restoration. 

RE Sources Youth for the Environment and People which will help high school students meet the climate crisis with hope and a sense of agency through learning, collaboration, problem-solving, and skill-building.

Salmon and Orca Data Visualization and Animated Video produce videos to highlight the unique nature and importance of wild fish, explaining the decline of salmon and the important food source they represent.

Forest education programming with Anacortes School District to provide in-school forest education and field trips to every kindergarten, 3rd grade, and 7th grade student in the district (~850 students).

Creating the opportunity for 50 Muckleshoot Tribal School students to learn about wolverines, Cascade red foxes, Canada lynxes and Sierra red foxes of the Cascades and work to save rare carnivores and their ecosystems from extinction.

Day-long Shoreline Partner Training for 40-50 participants to share tools, models, and strategies to advance shoreline conservation in the Puget Sound.

In-class and outdoor learning sessions for 80 underserved and indigenous youth

Eight Katzie First Nation youth will learn about salmon and their habitats using indigenous and western perspectives.

This project has two components

KLF funded previous phase to develop virtual reality underwater adventures and presentations on marine food webs, environmental issues and solutions, and conservation careers. This phase will fund building an online platform to share the curriculum and fund outreach to other school districts throughout the Salish Sea.

The Estuarium offers extensive educational programming and a variety of estuary and marine ecology topics for Pre-K through 12th grade students.

Whale Scout will help fund the transformation of the Wayne Golf Course into a public park. It will also invest in three students from diverse backgrounds to engage community groups in salmon restoration at the converted golf course.