NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Five Star and Nature Restoration Trust
Project Title: Cultivating Community Capacity through Restoration and Citizen Science in Galveston Bay (TX)
Organization:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Project ID:
1301.19.063983
Description:

Increase organizational capacity through a partnership between the Get Hip to Habitat education program and their citizen science Water Monitoring Team to more effectively serve students and residents around the Houston-Galveston region. Project will directly engage 800 students and 15 teachers in environmental education activities, restore 1.3 acres of wetland habitat, oversee 70 volunteers in monthly water quality monitoring and inform over 4,000 residents of local water quality issues.

Award Amount:
$37207.09
Location:
Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas