Cart'm Recycling, a non-profit community organization located in Manzanita, received $2,500 to strengthen its programs in the areas of: prevention of toxic contamination of local watersheds and estuaries; community education to reduce the spread of the invasive plant Japanese knotweed; and estuary clean-ups.

The Tillamook Bay Watershed Council was granted $4,000 to conduct pre and post project monitoring on Munson Creek. The Council will partner with Tillamook High School on the project, providing a hands-on watershed education opportunity for students. Students will report back to the Council their findings on the initial effectiveness of several enhancement projects including: fish passage barrier replacements; instream restoration; understory planting of conifers; and road decommissioning.

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The Lower Nehalem Community Trust received $2,600 to continue implementation of its Watershed and Estuary Education Project. This project provides K-5 students enrolled in the NeahKahNie School District with a field and classroom curriculum focused on the local (Nehalem Bay) watershed and estuary. The school district is incorporating the Trust's project into school curricula.

Tillamook School District #9 received $2,500 to host a two-day workshop in which local educators will develop a collaborative science curriculum aimed at providing hands-on science experiences in natural resources. This project is part of a broader effort within the District to integrate natural resource education into other academic disciplines including math, English, history, economics, etc.

Oregon State University Extension received $2,100 in support of a 4-H after-school science program for upper elementary students that focuses on watershed education. One day per week for seven weeks, twenty youth will attend this after-school course that introduces them to science through hands-on activities and field trips. The focus of the Ridges to Rivers: Watershed Exploration program is to provide an overview of watershed processes and how the components of coastal ecosystems interact.