Satterberg Foundation

Fall 2009

Environmental Volunteers, Inc.: $60,000 over 2 years

Environmental Volunteers promotes understanding of, and responsibility for, the environment through hands-on science education. This grant funds two core programs: Science By Nature, a web-based system to enable large numbers of teachers to avail themselves of science programs delivered by multiple independent organizations; and Educate For Depth, a collaborative model to serve schools that commit to environmental science programs for multiple consecutive grades over consecutive years.

Friends of the Cedar River Watershed: $60,000 over 2 years

Friends of the Cedar River Watershed is a grassroots organization that engages volunteers in habitat restoration and environmental education activities that support the health of the watershed; and builds collaborative relationships within the regional conservation community. This grant funds The Report program, which provides students with real-life scenarios in which to exercise their role as citizen stewards. The Report is an innovative learning partnership between local governments, schools, nonprofit groups and local media outlets. Through the Report, high school student leaders form Green Teams that engage in year-long experiential learning projects.

Fall 2008

PCC Farmland Trust: $60,000 over 3 years

PCC Farmland Trust secures, preserves,and stewards threatened farmland in the Northwest, to ensure that generations of local farmers productively farm it using sustainable, organic growing methods. The goal of this program is to develop collaborative and scientifically-relevant stewardship plans for each of their properties. While many farmers have already implemented various stewardship practices, the Farmland Stewardship Program (FSP) will create a broad-based, systems approach to stewardship which will range from research and monitoring to shepherding new farmers onto properties. 

San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society: $30,000 over 2 years

The missionof the San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society (SFBWS) is to promote public awareness and appreciation of the San Francisco Bay and its natural history, and to conserve and preserve the remaining bay lands as essential wildlife habitat. This grant will support development of a salt marsh transition zone and a riparian zone at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Center: Where San Jose Meets the Bay - High Marsh-Terrestrial Ecotone Revegetation Education Project. Students, teachers, and residents of Alviso, CA will participate in various activities and be supported in connecting with eachother and their environment.