Provide school and community environmental education and stewardship activities about wildlife and local climate change for 650 urban K-12 students and families, including students in hospitals; provide professional development for 90 teachers; train and engage 200 volunteers to enhance natural resources and deliver four public education programs at two urban parks in the Bronx and Queens, New York. Project will enhance the community capacity to improve the local environment.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Long Island Sound Futures Fund
Project Title: Urban Youth Education Program about Climate and Wildlife (NY)
Organization:
National Audubon Society, Inc.
Project ID:
1401.24.079472
Description:
Award Amount:
$181873.67
Location:
PS-85, Renaissance Charter School, Hospital School, Astoria and Alley Pond Parks, New York