NFWF Grant Profile

Create a one-year pilot of a paid youth workforce development program focused on preparing local high school students for careers in wetland and riparian management, ecology, and horticulture. Project will develop a curriculum by professional staff horticulturists in keeping with best practices for managing and maintaining a range of habitats present within Bartram's Garden and other regional ecosystems, including wetlands, riparian buffers, living shorelines, and pollinator habitat.