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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: July 02, 2025
Contact: Emi Endo, Senior Public Relations and Marketing Specialist, 804-786-8442, emi.endo@dcr.virginia.gov
Watershed education grants awarded
(Editors: Follow this link to download an image. Photo caption: Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience projects are designed to cultivate environmental literacy among K-12 students.)
Nine Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience projects have received grants from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation for the 2025-26 school year.
The annual state program, administered by DCR’s Office of Environmental Education, awarded $250,000 in funding.
Selected projects:
These MWEE projects are intended to encourage K-12 students to think critically about Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay watershed and cultivate their environmental literacy. They are learner-centered field investigations and action projects aligned with grade-level standards and focused on local watershed health.
As a signatory to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, Virginia is committed to increasing “understanding of the watershed through participation in teacher-supported, meaningful watershed educational experiences and rigorous, inquiry-based instruction.”
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