OpportunityTitle: Phenology Road Show: MERITO Academy Program Field Visits
CategoryExplanation: Connecting People With Nature
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This cooperative agreement will be with National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.  We are posting a &quot;Notice of Intent to Award Discretionary Financial Assistance to a Single Source Without Competition&quot;.
Description: Six hundred 4th-8th grade students will learn about and implement bird and plant phenology monitoring activities at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Ormond Beach instructed by California State University -Channel Islands students, the Nature Conservancy, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary MERITO Academy staff and Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office staff during the 2011-2012 school year, which will contribute to a national effort to collect climate change species related data (for Project BudBurst, eBird, and others). All students are enrolled in Title 1 schools in Ventura County, are largely minorities (&gt;85%), and currently under-represented in STEM fields.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: michael_glenn@fws.gov
GrantorContactText: Michael Glenn &lt;br/&gt;Education &amp; Outreach Specialist  &lt;br/&gt;(805)644-1766 x328 &lt;br/&gt;