Seven tri-county recipients of Bay Watershed Education and Training program  grants were recognized Sept. 3 at an event at the Ty Warner Sea Center in Santa Barbara.
 

The $375,000 in grants will be used to teach students more about protecting the marine environment on the South and Central Coast.

The grant winners are:

• Art From Scrap’s Creek Kids Flows to the Ocean Research and Service Learning Project;

• Channel Islands Marine Resource Institute, Strengthening Marine and Watershed Education in Multicultural Audiences of the Santa Barbara Channel Region;

• Oak Grove School, Watershed Education, Restoration and Stewardship;                                      

• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Channel Watershed Activities for Teaching Coastal Health;

• University of California regents Agriculture and Natural Resources, Research and Education for Students and Teachers supporting the Ormond Beach Restoration  Project;

• University of California, Santa Barbara Teacher Enrichment Adventure in Watershed Education and Training;

• Ventura County Office of Education, Channel Islands Live.