The NOAA Chesapeake Bay B-WET Program provides hands-on watershed education to students and teachers to foster stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay. NOAA recognizes that environmentally literate citizens with the skills and knowledge to make well-informed environmental choices are key to sustaining the Nation’s ocean and coastal environments. To meet this challenge, the Chesapeake Bay B-WET Program was established in 2002 on the Atlantic coast and Pacific programs soon followed, including Monterey Bay in 2003 and the Hawaiian Islands in 2004. NOAA B-WET supports the commitment of the Chesapeake Bay Program – a partnership for watershed restoration – to provide every student in the watershed with a meaningful watershed educational experience before graduation from high school.

• Budget Template for Applicants
• B-WET Factsheet

• Grant information
• Grants workshop

• State Mini-Grants
• Watermen in the Classroom Project
• Emerging Scientist Project
• B-WET Program Evaluation

NCBO is developing NOAA-related education programs at Nauticus, the National Maritime Center (Norfolk, VA) the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory (Oxford, MD), the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , and other future partner sites. These strategic partnerships are designed to increase knowledge and awareness of NOAA sciences and career opportunities.

• Shannon Sprague (410-267-5664)