For the past two years, Ventura County Office of Education (VCOE) has been one of a handful of agencies to receive funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminiistration (NOAA) under its California Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program. This program provides funds to support environment-based education throughout the watersheds of San Francisco Bay, Monterey Bay, and Santa Barbara Channel.

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Along with the Channel Islands National Park, the Channel Islands National Marine Sancturary and other regional agencies, VCOE is woking with area teachers to provide students with the opportunity to explore one of the most diverse marine environments in the world through an integrated learning experience that is supported by standards-based, interactive curriculum, active participation in monitoring and gathering data on the local environment and live interaction with researchers working in and around Channel Islands National Park and National Marine Sanctuary.

From Shore to Sea: http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov/edu/shoretosea.html

Channel Islands National Park http://www.nps.gov/chis/

Channel Islands National Marine Sancturary http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov/

Information coming soon