Reporting Forms for NFWF Grant # Number

Reporting Forms for NFWF Grant #2001-0249-016

Hudson Woods/Northside(TX) Environmental Education

Annual Financial Reporting Form……….pgs 2-3

Submitted between September 30th and October 31st of each year that a project is active

Submitted via mail, fax or email

The following documents must be submitted at the end of the project in order to release the final payment:

Final programmatic report (no template included)

Submitted via mail or fax AND email with a representative sample of digital photos and any additional final products.

Final Project Evaluation Form…………pgs 4-5

Submitted via mail, fax AND email.

Final Phase Reporting Form………pgs 6-7

Submitted via mail, fax or email.

Final Financial Reporting Form……….pgs 8-9

Submitted via mail or fax.

Certification of Matching Funds………page 10

Submitted via mail or fax.

Matching Funds Eligibility and Documentation Guidance…page 11-12

For reference only

All documents must be submitted to the NFWF Project Officer from the Recipient’s contact person as stated in the contract. Forms submitted via email must be sent from the email address listed in contract.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Annual Financial and Programmatic Reporting Form

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Report must be completed and returned to NFWF by October 31, 2003.

Project Number:2001-0249-016

Project Name:Hudson Woods/Northside(TX) Environmental Education

Project Manager: Sarah Masengarb

Email:

Reporting Period:October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003

Please report all expenditures of NFWF Funds for the reporting period.

Category

/ Actual Expenses paid with NFWF Funds

Salaries and Benefits

/ NA
Equipment / NA
Other / $4850
Total / $4850

Matching Contributions Expended during reporting period: $__7960______

Describe All Expenses – use additional space if necessary: See Attachment A
NFWF Funds
Fostec Dist – Dock - $3905.00
Robert Young – Books $290.15
NorthsideElementary School – Bus Transportation $500.00
NorthsideElementary School – Supplies $154.85
Partner Contributions
Teacher Salaries - $3000.00
NorthsideElementary School – Bus Transportaton $1000.00
Contractual Services - $1600.00
Supplies - $125.15

Project Accomplishments: (Briefly describe the accomplishments of the Project during the reporting period - use additional space if necessary.)

NorthsideElementary School used Hudson Woods as an interactive learning environment that integrated different subjects for fourth graders. The students worked on units that link social studies and reading in the fall semester and math and science in the spring semester. The students used critical thinking skills while doing scientific investigations and habitat restoration projects. The students used technology to build PowerPoint presentations at the end of the school year on what they have learned at Hudson Woods.

In addition BrazosportCollege honor students partnered with the program as guides and mentors during the eight fieldtrips by the fourth graders. The BrazosportCollege honors students also volunteered their Saturdays to help restore Hudson Woods and several honors students focused their enrichment projectson the Hudson Woods. These projects included a research of the history of Hudson Woods, invasive plant species and field guides to assist in plant identification. The historical information (see attached document) will be used on interpretive signs that will be constructed along the hiking trails. Math and education honors students researched ways to blend biology, history, government and geography into usable teaching units for Northside and other AngletonIndependentSchool District fourth graders.

The fourth grade students transplanted native tree saplings (black walnut, shumard oaks and red buckeye) on two acres of land to begin restoration of native habitat. Even though the native tree planting was not as successful as planned, the students used the opportunity to learn why the planting was not successful.

Parents were invited to attend the field trips and to participate in Family/Ranger Day at Hudson Woods. This was an excellent opportunity for parents and siblings to see Hudson Woods and what the 4th graders had been learning throughout the year. The students and parents also visited the San Bernard Wildlife Refuge to see the biodiversity of another part of the Mid-Coast Wildlife Refuge System.

144 students were involved in the year long project. During this project there were 26 meetings/events and 15 presentations. This project was documented in The Facts newspaper and Brazosport College Navigator (see attached).

I hereby certify that the above information is accurate and complete.

Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges

By: ______Date: ______

______

(Print name and title)

E-mail: ______Telephone: ______

Note: Forms sent by e-mail must come from an e-mail address authorized in the Grant Agreement or an amendment to the Grant Agreement.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Final Project Evaluation Form

Project Name and Number:Hudson Woods/Northside(TX) Environmental Education #2001-0249-016

Recipient:Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges

Project Location:Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges

1)Were the specific objectives as outlined in your application and grant agreement successfully implemented and accomplished? Explain.

Utilize the Hudson Woods Tract of the San Bernard NWR as an outdoor classroom –
Create a hands-on science and environmental education curriculum that integrates a variety of academic subjects and correlates to the state mandated essential knowledge and skills.
Utilize an interdisciplinary approach to teaching culminating in the creation of student created multi-media projects
Create a working relationship between the AngletonIndependentSchool District, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges that will lead to future mutually beneficial endeavors.
Provide stewardship opportunities for students through the student led field investigations day at the refuge.
Educate parents and Angleton Independent Scholl District personnel about the abundance of natural resources within the community and across the country
Help students develop a sense of “ownership” in the refuge via habitat restoration projects.

2)Please assess project accomplishments as quantitatively as possible. For example:

See Appendix B

Number of miles of stream/river corridor benefited. Categorize by type of benefit (e.g., protected, enhanced, restored, made accessible). NA
Total acres of land conserved. Categorize by conservation mechanism (e.g., restored, managed, acquired, placed under an easement) and by habitat type (e.g., wetland, deciduous forest, shortgrass prairie). Reforested two acres with willows
Species benefited. If possible, report number of individuals of each species.

Neotropical migrant birds – 20 species/ 506 individuals per species

Number of meetings/events held. Total of 26 including field trips, parents day and training
Presentations made. 15 presentations
Publications and extent of distribution. – Articles in The Facts newspaper (Appendix B), Brazoria County Distribution – 50,000 households, history of Hudson Woods (Appendix C) and article in BrazosportCollege newsletter. College distribution, 2000 students and faculity.
Other

3)Assess the number of people reached through your work (e.g., landowners, students, organizations, agencies) Did other land managers benefit from the project?

144 Students
Parents and siblings, approximately 200
Friends of the Refuge – 8
Master Naturalists - 4
BrazosportCollege - 8

4)Were any surveys or interviews conducted with partners to help gauge the success of your efforts?

See attached letters and newspaper articles on interviews conducted to gauge the success (Appendix B)

5)How will the project be evaluated in terms of monitoring or assessment of cause-and-effect response? Describe the evaluation timescale (e.g., one year, five years, ten years). How will monitoring results be reported?

Teachers will monitor the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test in the upcoming years to evaluate the effect of this program with these students.
The students were given pre and post tests. 5% of the students passed the pre-test in August while 98.5% of the students passed the same test in May.
In non-science academic areas, 100% of the students passed the state standardized test in reading and math and 98.5% passed the writing test (well above state, district, and school averages)

6)Does this project fit into a larger program, spatially or temporally? If so, how has that program benefited from your work? (For example, an easement or on-the-ground work that connects or benefits other protected properties.)

This project is part of the Columbia Hardwood Bottomlands Ecosystem and the Discovery Environmental Education Program. This program is being used as a model for other local schools on how to use the refuge facilities for hands on experiences required to create retainable scientific knowledge.

7)Does the project incorporate an adaptive management component? If so, please explain. Any lessons learned that will guide future implementation of this, or similar, projects?

The students assisted with a nature restoration project in the form of germinating and planting native tree species at Hudson Woods. Although the tree planting was not fully successful, the students evaluated their mistakes and developed ways to improve this activity for future students.

8)Was there a local/regional/national response? Any media/press involvement?

See Appendix B

9)To what degree has this project contributed to the conservation community as a whole?

The contribution to the conservation community is through the

education of the students, parents and siblings of the importance of maintaining wildlife habitat. The students educated their peers and community members about the value of nature. Parents, school board members, community members, and teachers throughout the school district showed an interest in this program and will be a vital element in sustaining this format of high quality education in the future.

10)Did your work bring in additional partners, more landowners, et cetera, who would be interested in doing similar work on their land in the future? If so, please describe.

11)Do you have any suggestions for NFWF to guide improvement of our project administration?

Please share any additional information that you feel is important to the evaluation of your program.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Final Project Phase Reporting Form

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Project Number:2001-0249-016

Project Name:Hudson Woods/Northside(TX) Environmental Education

Project Manager:Sarah Masengarb

Email:

Project Phase #: Final

Final Project Phase Scope of Work: (from Grant Agreement)

Budget for Final Phase:

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