North Carolina Grant Summaries

2003 Council Grants:

Girl Scout Council of Coastal Carolina

Project Title: Environmental Education Partnership with Cape Lookout National Seashore

Project Description: A kayaking exploration project was developed in collaboration with the Cape Lookout National Seashore. The goals were to increase visitor's environmental knowledge and decrease the harmful impact on the environment of the barrier islands. Participants learned about barrier island widlife and ecology and were trained in kayaking skills and rescues. Those old enough became certified as Leave No Trace trainers. To this date, these trainers have taught around 350 Girl Scouts and leaders as well as 20 Boy Scout leaders kayaking skills and Leave No Trace ethics. A Leave No Trace Patch program was developed and is being implemented in 2004. Now having kayaking equipment on hand, future kayaking trips and council-wide LNT activities are planned so that girls from all socio-economic background will have the opportunity to participate. The long-term goal is to for girls to develop personal ethics and responsibility for the environment in which they live and to decrease the impact humans have on wilderness areas.

Federal or Sate Collaborating Agency: National Park Service -Cape Lookout National Seashore

Local Collaborating Agencies:Pamlico County 4-H Cooperative Extension Office, Craven County 4H
Cooperative Extension Office

Actual Number of Girl Scouts Served: 205

Diversity: 3.9% American Indian/Alaskan; 1.0% Asian/Pacific Islander; 7.8% Black; 4.9% Hispanic; 82.4% White

2005 Council Grants:

Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council

Project Title: Eco Challenge

Project Description: An environmental education initiative that recognized the need to improve the quality of life in the state through stewardship and conservation of natural resources and how to balance population growth and development. Girls ages 7-17 explored ecosystems and links among natural resources; studied land and marine environments; and learned outdoor skills. Careers information was offered. Girls planned and implemented a service project at Clemmons State Forest and participated in an Environmental Education Week. The knowledge learned during these experiences is being applied in their own communities through back home projects.

Federal or Sate Collaborating Agency: Clemmons Educational State Forest, United States Fish and Wildlife Service-Sandhills Sub Office

Actual Number of Girl Scouts Served: 947

2006 Council Grants:

Girl Scout Council of the Catawba Valley Area

Project Title: Connecting Girls to the Land

Project Description: Through hands-on environmental education workshops and stewardship projects, Girl Scouts will learn about invasive species in North Carolina. Girls will also learn about careers, forest exploration and management issues conducted at the Cradle of Forest in America Historic Site. The girls will enhance the Cradle of Forestry site and the visitor experience by pulling invasive plants along two historic trails, weeding a wildlife and native garden, and tending to a tree seedling nursery exhibit.

Federal or Sate Collaborating Agency: USDA Forest Service-Pisgah Ranger District

Actual Number of Girl Scouts Served: 1500

Water | Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds

North Carolina Grant Summaries

2003 Council Grants

2005 Council Grants