The Solano County Office of Education has been awarded a $300,000 Bay Watershed Education and Training grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The grant focuses on engaging teachers and students in citizen science to help solve a mystery threatening the salmon population in California’s ecosystems.

Solano County Office of Education’s grant program, dubbed the Spinning Salmon Citizen Science Monitoring Project, launched Friday with a two-day training for a small pilot group of teachers from across Solano County at Office of Education’s main office in Fairfield.

Source: Solano schools office receives grant for student salmon monitoring project