Coexisting with Carnivores Olympic Peninsula 

CWC Olympic Peninsula is a pilot project involving MS students on the Olypmic Peninsula investigating how humans and carnivores can peacefully coexist. This work is based heavily on the work of the Woodland Park Zoo partnership with the Issaquah School District CWC project 2012-2021.  

CWC Olympic Peninsula project is made possible by the Washington State Climetime initiative supported by our Washington State Legislators and Governor Jay Inslee.  ClimeTime is facilitated by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) —in collaboration with the UW Institute for Science + Math Education—through a Washington State legislative proviso originally requested by Governor Jay Inslee of an annual $4 million investment that began in 2018-19 and continued as a $3 million investment in 2019-20. OSPI manages the network and the grant funding flows through all nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Washington and six community-based organizations (CBOs). The ESDs and CBOs have launched programs for science teacher training, linking the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and climate science. In addition to teacher professional development, the project supports the 15 grantees to develop instructional materials, design related assessment tasks and evaluation strategies and facilitate student events.

Current partners involved include Olympic Educational Service District, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Crescent School District, Quilcene School District, and Quillayute Valley School District.