About STRAW
In 1992, STRAW began as the "Shrimp Project." Seventeen years later, more than 25,000 students have participated in over 275 restorations on rural and urban creeks, planting over 25,000 native plants and restoring 100,000 linear feet of creek banks. STRAW has the following goals: to empower students, to support teachers, to restore the environment, and to reconnect communities.  And it's succeeding!

Click on the photo gallery link below for a pictorial history of The Bay Institute's STRAW Project.
Our vision is to inspire every school community in the US to carry out a legacy environmental project.
STRAW projects have three overarching goals: ecology, education and community.
2,500 K-12 students plant thousands of native plants at 35 restorations along streams and creek banks each year.
STRAW brings together diverse parts of the community by emphasizing the ties we all share with the larger natural community.
With our network of partners, STRAW supports a variety of watershed studies and restoration activities.
Learn how you can start your own community-based restoration program, including timelines, checklists and more.
STRAW has grown into an award-winning program serving over 25,000 kids in the past 17 years.
STRAW projects are experiential, student-centered, hands-on and immerse students in local landscapes.
Marin County Board of Supervisors lauds STRAW’s milestone of 100,000 feet of creek and wetland restoration.
STRAW works with its partners to create networking and scholarship opportunities for local students and teachers.