BTC awarded $200,000 grant to create aquatic degree program

Bellingham Technical College will be receiving a $200,000 grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to create a new degree program that helps low income people enter the aquatic conservation industry.

The project is a collaboration among BTC, Northwest Indian College and Western Washington University's Huxley College.

The grant will allow BTC to expand its current fisheries degree program as well as create a new transfer degree program.

The transfer program at BTC will be aligned with degree programs at Huxley and the NWIC native environmental science degree program, giving students several options for continuing their education or finding a career.