The city of Pacific Grove recently won a $240,000 grant from the
state's Strategic Growth Council to clean up the storm water
flowing from its streets into the bay.  The programs that the
grant will pay for include watershed modeling, an inventory of
trees on public lands, and bioswales — trees and landscaping
that help filter pollutants out of storm water runoff.  Graduate
students from academic campuses around Monterey Bay played a
role in the process, making recommendations that shaped the
city's grant application. The students participated in a three-
day workshop, led by the Monterey-based Center for Ocean
Solutions, in which they developed the basic ideas for the
grant-winning plan.