With the help of coordinators from Louisiana State University—Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, this cross-curricular project in science, math, history, and environmental science resulted in an ongoing stewardship project at a historically important local wetland area, Alligator Bayou, which was in need of water monitoring. Biology students made connections to what they were learning in their science class to their everyday life as they collected, analyzed, and interpreted data from seven sites around the Alligator Bayou watershed. As a result of their research, students learned that knowledge based on data can help us understand and protect these ecosystems.