The Yolo Creek and Community Partnership is a wonderful example of regional collaboration to promote successful conservation. With a generous grant award from the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, the Yolo County Resource Conservation District, Center for Land-Based Learning, Putah Creek Council, and Point Blue Conservation Science have partnered together to
- Create healthy wildlife habitat on our working landscapes using best available science to achieve conservation outcomes and enhance resiliency to climate change, and
- Educate high school students and the public about our local environment and the benefits of restoring and enhancing our natural communities and ecosystems, and
- Involve students, community members and tribal citizens in hands-on environmental stewardship projects to give them experience working collectively to make a difference on the land and inspiring them to take action on environmental issues, and
- Conduct ecological monitoring to evaluate and improve projects.
High school students at a SLEWS event hearing about conservation practices
The Maples hedgerow SLEWS planting event in 2020
The Maples hedgerow SLEWS planting event in 2020
Dry Creek Confluence mature SLEWS hedgerow (2021)
Dry Creek Confluence planting 2019
High School students learning how to plant native plants at a SLEWS event