Watsonville Wetlands Watch has been a leader in wetland conservation and environmental education in the Pajaro Valley for the past decade. Our restoration program is a community-based environmental restoration program focused in the Watsonville Slough System.  With the help of thousands of student and community volunteers, we are restoring over 350 acres of land that provide essential habitat for a diversity of threatened and endangered plant and animal species. Our outdoor-based environmental education programs serve students of all ages. The Cycles of Restoration program takes elementary age students into the wetlands to learn about the life cycle of plants and wetland animals; Wetland Stewards After School Program utilizes vertical mentoring to connect middle school students with high school mentors and community docents as they explore the wonders of the wetlands; Project Tierra is a citizen science wetland biodiversity monitoring program that engages volunteers and introduces high school students to green careers as they collect and analyze environmental data over the long-term to monitor the biodiversity and over all health of the Watsonville wetlands. Each year dozens of community members take advantage of our dynamic field-based eight-week Docent Training Program in which they learn about the flora, fauna, natural history and cultural history of the Pajaro Valley wetlands.  The docents, in turn, support our youth and restoration programs. Our monthly community lecture series and regular workshops encourage family members and other members of the public to learn more about the wetlands and get involved in wetland conservation activities.

500 Harkins Slough Road
Watsonville, CA 95076
http://www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org

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831-728-1156
Noelle Antolin