Audubon Canyon Ranch, Stinson Beach, California - Membership expired 4/03 At our preserves, Audubon Canyon Ranch offers a hands-on, environmental experience for elementary schoolchildren, the visiting public and volunteers. Each year, about 6000 elementary school children (3rd through 5th graders) from throughout the diverse communities of the Bay Area participate in a multi-facetted environmental education program. This experiential immersion in a preserved nature setting is a unique experience for many of these children, which provides an opportunity for them to learn about local native habitats, and to develop an appreciation for the natural world and a desire to protect it. There is no charge for the elementary school education program. Transportation scholarships are available for schools that lack funds to provide transportation to the sanctuaries.

Blue Waters Kayaking / Tomales Bay Kayaking, John Granatir; Expiration 4/5/06. Every year Blue Waters Kayaking has the honor of introducing people of all ages and abilities to the natural wonders of kayaking. We see people delight at the thrill of their first paddle, rejoice with wonder as they serenely cross the Bay under the glow of the full moon and beam with excitement as they load their kayak for a camping trip on a secluded beach. We also have the privilege of organizing wedding parties and family reunions; teaching novice paddlers to become competent kayakers; and working with corporations and nonprofit organizations on team building retreats.

California Nature Treks & Team Adventures, Oakland; Alvin Kernan; Expiration 8/19/06. We provide custom-designed outdoor learning adventures in Northern and Central California. Programs range from half-day guided natural history trips to full-day wilderness skills seminars and corporate adventure programs.

Camp Winthers / San Juan USD, Soda Springs; Bill Rugg; Expiration 4/1/06. The Outdoor Education program provides a summer camp experience for the child who has never been to the mountains and the child who grew up camping, offering both a fun and rewarding experience. The outdoors provides the setting to hike and observe the Sierran natural history. Cascade Lake is the location for morning boating, afternoon swims and the weekly water carnival. Safety is emphasized as the students try their skills in such activities as boating and archery. Evenings are a time for campfires filled with songs and stories, skits performed by fellow campers and a star walk to Telescope Peak.

Chadwick, a K-12 school founded in 1935, is dedicated to academic excellence and to the development of self-confident individuals of good character who are prepared to accept the responsibilities inherent in personal freedom. The school aims to create a learning environment that is challenging, diverse and supportive where talented, dedicated faculty and students are encouraged to interact in an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust. Students are prepared for rigorous future educational endeavors in a manner that enables them to discover the joys of learning and the importance of community. In all of its programs, Chadwick seeks to discover and nurture the special gifts each student possesses; to deepen each student's understanding of the complexities of the world; and to inspire each to realize his or her full potential. Chadwick Outdoor Education offers innumerable and unique opportunities for students to learn and grown in small peer groups. The outdoors is used as a medium for students to learn about themselves, work with others, and explore the powerful and diverse natural world. Palos Verdes Peninsula, Deb Powers, Expiration 9/1/06. AEE accredited

Our programs help teach the Science Content Standards for California Public Schools. Our programs and facilities have been used by a myriad of groups and individuals for over 50 years!

Crissy Field Center, San Francisco; Contact: Christy Rocca; Expiration 2/1/06. The Crissy Field Center has taken a new approach to linking people and national parklands through multicultural environmental programming, community outreach and education. The Center staff has worked for more than three years with over 100 community representatives throughout the Bay Area to define the Center's mission and core programs.

The Programs involve a cross-section of communities and encourage different forms of expression. Topics include examining urban connections to natural environments, special excursions to the parklands of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, examining environmental justice issues, testing water quality in neighborhoods, and expressing environmental experiences through the arts.

The Crissy Field Center is located in Building 603 on the corner of Mason and Halleck Streets in the Presidio of San Francisco. This historic site was built in 1939 and first used as an Army commissary, later as a film and photo lab eventually processing some of the very earliest aerial photographs.

Center hours of operation are 9:00am - 6:00pm Wednesday through Sunday.

East Bay Regional Park District, Oakland; Margaret Kelley; Expiration 10/15/06. The East Bay Regional Park District has 65 parks and 29 regional interpark trails covering more than 96,000 acres in Alameda and Contra Costa counties on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay. A wealth of educational and interpretive opportunities await you in the East Bay Regional Parks. Each year over 500,000 school children, families, groups and individuals participate in EBRPD sponsored programs. Learning experiences are fun in the out-of-doors. The majority of weekday programs are by reservation only. Many of these programs are designed to help students and teachers with California Academic Standards. Through exhibits, programs, publications, and special events, staff naturalists interpret natural, historical and cultural heritage of the East Bay. The EBRPD owns Camp Arroyo which is operated as an environmental outdoor school by YMCA of the East Bay.

El Dorado Nature Center, Long Beach; Mary Blackburn (not currently AEOE institutional members). El Dorado Nature Center is an 85-acre wildlife area which includes two lakes, a stream, and 2 1/4 miles of trail through grasslands and forested areas. Home to foxes, opossums, skunks, insects, turtles, and birds, the Center provides a learning lab for students of all ages. Programs include a variety of science discovery tours keyed to the California Science Framework, as well as free "Movable Museum" outreach programs. These programs include "Paws and Jaws" - a hands-on look at North American mammals, "Acorns, Sea, and Sage" - a discovery lesson about the first people of Southern California, and "Protect our Watery World" - an exploration of non-point-source pollution and how action at home can protect aquatic wildlife. Teacher workshops, science classes, and many environmental programs are also available.

Evergreen Lodge, Groveland (just outside of Yosemite on the road to Hetch Hetchy); Lee Zimmerman; Expiration 6/15/06. The Evergreen Lodge is a newly expanded historical lodge and resort bordering Yosemite National Park. As Frommer’s Guide states, “If you are looking for the classic Yosemite experience, you’ll want to book a cabin at the Evergreen Lodge." The Lodge features an array of guided recreation programs that is unique to the Yosemite area. We focus on providing memorable outdoor education and experiences to our Yosemite guests. Given our recreational focus, we seek staff who are excited about the outdoors and lead a healthy, active lifestyle.

In addition to its primary function as a tourist Lodge, the Evergreen runs a Youth Employment Program in which 18-24 year-old young adults from urban backgrounds join our staff for a program of career-oriented training and work experience coupled with exposure to outdoor and recreational life experiences. Although providing a great guest experience is our first priority, our Youth Program is central to what we do at the Evergreen, and we are proud to run an enterprise with both a business and a social mission. The Evergreen's combination of hospitality, recreation, culture, setting, and youth mission make it a truly special place. Yet the Lodge remains a straightforward place serving Yosemite visitors in a rustic mountain setting.

Hi Hill Outdoor School, La Cañada, California - Long Beach City Schools (not currently an institutional member of AEOE). The Long Beach Unified School District has conducted an Outdoor Education Program since 1948. To date, more than 250,000 students have attended. The experience is considered an essential part of the elementary school program and provides an opportunity for each fifth grade class and teacher to live and study in the outdoor school for five days. Outdoor education takes students from the classroom to a different kind of class where students study by watching and experiencing everything first hand. As a result of this experience, students learn faster, understand better and remember what they have learned longer. Every day at Hi Hill is a day filled with exploring our outdoor classroom. Our curriculum emphasizes cycles in nature by studying such concepts as astronomy, conservation ecology, ecosystems, human ecology, nocturnal awareness. Credentialed outdoor education teachers, the children's classroom teacher and college age counselors instruct and supervise the children. The material taught at Hi Hill Outdoor School is a very important part of your child's science experience in his/her classroom. But ask any student or teacher who has visited the program and they will probably tell you that a week at Hi Hill Outdoor School is much more than just a science trip... Certified by COSA

• Experience the Beauty: LandPaths’ free public outings visit protected open spaces, farms and parks-in-development throughout Sonoma County. Diverse by design, these outings create opportunities for all residents to enjoy the outdoors.
• Heal the Land: LandPaths’ ongoing stewardships projects include; removing non-native plant species to improve natural wildlife habitat, repairing old logging and ranch roads to increase and improve steelhead spawning habitat, and installing nesting boxes and perching sites for cavity-nesting birds.
• Understand the Value of the land: LandPaths works with 17 schools,, including many schools serving low-income students— often those least likely to experience the outdoors. Students explore and learn about the land through 4 theme-based field trips— Discovery, Watershed, Wildlife Habitat, culminating in a Stewardship project.

Mount Baldy Visitor Center, Mount Baldy Village; Steve Segreto; Expiration 2/11/06. Located within the Angeles National Forest in scenic Mt. Baldy Village, the Mt. Baldy Visitor Center lies 10 miles north of Claremont. This award-winning interpretive center is an historic 1920's schoolhouse which has been renovated to include an indoor nature trail, local history room and gift shop. On site are the Mt. Baldy Environmental Education classroom, a native animal room, reproductions of a gold-mining camp and Native-American (Tongva-Gabrielino) village, as well as picnic tables and restrooms. The Visitor Center is a U.S.D.A. Forest Service facility. For information call (909) 982-2829.

Mt. Baldy Environmental Education offers a broad range of programming to regional educators, scouts and civic groups. Our popular school programs, which have been developed in conjunction with California State Content Standards, accommodate nearly 8,000 students and teachers each year. Field trips are unique hands-on adventures in the Angeles National Forest. For program information, or to schedule at Mt. Baldy or at your school site call the education staff at (909) 982-2879. The fee for field trips at Mt. Baldy is $5.00 per student.

Working with educators, in conjunction with California State curriculum guidelines, the Mt. Baldy Visitor Center Environmental Education Program seeks to provide a living laboratory where instruction in natural science, local habitats and cultural history is enhanced and comes alive.

Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, Rick MacPherson; Expiration 8/30/05. MARE (Marine Activities, Resources and Education) is a dynamic, K–8, inquiry-based science program that transforms entire elementary and middle schools into laboratories for the exploration of the ocean. This whole school Ocean Immersion approach explores different marine environments through the disciplines of earth, life and physical science, as well as, language arts, music, mathematics and visual arts. MARE teacher professional development and curriculum focus on the integration of literacy with science. Our offerings emphasize language acquisition and development techniques for including English language learners. The program offers a Summer Institute, all-faculty in-services, and customized, site-based consulting. Each school highlights its year-long program, with assistance from MARE staff, by celebrating a week-long or month-long Ocean Immersion event. During these special weeks guest speakers visit the school, classes take field trips, students work on special projects and teachers receive in-class coaching and guided practice.

Mission Springs Outdoor Education, Scotts Valley, California (not currently an institutional member of AEOE). Mission Springs has offered a 5th-8th grade outdoor education program since 1978. We currently serve approximately 3,500 Christian and public school students annually. Schools attend from all over the Bay Area, as well as Sacramento, Stockton, and Fresno. Mission Springs' outdoor classroom consists of 300 acres of redwood forest and oak/chaparral. Also, there are beautiful state beaches and parks nearby that are used as field trip sites.

The Monarch School, located in Heron, Montana is a coeducational, residential school emphasizing the creative arts. It is dedicated to the needs of adolescents who are having difficulties at school and at home. We offer an academic environment designed for under-achieving teens, which engages students and allows them to develop into young adults with a strong intellect and a solid character. We provide a structured academic program, with guidance in acquiring life skills and discovering motivation. The vocational programs, as well as the arts, and music programs are tools to help students achieve these goals. Monarch School has a student population of approximately 70 students, about half girls and half boys. New students are welcomed by all as they enter a loving and non-judgmental atmosphere. Each student is given adequate time to settle into the culture of the school and to make the adjustment to their new surroundings. Contact: Tim Earle; Expiration 6/21/06

Mount Hermon Outdoor Science School, Mount Hermon, California (not currently an institutional member of AEOE) Mount Hermon Outdoor Science School offers an exciting, academic, hands-on science program based on the California Science Framework. Students in 5th-8th grades actively participate in one week of outdoor science exploration. Numerous opportunities are given for students to increase their awareness and understanding of our physical environment while encouraging good stewardship of our natural resources. The beautiful coastal mountains of Santa Cruz provide a setting for diverse studies including creek research, soil digs, plant and animal identification, nighthikes, habitat restoration, and more. Come to a Mount Hermon Outdoor Science School and you will discover that it is "more than just a nature program." ACA Accredited

The Roundhouse Lab and Aquarium, Manhattan Beach (not currently AEOE Institutional Members). The Roundhouse is run by Oceanographic Teaching Stations (OTS). OTS is a small non-profit education corporation that provides marine science classes to public and private grades K-12 in the Roundhouse, on board a 65' boat, and at the shoreline and tidepools. Both local schools and schools from the entire Los Angeles County participate. There are also classes for pre-schools and exciting presentations for parties and club meetings at the Roundhouse or at your location. OTS is equipping the Roundhouse Lab to make it one of the finest aquarium/classrooms on the Santa Monica Bay.

Stop on by and experience the wonders of our local marine life! Located at the end of the Manhattan Beach Pier, the Roundhouse serves as O.T.S.'s educational facility. Inside are ten primary aquaria, each displaying a brilliant selection of marine fish and invertebrates:

Sonoma State University - Campus Recreation/Outdoor Recreation; Brenda Lear; Expiration 3/31/06. We are committed to providing adventure outings that encourage and facilitate positive, safe, and ecologically sound wilderness activities. Our program places emphasis on Safety, Personal Challenge, Positive Social Interaction, Team Building, Education, Environmental Awareness, and Fun. Outing guides and program staff take pride in providing leadership, experience, and knowledge to participants in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner.

STAR ECO Station, Culver City, Los Angeles County (not an institutional member of AEOE). STAR ECO Station, a division of STAR Education, is an international, award-winning Environmental Science Education Center, housing 15 interactive learning centers in a tropical forest setting. Working in collaboration with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other governmental agencies, the STAR ECO Station is an Official Wildlife Rescue Center.

The STAR ECO Station provides a last chance for beautiful tropical birds, "at-risk" mammals, exotic reptiles, endangered species, and amazing sea life. Open to the public, the STAR ECO Station provides amazing exhibits, unforgettable events, and a much-needed education on all aspects of the environment.

The STAR ECO Station is a product of the hard work, dedication and talent of the STAR Education teachers, scientists, environmentalists, and our Southern California community partners.

The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the leader in national resource conservation, providing service opportunities, outdoor skills and leadership training through to thousands of young women and men each year. In all 50 states, high school, college, graduate students and others join together through SCA to care for our national parks and forests, historic and cultural resources, and urban green spaces -- the benefits of which extend far beyond our environment:

• SCA participants practice leadership and teamwork, rise to new challenges, and gain valuable experience
• Our resource management partners achieve more of their critical conservation goals
• Hikers, campers and other visitors enjoy a richer wilderness experience
• SCA's many supporters exercise a direct hand in building the next gereration of conservation leaders

SCA. Changing lives through service to nature.

TreePeople, Los Angeles (not currently an institutional member of AEOE) TreePeople is a nonprofit environmental organization that has been serving the Los Angeles area for three decades, offering sustainable solutions to urban ecosystem problems. TreePeople staff and volunteers work in partnership with schools, neighborhoods, community groups and businesses bringing people and trees together to build stronger communities and improve the quality of the environment.
Founded in 1973 to plant trees and restore the pollution-damaged mountains of Southern California, TreePeople has planted and maintained over 1.5 million trees in the Los Angeles area and pioneered more than 200 tree-planting groups worldwide. As one of the largest environmental educators in the United States, TreePeople has initiated numerous large-scale public and youth education programs, resulting in millions of people caring for their environment by planting trees, recycling, and preventing the pollution of stormwater. With over 15,000 members, TreePeople is one of the largest independent environmental organizations in California. Both locally and nationally, the organization is helping to promote integrated watershed management practices through education, planting projects, policy development and research.

Wildcare - Terwilliger Nature Education and Wildlife Rehabilitation, San Rafael, California. Contact: Thomas Nordmann (membership expiration 3/2004)*EXPIRED. WildCare provides an extraordinary opportunity for both adults and children to experience a variety of wild critters both living and via the educational tools we make available in our Exhibit Hall. Carrying on the legacy of Mrs. Terwilliger our goal is to provide as many people as possible with exposure to harmonious living with wildlife. WildCare's Terwilliger Nature Camp adventures are fun, stimulate learning about nature and instill a life-long respect for the environment. Weekly camp programs are designed to captivate, engage and challenge young people, building environmental knowledge and values. Weekly topics and hikes immerse children in specific nature themes.

WildPlaces Ecological Education and Restoration, Springville; Mehment McMillan; Expiration 3/1/06. WildPlaces Ecological Restoration and Education is devoted to helping re-connect the cycles of nature. Combining high quality, volunteer-driven habitat restoration projects with an ecosystem based education program, it is our goal to both repair damage that has adversely impacted once balanced and healthy ecosystems and raise awareness about the effects such damage reaps on the human community. Each step of the way WildPlaces enables its volunteers and members to connect with nature and empowers them with the knowledge and ability to help heal the land.