These projects help create wildlife habitat and increase biodiversity while stabilizing stream banks and establishing native vegetation along waterways to filter nutrients and improve water quality

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 - Soil and Water Conservation) provides $149,999.45 in funding to support the Center for Land Based Learning in California. The project aims to create wildlife habitat, increase biodiversity, stabilize stream banks, and establish native vegetation along waterways to filter nutrients and improve water quality. The award also funds a Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship (SLEWS) program that connects classroom learning to real-world experiences in nature to enhance high school education and promote sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship. The project, with an end date of September 30, 2026, is expected to deliver transformative educational opportunities, support sustainable agricultural practices, and improve local environmental and water quality outcomes.

Student and landowner education and watershed stewardship program (slews) connects classroom learning to the real world to enhance high school education and provides students with transformative experiences in nature to increase their appreciation, commitment and respect for sustainable agriculture and the natural world.