Center For Land-Based Learning

Youth education, workforce development and leadership training:a. The student and landowner education and watershed stewardship (slews) program served a total of 303 students from 11 different schools in yolo, sacramento, and san joaquin counties during the 2023-24 program year and recruited and trained 56 volunteer professional mentors. Completing a total of 31 field days, we planted 3,245 trees, shrubs, and forbs, 863 grass plugs, and installed 10 irrigation systems with four blue bird boxes. While teaching students about habitat restoration and environmental stewardship, students worked on california ranches and farms to gain hands-on experience and learn about potential careers within the natural resources field. In the 2023-24 program year we further expanded our reach through a "train the trainer" program called slews academy with the intent to teach organizations across the state of california how to build a slews program in their region. Thus far, six organizations have completed the program and are executing programming within their local regions. B. Farming, agriculture, and resource management for sustainability (farms) leadership - the farms leadership program introduces, trains, and recruits high school students for college and career opportunities in agriculture and environmental sciences. C. Mjdoa scholarships - the annual farms scholarships are a partnership between the center for land-based learning and my job depends on ag. Recipients of the scholarship will be pursuing degrees or certifications in fields related to agriculture and environmental sciences. D. Internships and jobs - various internships were created in the sacramento region through the urban ag internship program with grant union and luther burbank high schools.e. Caring for our watersheds (cfw) - a joint program with nutrien, cfw is an environmental proposal contest and a project funding opportunity for high school students. Cfw empowers students to imagine and develop solutions to environmental concerns in their own communities and turn their ideas into action. Each year, the program's final event is in april, as close as possible to earth day.