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MISSION Jug Handle Creek Nature Center is a federally recognized non-profit Nature Education Center and overnight facility. Our Mission is to teach people of all ages the stewardship of coastal land and water resources and model practices of

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MISSION

Jug Handle Creek Nature Center is a federally recognized non-profit Nature Education Center and overnight facility. Our Mission is to teach people of all ages the stewardship of coastal land and water resources and model practices of conservation and sustainability.

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GOALS

To provide environmental education opportunities for local and visiting schools

from throughout the region with an emphasis on stewardship of natural resources.

To serve ethnically and geographically diverse K-12 students and their teachers.
To spearhead stewardship projects on the coast working with diverse stakeholders.
To provide a training and retreat site for environmental organizations and other

groups.

To provide a child friendly space wherein families and individuals of all ages can

enjoy the coast’s many natural resources.

To serve as a gateway and interpretative center for the Jug Handle Pygmy Forest

Ecological Staircase.

To preserve and restore the natural attributes of the land and watershed and

replace exotic invasive plants with native species.

To create an experience for visitors where interaction between humans and nature

provides inspiration, serenity and peace within a model for sustainable lifestyle. All visitors and overnight guests have the opportunity to take part in practical hands-on tasks that teach techniques of stewardship of natural resources.

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RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES

A place for interaction and environmental interpretation for people of all ages.
A native plant nursery and extensive field projects through which youth and

adults gain hands-on experience in plant propagation, stewardship of coastal lands and watershed and habitat restoration.

Collaborative efforts with numerous restoration partners to spearhead habitat

restoration projects on public lands and privately owned sites, including the Stornetta Dairy Ranches, Campbell-Hawthorne and Mendocino Redwood timber lands and state lands.

Affordable housing in the Farmhouse lodge, cabins and campground facilities

for groups and individuals who might otherwise be excluded from the area by high lodging costs.

A lending library of resource books and scientific equipment that support

natural resource education and watershed monitoring projects.

A natural history reading library and interpretive displays at the farmhouse.
Trail access under Highway One to the nearby secluded ocean cove and to the

deep forest ecosystem along Jug Handle Creek in Jug Handle State Reserve.

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Education Groups & Schools – Overnight Use

Bittney Springs Charter School Blue Oak Charter School Canyon School Cathedral School for Boys Chico State International Students Colorado College Summer Break-Out Crestmont School East Bay Waldorf School Franklin-Marshall College Glenn County Office of Education Retreat Greenwood School Hunter’s Point Bayview Girls’ Camp Instilling Goodness School (Talmadge ) Lake County International Charter School Leggett Valley School Live Oak Charter School Malcolm X School (Oakland) Marin Academy Mariposa School Martin Luther King School (Oakland) Montessori School of Terra Linda Nevada City Home Study Group

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Education Groups & Schools – Overnight Use

Nevada City School of the Arts Noe Valley Nursery School Oregon State University Potter Valley Teachers’ Retreat Ridgewood Charter School River Oaks School

St. Perpetua Youth Group

Sierra Friends School Sonoma State University – Marine Biology Research Teams Summerfield Waldorf Academy Sunridge Charter School Tree of Life School UC Berkeley – Indigenous Health Research Development Program UC Berkeley – Orienteering Training UC Berkeley – Soil Testing Group UC San Francisco Outdoor Unlimited Walden School Wartburg College (Iowa) Washington School Whale Gulch School Woolman Semester Yuba River Charter School

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Education Groups & Schools – Day Use

Anderson Valley Elementary School Comptche Elementary School Fort Bragg Middle School Fort Bragg Noyo High School Fort Bragg Redwood Elementary School Fort Bragg Shelter Cove Middle School Laytonville Elementary School Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement Club (MESA) of Fort Bragg Mendocino Elementary School Mendocino High School Mendocino High School – teachers’ meetings Mendocino High School – School of Natural Resources (SONAR) Mendocino Middle School Oceana High School Community Environmental Education Program Pacific Edge Academy High School Point Arena Elementary School Point Arena Middle School Potter Valley Elementary School Ukiah High School – Native American students UC Berkeley – Orienteering Training Westport Elementary School

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Environmental & Nature Groups – Overnight Use

Across California Conservancy Adopt-A-Watershed Teacher Trainings Americorps Watershed Stewards Training California Alpine Club California Coastal Commission – Critical Coastal Areas Forum California Native Plant Society Coastwalk Coho Confab Cub Scouts Ecological Wellness Conference Environmental Traveling Companions Grass Valley Hiking Club Institute for Conservation, Advocacy, & Research Institute for Fisheries Resources Klamath Resource Information Systems (KRIS) Marin Audubon Society Mendocino Institute Mendocino Parks and Recreation – Jug Handle Summer Camp overnight Ride 350 Salmon Restoration Federation Field School Salmon Restroation Federation Leaders’ Retreat Salmonid Restoration Foundation Sierra Club Chapters Wild Willits Women Hikers Club

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Environmental & Nature Groups – Day Use

4-H Club Audubon Society Jug Handle Nature Day Camp Jug Handle After School Program Sierra Club

Agencies – Overnight Use

Americorps Volunteers California Department of Forestry Mendocino County Department of Social Services Mendocino County Education of Young Children Mendocino County Health Clinic – Green Team of Americorps

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Other Groups – Overnight Use

Barbara Aragon Native American Healers Beverly Ford Healing Retreat California Burn Foundation California Seventh Day Adventist’s Church Caspar Institute Music Festival Cornerstone Ministries Eric Skagerberg’s Sonoma Music Group Global Exchange Healing Adventures Inland Valley Women’s Chorus Kelly Do-It Leisure for the Developmentally Disabled Laughing Song Lin Maxwell Yoga Retreat Living Culture Festival Lutheran Volunteer Corps Marilyn Bacon Spiritual Retreat Marion Crombie’s Summer Music Camp Mary Paffard Yoga Retreat Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference Mendocino County Chamber of Commerce Mendocino County Heritage Network Mendocino Heritage Days Event Mendocino JamFest Sigmar Gerken Retreat Sunshine McClanahan’s Bluegrass Reunions Terry Nieves Seaweed Harvesting Workshop Tulku Music Festival Ukiah Women’s Chorus Women’s Hearts & Hands Women In Radio Retreat Yoga Institute of San Francisco

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JUG HANDLE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Native Plant Identification and Propagation Native American Uses of Native Plants Growing Native Plants for Rain Gardens Worms and How They Work Fungi Basics Watershed Ecology Watershed Wildlife Riparian Ecosystems Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Wetlands Water and Its Conservation Jughandle/Pygmy Forest Ecological Staircase Tidepool Life North Coast Birds Bird Adaptations and Variations Gray Whale Migration Marine Mammals Environmental and Children’s Songs

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JUG HANDLE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

GRADE LEVELS: Kindergarten Through Grade 12 WHERE PRESENTED: Classroom and Campus; Field Trips to Coast Watersheds; Field Activities at Jughandle Creek Nature Center and Native Plant Nursery SERVICE LEARNING RESTORATION AND MONITORING OPPORTUNITIES: Explored Both On and Off-campus and Adapted for Grade Level; Younger Students are mentored by Middle and High School Students TEACHING METHOD: Lessons Adapted from Varied Environmental Education Curriculum Guides; Original Lessons; Stories; Games; Songs; Hands-On Student Centered Activities PRE & POST FIELD TRIP CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS TIME FRAME: Outdoor Activities from August through November and April through June. Occasional planting activities December and January Classroom Presentations are Offered Throughout the School Year

Project 1a Garcia River Estuary Project 1b Garcia River Estuary Project 2 Garcia River stream bank- Mendocino Redwood Company 3 Garcia River stream bank plantings 3b Garcia River monitoring 4 Gualala River redwood planting downstream float 5 Albion stream temperature monitoring 6 Little River coastal restoration 7a Willow Sprigging Little River landslide 7b Stream Temperature monitoring 8 Little River stream bank planting 9a Big River Douglas Fir planting 9b Big River stream monitoring 10 Big River coastal restoration 11 Coastal headlands restoration

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RESTORATION PROJECT LOCATIONS

Project 12 Big River No. Fork stream temp 13 Caspar Creek planting 14 Caspar Creek planting 2 15a Point Cabrillo coastal restoration 15b Point Arena coastal restoration 16a Caspar coastal restoration 16b Jug Handle Farm coastal planting 17a Jug Handle Creek willow sprigging 17b Shore pine restoration 17c Gorse removal 18 Noyo Harbor planting 19 Highway 20 revegetation 20 Little Valley redwood planting

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RESTORATION PROJECT LOCATIONS

Project 21 Ten Mile, South Fork planting 22 Mill Creek planting 23 Noyo River erosion control 24 Belinda Cove revegetation 25 Navarro Point revegetation 26 Glass Beach revegetation 27 Simcha Sitka spruce revegetation 28 Hardy Creek coho salmon restoration 29 Lake Cleone coastal restoration 30 Wages Creek coho salmon restoration 31 Otis Johnson Park restoration 32 GP Mill Site seed test plots 33 Caspar Headlands State Park planting

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ORIGINAL NATIVE PLANT NURSERY BEFORE REMODEL

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PROJECT CONTRIBUTERS

AGENCY

California Department of Parks and Recreation Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens California Department of Forestry Campbell-Hawthorne Timber Company Mendocino Redwood Company Ridge to River Mendocino Natives Nursery North Coast Rural Challenge Network Score Americorps Watershed Stewards State Department of Fish and Game U.S. Forest Service Redwood Sciences Lab Mendocino County Water Agency Coastal Land Trust Albion River Watershed Protection Group Mendocino Land Trust Big River Stewards Mendocino Land Trust Navarro Point Restoration School of Natural Resources (SONAR) at Mendocino High School Wild Trout Foundation Matrix of Change

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT

AGENCY California Coastal Conservancy Mendocino Community Foundation Salmon Restoration Association Mendocino County Fish and Game Advisory Commission State Department of Fish and Game Le Beau Charitable Trust of the Marin Community Foundation California Department of Education Community Foundation of Sonoma County California Department of Parks and Recreation AT & T Corporation Mendocino County Department of Education PG&E Corporation Jug Handle Board of Directors Further Foundation

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CURRENT NURSERY STAFF

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCHOOLS SUPPORT NURSERY

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCHOOLS SUPPORT NURSERY

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LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCHOOLS SUPPORT NURSERY

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GARCIA RIVER

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GARCIA RIVER

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GARCIA RIVER

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CURRENT PROJECTS

Caspar Headlands

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PLANTS AVAILABLE AT THE NURSERY

Quantity Description Rate

35 Acer macrophyllum -Big Leaf Maple 2” by 9” $2.70 each 6 Acer macrophyllum-Big Leaf Maple 3.75” by 9” $3.00 each 56 Acer macrophyllum-Big Leaf Maple 4” by 14” $6.00 each 12 Alnus rubra- Red Alder 2” by 6” round $2.50 each 394 Alnus rubra-Red Alder 2” by 9” round $2.70 each 45 Alnus rubra-Red Alder 2” by 9” square $2.70 each 44 Alnus rubra-Red Alder 4” by 14” $6.00 each 50 Angelica hendersonii-angelica 1 gallon $4.50 each 140 Aralia california 4” $3.00 each 9 Asarum caudatum-wild ginger 4" $2.50 each 75 Asarum caudatum-wild ginger 1 gallon $4.50 each 128 Carex deweyana-Sedge 4” $3.00 each 16 Clintonia andrewsiana 4” $2.50 each NC Disporum hookeri 4 “ $2.50 each 114 Heirchloe occidentalis-Vanilla Grass 4” $3.00 each 12 Heracleum lanatum-Cow Parsnip 2” $1.25 each 20 Heracleum lanatum-Cow Parsnip 4” $2.50 each 17 Lonicera involucrata-Twinberry 3.75” by 9” $4.00 each

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PLANTS AVAILABLE AT THE NURSERY

Quantity Description Rate

150 Lysichiton americanum-Skunk Cabbage 1 gallon $6.00 each 100 Myrica californica-wax myrtle 3.75” by 9” $5.00 each 150 Myrica californica-wax myrtle 4” $2.50 each 3 Picea sitchensis-Sitka Spruce 2” by 9” round $2.50 each 2 Picea sitchensis-Sitka Spruce 2” by 9” square $2.50 each 2 Picea sitchensis-Sitka Spruce 3.75” by 9” $3.75 each 5 Picea sitchensis- 4” by 14 “ $5.00 each 230 Pinus contorta-shore pine liners 1 Polystichum munitum-Sword Fern 4” by 14 “ $5.00 each 145 Prunella vulgaris-Selfheal 4” $2.25 each 37 Pseudotsuga menziesii-Douglas Fir 4” by 14” 1 Pseudotsuga menziesii-Douglas Fir 6” by 16” $22.00 each 1 Rosa nootkana $3.00 each 3 Rubus parviflorus-Thimbleberry 4” by 14” $5.00 each 2 Rubus spectabilis-Salmonberry 3.75” by 9” $4.00 Each 4 Rubus spectabilis-Salmonberry 4” $2.50 each 3 Rubus Spectabilis-Salmonberry 4” x 14” $5.00 each 210 Salal 4” $2.50 each

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PLANTS AVAILABLE AT THE NURSERY

Quantity Description Rate

122 Sambucus racemosa-Red Elderberry 3.75” by 9” $4.00 each 85 Sambucus racemosa-Red Elderberry 2” by 9” round $2.75 each 29 Sambucus racemosa-Red Elderberry 4” by 14” $5.00 each 121 Sequoia sempervirens-Redwood 3.75” by 9” $1.00 each 100 Sequoia sempervirens-Redwood 4” by 14” $2.50 each 7 Smilacina racemosa 4” $3.00 each 125 Tolmeia 4“ $3.00 each 15 Tolmeia 8“ $4.50 each 3 Umbellularia californica-California Bay Laurel 6” by 16” $15.00 each 300 Vaccinium parvifolium-Red Huckleberry 4” $2.50 each 218 Veronica americana 4” $2.50 each

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PLANTS AVAILABLE AT THE NURSERY

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PLANTS AVAILABLE AT THE NURSERY

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THE FUTURE AT JUG HANDLE

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To learn more about Jug Handle Education Programs, Presentations, Nursery, Restoration

r Volunteer opportunities contact:

Education Director /Grants Manager, Helene Chalfin Website: www.jughandlecreekfarm.org e-mail Address: jughandle-ed@mcn.org Phone Numbers: 937-3498 and 964-1825