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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
TEACHING ABOUT WATERSHEDS
TEACHING ABOUT WATERSHEDS
REPLACING EXOTIC INVASIVE PLANTS WITH NATIVE PLANTS
REPLACING EXOTIC INVASIVE PLANTS WITH NATIVE PLANTS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS AND PARTNERS
RESTORATION PROJECT LOCATIONS 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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