Aug 30, 2023 | Featured Articles, Watershed Rangers
Over the past six weeks, 33 students from Summer Fun! at Nueva Vista Community Resources have explored, discovered, and enjoyed protecting the lower San Lorenzo River. The adventures we had this summer were memorable for everyone and we did not want the fun to end, so...
Jul 28, 2023 | Featured Articles, Watershed Rangers
The Coastal Watershed Council’s Watershed Rangers youth education program has three core tenets: (1) Explore the San Lorenzo River, (2) Learn ways to protect the San Lorenzo River, and (3) Share what you have learned with others. During the 2022-2023 school year,...
May 2, 2023 | Featured Articles, Watershed Rangers
We’re all in this together! Santa Cruz is not connected to any large state water projects and doesn’t accumulate a snowpack, so we depend on healthy rivers, streams, and reservoirs for our drinking water. It takes a community to protect a watershed, and there’s a role...
Apr 6, 2023 | Featured Articles, Watershed Rangers
The Coastal Watershed Council (CWC) has been working closely with Bay View Elementary School in Santa Cruz, CA for many years. Aside from school holidays and breaks, it’s very uncommon that a week goes by without CWC staff stepping onto the Bay View campus at least a...
Feb 20, 2023 | Featured Articles, Watershed Rangers
These days, Santa Cruz’s beautiful waves and beaches are probably its most loved and celebrated natural resource, and understandably so. However, did you know that historic communities, beginning with the Uypi tribe (the original Santa Cruzans), and subsequently the...