May 22, 2023 | Featured Articles, News, Watershed Rangers
By Erin Loury, CWC Communications Assistant Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity to join an after-school field trip to the San Lorenzo River with students from Gault Elementary School. After a few months of assisting the Coastal Watershed Council part-time...
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...
Dec 13, 2022 | Featured Articles, Watershed Rangers
Watershed Rangers, the Coastal Watershed Council’s youth education program, offers a myriad of opportunities for local students. Through the program, youth get a chance to study native animals and plants, connect with classmates through hands on, nature-related games...
Nov 8, 2022 | News, Watershed Rangers
This fall, the Coastal Watershed Council welcomed Maria Rocha as our new Environmental Educator! Already, Maria has led engaging classroom lessons, field trips and after-school programs with our Watershed Rangers program. In her role, she engages elementary...