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Coastal Prairie training materials

Coastal prairie training materials

Coastal grasslands are some of the least well-known and least protected of California's plant communities. This curriculum is designed to give students the skills to preserve and restore grasslands. Materials were developed as part the Coastal Prairie Enhancement Feasibility Study and are designed to be used in tandem with the California's Coastal Prairies website. The curriculum targets learners at high-school level and above and has been field tested as a 1, 2, and 4-day trainings with college students, land owners, and agency biologists. Curriculum is modular, allowing teachers to pick and choose from activities targeting a wide variety of topics including species identification, disturbance ecology, and management skills..

Results

Title Format Download Students Grassland Curriculum: Skills Training for Coastal Prairie Management weblinks to pdfs Coastal Prairie Management Skills Curriculum  

Project Date: 2009 to 2013

Partners:

  • Bodega Pastures
  • CDFW's Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program
  • California Native Plant Society
  • California State Parks
  • Occidental Arts & Ecology Center
  • Ocean Song
  • Sonoma Counjty Ag & Open Space
  • Sonoma Land Trust
  • Center for Environmental Inquiry
  • UC Davis Plant Sciences
  • UC Davis CSTARS Lab
  • UC Davis Bodega Marine Reserve

Students:

  • Land Management Training

Locations:

  • Sonoma County
  • Other Location

Project Topics:

  • Biodiversity
  • Education
  • Land Use

Funding Sources:

  • California Coastal Conservancy
  • Sonoma County Ag & Open Space
  • UC Natural Reserve System
  • UC Davis Office of Research