Our values

• Promotion of watershed health & water quality

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• Creation of wildlife habitat through targeted, species level restoration methods (i.e. quail habitat structure creation, edge dwelling bird brood rearing plantings, etc.)

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• Supporting ecological functions such as:

  • Water retention

  • Sediment capture

  • Nutrient cycling

  • Stabilization of organic matter in the soil

  • Pollination

  • Biological diversity

  • Succession

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• Fostering education, adaptive management, research and dissemination of findings

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• Facilitating the re-matriation of lands for traditional cultural practices and the re-discovery of traditional ecological knowledge

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• Inspiring the spirt of humility, authenticity, observation and accountability in CA land stewardship

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• Challenging biased & incomplete historical narratives about CA land use history and encouraging a renewal of learning that attempts to understand CA indigenous and historical land use through a more accurate, complete and critical lens

 

 

last updated: Clark, B.C., Sept 7, 2024