Community Outreach, Citizen Science & Anchor University
Community Outreach, Citizen Science & Anchor University
The Bushy Lake project provides community service for students and citizen monitoring for Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks to fulfill obligations and policies under the American River Parkway Plan. The environmental education element of this gathering at Bushy Lake, and the follow-up STEAM science classes and research on our CSU Sacramento campus, creates a science and policy partnership that benefits the Sacramento and State area. We also are delighted that the environmental education aspect of the project incorporates under-represented minority children, building a sense of place, refuge and belonging in nature. Having all children participate in outdoor experiences is an essential element of our mission.
Citizen science, positive publicity through CSU Sacramento, and public restoration projects all create good will in the greater community by enrolling students and volunteers in land stewardship and citizen science.
This project provides value added for Sacramento County Parks by providing publicity for the good works they are doing on the ARP, building public confidence, and letting the public and policy-makers know that Parks are doing good things in the Parkway. Another intended outcome is to create long term monitoring on the Parkway.
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