California Coastal Voices

Resources for Concrete Questions: Restoring our Land and Water

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Trailer for A Simple Question: The Story of STRAW. STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed) is a national model for involving students in hands-on, place-based environmental education. More info.

Youth Exploring Sea Level Rise Science student project, video produced in parnership with the County of Marin and the Community Media Center of Marin
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In Spanish:

Malibu Lagoon Restoration Example Slideshow

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Teacher Guide:

Download unit packet.

• Week One and Two Suggested Online Resources:
  • Ocean Literacy
  • U.S. EPA Watershed Academy
  • California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Atlas of the Biodiversity of California
  • National Wildlife Federation, Ecosystem Services
  • Society for Ecological Restoration, A Means of Conserving Biodiversity and Sustaining Livelihoods
  • California EcoRestore, a multi-agency initiative to advance critical habitat restoration and enhancement
  • California Coastal Commission, Digging In, A Guide to Community-Based Habitat Restoration
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide
  • SoilWeb interactive map allows you to explore USDA-NCSS soil survey data, from UC Davis/UCANR
  • Slide presentation on Wetlands Delineation, presented by California Coastal Commission staff in April 2016
• Week Two and Three Suggested Online Resources:
  • NOAA, Climate Literacy
    Climate Literacy guide English and Spanish
  • USGS, Water Basics
  • Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College, Feedback Loops
  • UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, Projects and Research Programs
  • Rising Seas in California, an Update on Sea-Level Rise Science, April 2017, produced by a Working Group of the California Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team, supported and convened by the California Ocean Science Trust
  • Case Studies of Natural Shoreline Infrastructure in Coastal California, California Natural Resources Agency et al., 2017
• Week Three and Four Suggested Online Resources:
  • Investing in Our Ecological Infrastructure: The Economic Rationale for Restoring our Degraded Ecosystems, Society for Ecological Restoration
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature, Themes
  • Climate-Smart Restoration Toolkit, Point Blue Conservation Science
  • Sea Level Rise Policy Guidance, California Coastal Commission
  • Ecological Restoration, Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important Than Ever
  • Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Interdisciplinary Stewardship of Mother Earth, National Park Service
  • Climate-Smart Conservation, Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice, National Wildlife Federation, et al.
  • Exploring the Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Climate Change Initiatives, US Department of Agriculture

A Few Professional Restoration Plan Examples:

• Excerpt of Newport Valley Restoration Plan
• Beaconsfield Canyon
• Fern Ravine, Sausal Creek
• Lower Tuolumne River

Student Checklist in Word