AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project - Service Year 17

Public Outreach, Education, and Landowner Recruitment

Project ID	723326
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	06/01/2010
End Date	03/31/2012
Year	2009
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/14/2025

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Description

Presented the Real Science program to 49 different schools and gave 56 outreach events at various locations. Corp members participated in 5 workshops. Recruited 66 volunteers committed to ongoing project evaluations. 701 different landowners were contacted. 56 AmeriCorps members assessed 2,876 miles of stream in riparian habitat and 730 miles of road in upslope habitats. The funds spent on these assessments was included in the Landowner Recruitment Sub-category.

Project Benefit

Assessing, conserving, restoring, monitoring, and maintaining anadromous watersheds.

Source

Funds

State

$430,500

Other

$270,000

Report Total:

$700,500

Worksites

7209280

Worksite Identifier: 7209280
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project - Service Year 17

Location Information

Basin: Northern California Coastal (180101)
Subbasin: Lower Eel (18010105)
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 40.596681
Longitude: -124.153929

ESU

Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon ESU

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Metrics

F.0 Public Outreach, Education, and Landowner RecruitmentY (Y/N)
- . . F.0.a Outreach, Education and Recruitment funding 700,500.00
- . . F.0.b.1 Amount of habitat protected -- acres .0
- . . F.0.b.2 Number of watersheds protected 0
- . . F.0.c Habitat treatments leveraged (LOV)
- . . F.0.d Value of treatments leveraged .00
- . . F.0.e Restoration projects proposed 0
- . . F.1 Outreach / Education ProjectY (Y/N)
  - . . . . F.1.a Outreach/ Education funding 350,500.00
  - . . . . F.1.b Number of volunteers solicited 66
  - . . . . F.1.c Donations for habitat .00
  - . . . . F.1.d Outreach documents/reports preparedY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . F.1.d.1 Documents/Reports 57
    - . . . . . . F.1.d.2
      Name Of Document
      
      Real Science curriculum used for school programs, and Brochure/flyer describing the Watershed Stewards Project
  - . . . . F.1.e Exhibits/posters preparedY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . F.1.e.1 Number of Exhibits 40
  - . . . . F.1.h Outreach events conductedY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . F.1.h.1 Number of Outreach/Education Events 123
  - . . . . F.1.i Workshops/training eventsY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . F.1.i.1 Number of workshops/training sessions 5
    - . . . . . . F.1.i.2 Number of workshops/training participants 56
  - . . . . F.1.j Presentation at educational institutionsY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . F.1.j.1 Number of educational institutions 49
    - . . . . . . F.1.j.2 Number of students 1,335
  - . . F.2 Landowner RecruitmentY (Y/N)
    - . . . . F.2.a Landowner recruitment funding 350,000.00
    - . . . . F.2.b.1 Acres of habitat affected .0
    - . . . . F.2.c.1 Landowners ContactedY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . F.2.c.2 Number of Landowners Contacted 701
      - . . . . . . F.2.c.3 Number of Plans Or Designs Developed 0