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This ten year old program employs youth to provide thousands of hours of hands on restoration, ecological monitoring, volunteer recruitment and coordination all over the North Bay. The benefits include:

• Guiding young people towards a positive future.
• Diverse habitats receive protection and restoration.
• Local resource management agencies and non-profits get much needed help.

It's not just a job, it's a mentorship

Many of our current REM AmeriCorps partners have been a part of the program since its inception—as well as long-term partners of our organization for more than 25 years. These partnerships provide opportunities for AmeriCorps members to engage in professional-level environmental assessments and problem solving while strengthening stewardship of our treasured natural resources. AmeriCorps members gain mentoring and supervision by leading resource management scientists.

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Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS)

Our crews monitor and restore habitats within the 71,068 acre National Seashore in order to protect endangered Coho salmon, elephant seals, and plant life on this geologically unique peninsula. In addition, collaborate with the Point Reyes National Seashore Association to strengthen and diversify their community volunteer programs.

Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD)

Corpsmembers restore habitats throughout the 21,250 acre area of the Mount Tamalpais Watershed. Activities include removing invasive, non-native plants, monitoring habitats to assess the ecological health of fragile flora and fauna, and installing exclusionary fencing to safeguard native plants and aid in riparian habitat restoration. In addition, recruit and supervise more than 800 community volunteers, including local school groups.

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (GGNPC)

CCNB Crews restore habitat and maintain trails within the coastal watersheds of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Projects include the Coastal Trail Enhancement Project at Lands End, the establishment of ADA accessible trails where feasible, and removal of invasive non-native plant infestations throughout the coastal bluffs. Projects also include increasing the health of cultural forest features, restoring a coastal dune ecosystem with a small freshwater wetland, and creating a Monterey cypress understory.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)

REM crews assess changes in Coho salmon and steelhead trout populations as a result of in-stream and riparian habitat restoration efforts. In addition, our crews conduct topographic monitoring to evaluate channel changes, provide field assistance to a hydrologist measuring high winter flows, monitor out-planted species for survival, and manage evaluations of the newly created California Red-Legged frog breeding habitat. Lastly, the AmeriCorps members help lead large groups of community volunteers and volunteer days at the park's native plant nursery.

Corpsmembers help teachers by making presentations and engaging students in project-based learning activities. Teachers gain access to project ideas, project materials and environmental-science curricula through For Earth's Sake, a resource library operated by corpsmembers. The library distributes both environmental curricula and reusable materials collected from local businesses.

Download Restoration & Ecoysystem Management Program Fact Sheet [PDF]

For more information on the Community Recycling Program, please contact CCNB's Recycling and AmeriCorps Program Manager Will Becker at (415) 454-4554 ext. 270.

AmeriCorps Program administered by CaliforniaVolunteersand sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service.