Education is an important component of District activities. Our efforts are not limited to adult and community outreach and education. We are committed to serving the youth of our community and have resource professionals available to augment teachers’ curriculum in the classroom or in the field. Outreach efforts include participation in community events such as the Trinity County Fair and the Salmon and Heritage Fruit Festival.

The District’s outreach and education programs for the year 2007 included:

• California and National Envirothon, a resource management competition for high school students
• Weaverville Elementary School Environmental Education Camp at Bar 717
• CARCD Speech Contest
• Expanded educational programs including monitoring efforts
• Developing CreekWatch Volunteer Monitoring program
• Tours of Watershed Restoration Projects for Humboldt State University Students
• Participation in, and facilitation of, the Trinity County Fire Safe Council
• Summer Day Camp for children
• Successful information booths about RCD Projects at
  - Trinity County Fair - Children’s Festival - Salmon Festival - Fire Safe Day
• Collaborate with AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project to deliver watershed and fisheries based science curriculum to K-12 students in Trinity County
• Update website www.tcrcd.net with topical information
• Quarterly newsletter, The Conservation Almanac distributed to all Post Office boxes in the County
• Facilitate the Trinity River Watershed Council
• Developed and distributed informational brochures
• Articles in the Trinity Journal about RCD projects and programs
• Political advocacy—letters to state and federal legislators, and others urging them to act on behalf of RCD programs and policies

During the summer of 2007, the District again held Summer Day Camp for children K-5th grade over a period of 5 weeks. It provided working parents with a safe place for their children to have fun activities and high school teenagers with summer employment as camp counselors. Activities included journaling, community garden, nutrition, games, arts & crafts, and swimming.

Sixth graders from Weaverville Elementary School go to Bar 717 Ranch for their Environmental Education Camp. This camp has a unique approach of using resource professionals who work and live in our own communities as camp instructors.