Naturalist For You
PROGRAMS
Public Nature Program
* Guided Nature Walks: Join a naturalist on sensory journey of a local natural area. Topics include foraging, birding, wildlife tracking, cultural history, survival skills, botany and watershed awareness. * Rewild the City: Restore wildlife habitat in home landscapes, schools, public parks and other open spaces. * Trail Ranger Interpretive Program: Help trail users have a safe, comfortable & enjoyable experience. Provide interpretive information. Remove litter & graffiti. Patrol. * Citizen Scientist: Help us collect wildlife observations to assist with habitat conservation and restoration efforts. * Living History: Travel back in time. Visit historic landmarks, hear stories, learn traditional skills, sing shanties and more!
* Expand and sustain our ongoing outreach and education efforts via expertly guided outdoor experiences that are informative, fun, and otherwise enriching. We are committed to keeping these programs affordable, so they are currently offered at a rate below what it costs to produce them.
* Offering 156-260 experiences for the benefit of 2340-3900 members of the public.
* Expand partnerships with Orange Unified School District, City of Orange, OC Coastkeeper, Inside the Outdoors, Earthroots Field School, Cool OC, Environmental Nature Center, Ocean Institute and We Explore Earth.
Save Orange Hills
We are a non-profit, non-partisan citizens group that seeks to safeguard 396 acres of land in the Orange Hills that are nestled between Irvine Regional Park and Peters Canyon Regional Park, and are now threatened by imminent development.
We want to work with The Irvine Company, the landowner, to:
Preserve this land for the benefit of fragile habitats and wildlife.
Preserve this land for use and enjoyment by future generations.
We want to work with non-profit groups and public agencies to:
Protect wildlife by connecting Irvine Regional Park and Peters Canyon Regional Parks, tying together 1,245 acres, thereby saving the link to the Santa Ana Mountains.
Establish multi-use, environmentally sensitive public trails, special conservation areas for fragile species, and protection for a prehistoric Native American village site.
We are advancing our mission with a focus on three main areas:
Increase awareness of The Irvine Company’s newly revised plans — submitted to the City of Orange just last month — to build 1,058 residential lots in this unspoiled area.
Discourage by available legal and political means the Company’s development plans.
Encourage The Irvine Company to negotiate a sale and open space preservation agreement, while marshaling the resources needed to facilitate such an agreement.
CONTACT
Naturalist For You
PO Box 381
Silverado, CA 92676-0381
Joel Robinson
jrobinson@naturalist-for-you.org
Phone: 714-798-4392