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Project Roots is all about restoration: the restoration of habitat, wildlife, sustainability, and a connection to place through work at Upper Newport Bay. Working with the California Coastal Commission’s Community-Based Restoration and Education program, participants engage in a year-long experience of hands-on restoration work and experiential learning opportunities that address the importance of wetland restoration.
The experience provides participants with opportunities to:
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gain an understanding of and ability to explain wetland ecology and functions,
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gain an understanding of and ability to explain the human impact at a local and watershed level, and
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develop and act upon a connection to place.
The Office of Service-Learning has been a part of this endeavor since Spring 2006, helping plant over 1,000 plants and clearing tremendous amounts of invasive species in California’s largest remaining intact wetland. For more information contact:
Katie Blaisdell
Service-Learning Program Assistant
Office of Service-Learning
Argyros Forum 303
(714) 997-6908
service-learning@chapman.edu
 
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Fall 2008 Project ROOTS Schedule:
(all meetings held at 6:00pm, location TBA)
August 23: Orientation Trip to Upper Newport Bay
September 8: Planning Meeting
September 15: Learning More about Upper Newport Bay
September 27: Upper Newport Bay Trip
September 29: Planning Meeting
October 13: Learning More about Santiago Creek
October 18: Santiago Creek Trip
October 27: Planning Meeting
November 10: Learning More about San Mateo Creek
November 15: San Mateo Creek Trip
November 24: Planning Meeting
December 8: Planning & Celebration Meeting
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