Student Conservation Association

California / Southwest Region

SCA at a Glance

> National Non-Profit Organization founded in 1957> $31.5 million annual budget> National Office in Arlington, VA> Operations Office in Charlestown, NH> Regional Offices: Oakland, Seattle, Washington, D.C, Pitsburgh> Program Offices: Houston, Chicago, Detroit, Boise, Anchorage, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc> Work under Cooperative Agreements w/ Partners

California/Southwest Regional Office

Regional Office located in Oakland, CA13-person office

Geographical Reach: California, Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah

California/SouthwestPartners

• National Park Service• U.S. Forest Service• Bureau of Land

Management• U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service• U.S. Geological Survey• U.S Army Corps of

Engineers• California State Parks• California Off-Highway

Motorized Vehicle Recreation Division of State Parks

• East Bay Regional Parks• San Mateo County Parks• San Francisco Recreation

and Parks Department• Oakland City Parks• Save the Redwoods

League• California Wilderness

Coalition• Sonoma Land Trust• Transition Habitats

Conservancy

Program Structure

Youth Programs

Community-Based School YearLocal Summer CrewsNational High School Crews

Young Adult Programs

Conservation InternsConservation CorpsLeader Crews

California Placements

• Approximately 450 annual placements in California

• Roughly 50 % high school age, 50 % college age

• Good mix of Conservation Interns, Conservation Teams, High School Crews

SCA and California State ParksModest…..For Now??

SCA has partnered with a handful of parks• Calaveras Big Trees SP (Calaveras Big Trees

Assoc.)• Pfeiffer Big Sur SP• Andrew Molera SP• Mount Tamalpais SP• D.L. Bliss SP• Sugar Pine Point SP• Humboldt Redwoods SP, Sinkyone Wilderness SP,

Portola Redwoods SP (Funded by Save the Redwoods League)

• Small program with about 10-20 annual placements

Goals and Benefits of SCA and State Parks

• Continued relevancy, including cultural

• Work Force Development and Succession

• Youth Engagement

• Added capacity on the ground

What is Needed to Realize Potential

• Commitment to partnerships• Investment in partnerships – joint funding• Statewide or Regional Cooperative

Agreements• Park level templates for sub-agreements

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