Beginning Monday, March 28, to Wednesday, April 6, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mother Lode Field Office, in partnership with Galt Joint Union Elementary School District, The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento County Parks and Wilderness Inquiry, will host approximately 700 elementary and middle school students at the annual Canoemobile at the Cosumnes River Preserve. Students will paddle in 24-foot Voyageur canoes and participate in environmental education activities on a rotating schedule.
- Who: Credentialed Media
- What: Story opportunities, including b-roll, interviews and live shots on the annual Canoemobile at the Cosumnes River Preserve with representatives from the BLM, Wilderness Inquiry, Galt Joint Union Elementary School District, as well as participating students.
- Where: Cosumnes River Preserve, 13501 Franklin Boulevard, Galt, which is about 20 miles south of Sacramento.
- When: At 1 p.m., March 29, at the Lost Slough wetland (about one mile north of the Cosumnes River Preserve Visitor Center on the west side of Franklin Blvd).
- Details: The Cosumnes River Preserve is home to California's largest remaining valley oak riparian forest and is one of the few protected wetland habitat areas in the state. The Preserve includes more than 50,000 acres of central valley grasslands, vernal pools, wetlands and valley oak forests. The Preserve is a critical stop on the Pacific Flyway for more than 250 species of birds, as well as migrating and wintering waterfowl. The Cosumnes is the last free-flowing river from the mighty Sierra Nevada Mountains into the Great Central Valley. Wilderness Inquiry’s Canoemobile program engages youth across the country in hands-on, outdoor learning experiences that focus on academics and outdoor recreation. The Canoemobile program is collaboration with federal, state and local partners.
Photos from previous Canoemobile events are available on BLM California’s Flickr site at: https://flic.kr/s/aHskzoxsCb.
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