student conservation association california / southwest region
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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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