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Mailing Address: Phone: 530-661-1070 Email us at cachecrk@yolo.com |
The Cache Creek Conservancy (CCC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to the restoration of the lower Cache Creek corridor. Our mission is to promote the restoration, enhancement and prudent management of the stream environment along Cache Creek from Capay Dam to the Settling Basin. The Conservancy was created in 1996 as a vehicle to implement projects, provide environmental education, hold conservation easements and manage land for wildlife habitat. During the past five years we have implemented two wildlife habitat improvement projects, worked with local landowners on an experimental erosion control method using rice-straw bales and willows, initiated a Tamarix and Arundo donax removal and control demonstration project, and developed a 130-acre property into the Cache Creek Nature Preserve (CCNP).
 Governed by a seventeen-member Board of Directors which reflects the cooperative spirit of the organization, Conservancy Board members include the Superintendent of Yolo County Office of Education, two members of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, local land owners, two UC Davis professors, a hydrologist, a farmer, aggregate producers, an attorney and a conservation specialist. We work closely with Yolo County's Resources Manager to plan, organize and implement projects. Conservancy staff include an executive director who runs the day to day operations and an educational coordinator who develops and implements on site curricula, organizes community and school tours, facilitates docent and internship programs, and provides various outreach programs to local communities. The Conservancy education scope is region wide and has already accommodated groups from as far away as Florida and New York. In October of 1999 the Conservancy hired an educational consultant to develop curriculum to be taught at the Nature Preserve. This task was completed in April of 2000 when we hired a full-time Education Coordinator to implement the curricula, manage the outreach programs and schedule tours on site. The Education Coordinator works closely with Yolo County's Office of Education to contact teachers and offer the Nature Preserve experience to their classes. The Education Coordinator also oversees the volunteer and docent program which has 15 active volunteers and is growing rapidly. Conservancy staff is always looking for restoration projects within our area of operation. Interested land owners should contact us at our office on the grounds of the Cache Creek Nature Preserve or call (530) 661-1070. |
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