Check out our latest stories! "Outdoor Classroom" and Making Dreams Come True

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Check out our latest stories: Outdoor Classroom: Conservation Partners Restore School-owned Ranch Lead teacher, Nancy Bruce, with U.S. fish and Wildlife Service biologist John Meriwether, explains how students propagated native plants for restoration projects using local plant materials. The Circle J Norris Ranch enables local students to learn about habitat conservation. Gifted to the county school district in the early 2000s, the 620-acre ranch the ranch has become an outdoor classroom for students and partners working to conserve it.  Credit: Courtesy of Tulare County   By Byrhonda Lyons April 25, 2017 Nestled along the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near Springville, Calif., lies Circle J Norris Ranch where local students learn about the outdoors and where a working rancher grazes his cattle. When Eleanor Norris gifted the ranch to the Tulare County Office of Education, she made a few stipulations: the ranch was for conservation, students and cattle. Grazed since the late 1800s, the 620-acre family ranch was officially signed over to TCOE in the early 2000s. Since then, the school has owned the ranch and is working with partners to conserve it. Continue to full story... Making dreams come true Klamath Tribal Youth Program turns career dreams into reality The Klamath Tribal Youth Program was established in 2011 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide hands-on natural resource and career education to local tribal youth. Since then, more than 75 percent of the program's participants have pursued college degrees. Credit: USFWS By Susan Sawyer April 21, 2017 Growing up on the Yurok Reservation in northern California, Jaycee Owsley dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. However unrealistic her goal might have been, an opportunity in high school completely changed her future. Owsley was accepted into the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Klamath Basin Tribal Youth Program. Continue to full story.... Stay Connected with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region     This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region · 2800 Cottage Way · Suite W-2606 · Sacramento, CA 95825