News & stories

Updates from the field.

Program announcements, restoration milestones, and reflections from the educators, scientists, and volunteers who make our work possible.

Restoration

Spring restoration season opens at Mill Creek

More than 180 volunteers joined us for the season's opening planting day, putting nearly 2,400 native sedges and willows into the ground along a half-mile of restored streambank.

April 12, 2026
Educator Programs

Summer Educator Institute applications now open

Our flagship five-day institute returns this July. Classroom teachers from grades 4–12 are invited to apply for one of forty fully-funded seats.

March 3, 2026
Community Science

What our community science volunteers found this year

A look back at twelve months of macroinvertebrate sampling, water quality readings, and the surprising recovery of a stretch of the lower watershed.

January 28, 2026