New Melones Lake 
Credit: USBR

March 10, 2020 - SONORA, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation announced on Monday Project Learning Tree workshops for educators to be held March 20 and 21 at New Melones Lake. The workshops use an ecosystems-based curriculum and are hosted in collaboration with the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Project Learning Tree workshop attendees will have the option to attend a one or two-day training. The March 20 workshop will train attendees to be certified Project Learning Tree facilitators and teach them the skills to host their own workshop in their local community. The March 21 workshop will provide educators the tools to use the curriculum in their classrooms.

Workshop lessons will focus primarily on the oak woodland ecosystem since it represents New Melones. Register online for this workshop at http://ucanr.edu/pltnewmelones.

Project Learning Tree is a nationally recognized curriculum that relies on trees and forestry to enhance students’ understanding of the environment and how they can help sustain it. The workshop supports California State Science Standards and focuses on inquiry-based lessons and activities to help students understand the basic features of forest ecology and natural resource stewardship.

For more information about the workshop, contact Project Learning Tree Coordinator Sandy Derby stderby@ucanr.edu or Natural Resource Specialist Sandra Patania at spatania@usbr.gov.

For additional information on New Melones Lake, call the Visitor Center at 209-536-9543 or the Administration Office at 209-536-9094, ext. 0, or visit http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/newmelones/index.html.
Source: USBR