The Tomales Bay Biodiversity Partnership
advocates individual and community responsibility to
ecosystem health. Stewardship, the idea of sustainable
management rooted in ecological knowledge, is at the
core of our educational and research efforts. We immerse
students in scientific practice - sampling efforts, species identification,
and data collection. Through these efforts, the Biodiversity Partnership aims
to not only to build scientific knowledge and increase
public understanding, but to inspire students to become
future stewards of marine ecosystems.
Among these projects is an effort to include high school students in intertidal and mudflat sampling. Results from this ongoing effort are providing data essential
to our biodiversity inventory. During field work, students build essential
scientific skills and learn new ways of investigating the world. Many of the students in this program are
from rural high schools with few science offerings. Our projects help diversify their education.
Those who participate in the educational opportunities
of the Tomales Bay Biodiversity Inventory will be poised
to become our future scientists, naturalists, and stewards
of public land and water. By helping to create future
stewards of marine ecosystems, education is critical
to the long-term sustainability of species and habitat
preservation in the Tomales Bay ecosystem.
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