Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service at the Huichica Creek Sustainable Demonstration Vineyard
Ten stude
nts from five high schools (American Canyon, Vintage, Napa, Justin-Siena, and New Tech high schools) facilitated and guided three service projects involving bluebird habitat and integrating pest management, native wildflower insectory diversity, and encouraging composting at home to reduce waste.
- Installed 12 western bluebird nesting boxes
- Seeded 1 acre of mixed vineyard/orchard/wetland with native wildflower grasses and annual flowers (California poppy, goldfields, miniature lupine, tansy-leaved phacelia, and blue wild rye grass)
- Educated 25 volunteers about home composting
- 5 volunteers even took home materials to build their own compost pile!
A BIG Thank You to all of the students and volunteers!!
This Napa Youth Stewardship Council (NYSC), a new collaborative service learning club created and facilitated by the Napa RCD and Friends Of the Napa River. The NYSC meets monthly to plan and implement local conservation service projects, and is funded in part by the Wildlife Conservation Commission of Napa County. To learn more please click here.