Dedicated to Keeping Environmental Education Alive in Shasta County
Our Mission
The Whiskeytown Environmental School is an institution that:
Engages children, adults, students, teachers, mentors, families, rangers, and scientists;
Sustains and builds upon the rich history of environmental and science learning at the site;
Provides hands-on, minds-on environmental science education that supports California standards;
Models learner-centered, co-created, field-based science education and scholarship based on current research of how people learn;
Believes all young people deserve consistent opportunities to build meaningful connections to their natural and cultural heritage by spending time in wild and historic places within their own communities;
Preserves the secluded sense of sanctuary and safety optimal for distraction-free, immersive, transformative experiences;
Creates future leaders and life-long stewards;
Develops and maintains facilities capable of meeting the diverse and evolving needs of community learning;
Serves as a model of fiscal, social and environmental sustainability; and
Supports the mutual goals of the four partner organizations–Shasta County Office of Education, National Park Service, Friends of Whiskeytown, and Whiskeytown Environmental School Community.