At-Home Education Resources
With schools closed due to the current health crisis, we know lots of parents are looking for educational activities for their children. We're here to...
2020-04-13
Author: Simon Breen
March Mythbusters
MYTH: Killing coyotes helps reduce their population. Incorrect. In reality, coyotes are able to offset population loss through a variety of adaptations. When someone kills one...
No Trout Left Behind
Rainbow trout that Escondido students have raised in their classroom through a hands-on program supported by the Escondido Creek Conservancy (Conservancy) were released this month—though...
2020-03-18
The Evolution of Our Education Department
Do you love nature? If so, chances are that it’s because you were exposed to the outdoors at an early age. While we may remember...
GoldiLox & the Three Habitats
Water quality can be a difficult subject for children to wrap their heads around. It may seem abstract trying to understand how parameters like pH,...
Loudest Creature in the Watershed
The word “panic” comes from the Greek word panikos, which originates from the Greek god of the wild, Pan. Ancient Greeks, frightened by beastly noises...
Now Hiring Environmental Education Facilitator
POSITION DESCRIPTION – Environmental Education Facilitator The Escondido Creek Conservancy is seeking a part-time, seasonal Environmental Education Facilitator to support environmental education programs for elementary school...
School’s Out. Numbers Are In!
The 2018-19 school year turned out to be a whopper! In fact, it was the busiest school year in our organization’s history. All told, we...
2019-06-13
Cocos Fire: 5 Years Later
The poet John Keats wrote, “The poetry of Earth is never dead.” When afforded time and the freedom to do so, life can rebound even...