About the Nature Area
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Wagner Ranch Nature Area is a nature preserve and historic site offering hands-on experiential education to approximately 1000 Orinda school children annually. It features 18 acres of meadow, forest, ponds and streams and is a certified Schoolyard Habitat (#1568) by the National Wildlife Federation. The San Pablo Creek borders one side of the preserve, which is home to thousands of native plant and animal species. Since 1970, the programs of the Nature Area have helped students embrace the connection between themselves and their environment and develop a sense of lifelong stewardship.
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Wagner Ranch Nature Area in the News:
Wagner Ranch Nature Area is a nature preserve and historic site offering hands-on experiential education to approximately 1000 Orinda school children annually. It features 18 acres of meadow, forest, ponds and streams and is a certified Schoolyard Habitat (#1568) by the National Wildlife Federation. The San Pablo Creek borders one side of the preserve, which is home to thousands of native plant and animal species. Since 1970, the programs of the Nature Area have helped students embrace the connection between themselves and their environment and develop a sense of lifelong stewardship.
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- Map of the Nature Area
- School and Youth Programs
- Community Events
- Biodiversity Garden
- Ann Morton Pond
- History of the Nature Area
Wagner Ranch Nature Area in the News:
- NATURAL WONDERS / Schoolyard habitats take classroom outdoors for Orinda students (SF Gate)
- Toris Jaeger - A Natural Asset (Lamorinda Weekly)
- Earth Day at Wagner Ranch (Diablo Magazine)
- Historic Nature Gem Hidden in Orinda (Lamorinda Weekly)
- Earth Day at Wagner Ranch (East Bay Times)
