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Field Trips

For free environmental educational field trips, bring your class or youth group (i.e.: scout troop, homeschooling group, after-school club) to one of RCRCD’s two sites: 

Image of students outside with their hands in the air.
  • The Land Use Learning Center (LLC), a 3-acre demonstration of sustainable practices in Native Habitats, Urban Areas, and Agriculture near downtown Riverside. 
  • The Sycamore Creek Interpretive Center (SCIC) at the Sycamore Creek Preserve in Temescal Valley. 

Visit either site to learn about local native species and natural resource conservation. Discover the importance of conserving water, preventing pollution, preserving wildlife habitat, planting trees for climate change, Reduce-Reuse-Recycling, and other sustainability topics. 

For customized educational programs, please coordinate in advance with our Resource Educators who will conduct programs that meet your learning objectives and are age-appropriate, hands-on, and inspiring:  

Coming Soon!

Teachers within the RCRCD district, will be able to check-out a habitat kit with games, activities, and tools to help reinforce learning. Kits will be available for each of the four locally important plant communities that are planted in the Native Habitat Area at the LLC: Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral, Riparian, and Oak Woodland. 

Children petting a coyote pelt
Children petting a coyote pelt 

For additional learning opportunities and sites in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, see the Environmental Education Collaborative Environmental Learning Resources guide.