Urban Ecology Center

Field station name: Urban Ecology Center

URL: www.urbanecologycenter.org

Year founded: 1991

Mission statement: The Urban Ecology Center educates and inspires people to understand and value nature as motivation for positive change, neighborhood by neighborhood. Our Environmental community Centers:
• Provide outdoor science education for urban youth
• Protect and use public natural areas, making them safe, accessible and vibrant
• Preserve and enhance these natural areas and their surrounding waters
• Promote community by offering resources that support learning volunteerism, stewardship, recreation, and camaraderie
• Practice and model environmentally responsible behaviors

Annual visitors: 225000

Land: 70 acres (28 hectares)

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Outreach Goals

[✓ = applies to this field station, ✗ = does not apply to this field station]

    ✓ Build community

    ✗ Disseminate place-based knowledge and/or skills

    ✓ Encourage conservation or environmental stewardship

    ✗ Inspire curiosity

    ✓ Make field station resources available to the public

    ✗ Promote STEM careers

    ✗ Raise awareness of the field station's work

    ✗ Raise money

    ✓ Reach a particular audience

    ✗ Teach about the environment generally

    ✗ Teach researchers how to communicate with the public

Outreach Programs