California State Monterey Bay student teaching students about vernal pools
Fort Ord ranger discussing recreation safety with students

Fort Ord Public Lands provide an excellent outdoor classroom for environmental education and scientific research. In 1999, over 3,000 school students from around the Monterey Peninsula visited Fort Ord public lands for science projects or for special field trips focusing on soil erosion, wetland ecology, or habitat restoration.  The Watershed Institute at the  California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), is currently working on native plant restoration and erosion control projects. Other projects underway at Fort Ord include rare species monitoring and exotic weed removal.

BLM employees presenting at Farm Day
BLM employee giving invasive weed workshop to students
Students looking closely at vernal pool wildlife
Student planting native plants
Students sitting in circle in Fort Ord grasslands