Solano Land Trust

Access Adventure: Challenging the Limits of Disability at Rush Ranch
Access Adventure, a program of Solano Land Trust headquartered at Rush Ranch, provides wilderness and open space access for people with disabilities using innovative, wheelchair accessible, horse-drawn carriages. Access Adventure provides recreational carriage driving, special events featuring historical horse farming, youth programs and unique educational opportunities relating to preservation, ecology, wildlife habitat, and rangeland management. The programs of Access Adventure are provided without charge to anyone living with a condition that affects their ability to get around. The world becomes a bigger place, with the pleasure of being out in nature accessible to everyone. To learn more go to www.access-adventure.org

Rush Ranch Educational Council at Rush Ranch
The Rush Ranch Educational Council (RREC), an all-volunteer nonprofit organization working in close partnership with Solano Land Trust, promotes education and public outreach programs for Rush Ranch. RREC provides an on-site Patwin Native American program for third-graders that meets state curriculum standards. They also offer free events and nature walks that focus on the cultural and natural history of the ranch. RREC has developed a Rush Ranch brochure, trail guides, teacher and docent guide, and a 60-page handbook with comprehensive plant and bird lists. They also coordinate an annual Ranch Days Open House with an attendance of up to 500 people a year. To learn more go to www.rushranch.net

San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve at Rush Ranch
San Francisco Bay once supported 190,000 acres of highly productive tidal marsh, but nearly 90 percent of those wetlands have been destroyed or altered. Two of the most pristine wetlands left in the estuary are protected as part of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (San Francisco Bay NERR). Rush Ranch was designated as a San Francisco Bay NERR site in 2003. San Francisco Bay NERR is a partnership among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), San Francisco State University, California State Parks, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and Solano Land Trust. The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of 27 reserves established for long-term research, education and stewardship of the nation's estuaries.

With funding provided by the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Coastal Conservancy, Solano Land Trust has built a new Nature Center at Rush Ranch to showcase the many natural and historical features of the property. To learn more go to http://sfbaynerr.org/

Solano County Parks at Lynch Canyon
As stewards of Solano County's natural and cultural resources, Solano County Parks creates safe environments and showcases its facilities in order for our visitors to enjoy diverse recreational experiences. Solano County has partnered with Solano Land Trust to open Lynch Canyon to the public, providing maintenance and security services for Park facilities to ensure safe and peaceful enjoyment by visitors. To learn more go to http://www.co.solano.ca.us/SubSection/SubSection.asp?NavID=1080

Suisun Resource Conservation District
Formed in 1963, the Suisun Resource Conservation District (SRCD) works with local landowners to protect the environmental quality of the marsh. The district includes 116,000 acres, consisting of approximately 52,000 acres of managed wetlands, 6,300 acres of unmanaged tidal wetlands, 30,000 acres of bays and sloughs, and 27,700 acres of upland grasslands. SRCD is working with SLT to develop environmental education programs that highlight the history and importance of the Suisun Marsh. To learn more go to www.suisunrcd.org.

UC Davis Natural Reserve System at Jepson Prairie
Jepson Prairie is one of 33 sites in the University of California Natural Reserve System, the largest and most diverse set of university-owned and operated reserves in the world. The UC Davis campus administers six reserves, including Jepson Prairie Reserve. UC Davis provides support in reserve management and the popular springtime docent program that offers guided walks in the vernal pool and native bunchgrass landscape. To learn more go to http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/jepson.html