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Sepulveda Basin Environmental Education Program (Water, Wetlands and Wildlife) includes teacher training and field trips to the Wildlife Area for classes. During these visits, students watch birds with binoculars, study tiny organisms that live in the lake with microscopes, and learn about native plants and animals, as well as ecological interrelationships, reclaimed water that fills the lake and creek, riparian trees and shrubs, and the surrounding flood control basin. Morning visits take place at an outdoor classroom in the Wildlife Area.
• Ages: 9–12 years old
• Price: The program is free to the schools except for their transportation.
The program is San Fernando Valley Audubon Society’s environmental education program, Water, Wetlands and Wildlife, run in partnership with the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains. It provides teacher training and field trips for sixty fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade classes in the Los Angeles Unified School District each school year, and many participating children are from low income families and heavily urbanized areas, with many experiencing their first adventure into a natural environment. Teachers attend a day-long workshop on the ecology of riparian wetlands and receive subscriptions to Audubon Adventures and other background materials. Classes have taken this field trip over the past fifteen years, and for some students the trip opens their eyes to the possibilities of scientific studies.
The program’s goal is to help LAUSD children become more knowledgeable about the natural world, more comfortable in it, more aware of their relationship to it, and more apt to care for it responsibly. The program has had funding from the Los Angeles Audubon Society, in-kind contributions from the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles Unified School District and the Recreational Transit Program, a branch of the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, plus funding from other organizations such as the California Native Plant Society and the Ormsby Hill Trust. All of San Fernando Valley Audubon’s administrative functions are performed entirely by volunteers, and the 2026 cost for SBEEP will exceed $28,000, paid for by San Fernando Valley Audubon Society Birdathon and contributions from supporters.
Last updated July 29, 2026.
• Ages: 9–12 years old
• Price: The program is free to the schools except for their transportation.
The program is San Fernando Valley Audubon Society’s environmental education program, Water, Wetlands and Wildlife, run in partnership with the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains. It provides teacher training and field trips for sixty fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade classes in the Los Angeles Unified School District each school year, and many participating children are from low income families and heavily urbanized areas, with many experiencing their first adventure into a natural environment. Teachers attend a day-long workshop on the ecology of riparian wetlands and receive subscriptions to Audubon Adventures and other background materials. Classes have taken this field trip over the past fifteen years, and for some students the trip opens their eyes to the possibilities of scientific studies.
The program’s goal is to help LAUSD children become more knowledgeable about the natural world, more comfortable in it, more aware of their relationship to it, and more apt to care for it responsibly. The program has had funding from the Los Angeles Audubon Society, in-kind contributions from the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles Unified School District and the Recreational Transit Program, a branch of the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, plus funding from other organizations such as the California Native Plant Society and the Ormsby Hill Trust. All of San Fernando Valley Audubon’s administrative functions are performed entirely by volunteers, and the 2026 cost for SBEEP will exceed $28,000, paid for by San Fernando Valley Audubon Society Birdathon and contributions from supporters.
Last updated July 29, 2026.
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