I felt a sense of amazement and serenity when I found the news that an ecological reserve is saving over 4,000 acres that is welcome for people to explore. The Big Chico Creek Reserve is run by Jeff Mott (pictured to the right), and is a parcel of the University Research Foundation of Chico State. The reserve is used for education about habitats and efforts of sustainability. It is a place that is attractive to many field trips for schools.
I loved hearing about this because it lets people really have a slice of beautiful landscape and unaffected land which is hard to come by these days. Reserves like this are a great feature especially in today's society not only because it teaches sustainability and it's impacts, but is also an escape from noisy, manufactured cities.
“Education and research lie at the heart of the land’s purpose and the university’s purpose in stewarding it carefully and thoughtfully,” Mott said as he admired the land around him and felt the warm sunshine rest on him. Sunshine sounds pretty good right about now.
Max Kee, an educator with Kids and Creeks, a local group dedicated to connecting children with their environment, leads a class of fourth-graders on a wildlife hike at the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve. Here he is showing them a favorite scratching post for bears.
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