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Our COVID Year
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Wildwoods Wins Governor’s Award
The Wildwoods Foundation has been named recipient of the 2012 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) in the category of Environmental Education in recognition of the accomplishments of their innovative Full Circle program and its positive impact on students’ science test scores at the schools it serves. The Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award…
Local Sheroes of Nature – Candice Dickens-Russell
Another week, another inspiring leader and champion of nature and the outdoors… This week we’re celebrating friend of Wildwoods, Candice Dickens-Russell! As the Director of Environmental Education at TreePeople, a post she held for 13 years, Candice oversaw their K-12 environmental education program (serving thousands of students each year) and the Generation Earth program, providing…
Local Sheroes of Nature – Amy Lethbridge
It’s Women’s History Month and Wildwoods is celebrating inspiring local leaders who are champions of nature and the outdoors! Our first tribute is to Amy Lethbridge, PhD. Chief of Staff at the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority (MRCA), Amy has been fiercely dedicated to creating equitable access to nature for more than 30 years. Locally, as…
Wildwoods at City Hall
Holy Cow! Look what we just dug out of the vaults. A video (transferred from VHS, no less!) of Wildwoods Foundation founder and executive director Dwain Wilson addressing the Los Angeles City Council in honor of Earth Day in 2005. It may be a decade old, but the words are still true and remain at…
