Since 1997, more than 85,000 students from both public and private schools in the Sacramento region have experienced a Discover the Flyway field trip. Photo courtesy of the Yolo Basin Foundation

YOLO COUNTY, CA (MPG) - Are you looking for opportunities to spend time in nature, learn more about local wetlands, and share your enthusiasm, expertise and knowledge with school students? Joining the Discover the Flyway docent team might be for you. 

Yolo Basin Foundation’s Discover the Flyway is seeking dedicated volunteers to become docents and help inspire young minds through environmental education. They bring science and social science to life in the wetlands.

New docents are needed to meet the demand for this popular K-12 field trip program. Prior experience teaching outdoor education is not required.

Since 1997, more than 85,000 students from both public and private schools in the Sacramento region have experienced a Discover the Flyway field trip.

A partnership between Yolo Basin Foundation and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Discover the Flyway is an environmental education program for kindergarten through 12th-grade students based on California’s education standards.

Students enjoy a recent Discover the Flyway field trip. Photo by David Kalb

Yolo Basin Foundation offers these field trips with the goal of providing children with a meaningful outdoor experience that will instill an appreciation for the wetlands and wildlife of the Central Valley and inspire the next generation of naturalists, biologists, historians and scientists.

Everything you need to know about being a docent for Discover the Flyway will be covered during docent training. For program details, visit the Yolo Basin Foundation website at https://yolobasin.org/schoolprograms/.

Docent training will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 7, Oct. 8, Oct. 9, Oct. 14 and Oct. 16.

To sign up or to learn more, contact the Yolo Basin Foundation community engagement coordinator via email at [email protected].