Each year third graders from Murrieta Valley Unified School District visit the Santa Rosa Plateau where docents lead the young explorers on trails in search of coyotes, lizards, squirrels, and woodpeckers, prairies, wetlands and native flora and fauna. A visit to the Santa Rosa Plateau opens young eyes to the wonders of the plateau's prairies and wetlands.  Science, History and Geology come alive as students see, touch, smell, and feel the plants, rocks, streams and animals and they learn about local history and the Native American influence on the Ecological Reserve. 

 

 

As educators prepare students to become responsible citizens in a global economy, the exposure to the Santa Rosa plateau provided by the Santa Rosa Plateau Foundation will ensure that they understand and appreciate the importance of conserving the Earth's natural resources and the role they can play in those efforts.