Suisun Marsh Watershed Program

The Suisun Marsh Watershed Program is designed for sixth graders and runs annually from September through December. It includes three class lessons and a field trip to Solano Land Trust's Rush Ranch Open Space in the Suisun Marsh.

For more information on this program or to express interest in enrollment, please email .

Program Goals

The Suisun Marsh Watershed Education Program provides participants with an opportunity to experience a rare and special watershed. The program deepens student understanding of watershed ecology and the ramifications of human behaviors on the system. Our long-term goal is to provide students with the education and experiences to be good stewards of the world they will inherit.

This program focuses on a discreet, special watershed and builds on the ecology and stewardship lessons from our Watershed Explorers Program, but also stands alone. Participants leave the program able to:

Describe the impacts of stormwater pollution on watersheds, particularly the impacts of motor oil, pet waste, chemicals, and trash debris;
Identify the source of their drinking water and how to conserve it;
Recoginize threats to Suisun Marsh and the solutions to those threats;

Field Trips

Find out more about our field trips at Rush Ranch Open Space in the video below:

Standards Connections

Guiding Question

How can we identify human impacts on Solano County's watersheds, and how can we lessen those impacts?

What Students Do

Investigate and collect data serving as evidence for scientific questions regarding how human activities affect watershed health.

Next Generation Science Standards

Disciplinary Core Ideas: (ESS3-C) Human activities have significantly altered the biosphere... changes to Earth's environments can have different impacts (negative and positive) for different living things.
Cross Cutting Concepts: Cause and effect, systems and system models, stability and change.
Scientific and Engineering Practices: All eight SEP’s are utilized in this program.