The Vesper Meadow Education Program (VM) mission is to inspire a culture of land stewardship and nature connection. We paint the picture of resilient communities and ecosystems with hands-on programing at our flagship location, the 1000-acre Vesper Meadow Restoration Preserve. The Preserve serves as a hub where stewards and students work on long-term efforts for ecological restoration & climate resiliency, community scientists monitor rare species and biodiversity, artists come to be inspired and share the story of healing landscapes, and cultural practitioners create reconnection of the human-land relationship. Programs address our society’s need for holistic thinkers by integrating diverse learning perspectives and practicing solutions-based approaches to address climate change and issues of social justice.

Core to our mission is the belief that ecological restoration is synonymous with cultural revival. We collaborate with Tribes of record (evidenced by ceded lands, treaties, and case law) and are working in collaboration with community partners to establish an Indigenous-led network to fulfill self-determined goals of Native people and to enhance restoration and education efforts throughout Southwest Oregon.

Through bringing together various ways of thinking and understanding the world with tangible projects that demonstrate best practices during a time of climate change, we are working for mutual healing of the human-land relationship.

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