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Placer Nature Center
Through environmental awareness and education, Placer Nature Center links people to nature by: *fostering respect for all living and non living things, increasing scientific literacy;
*promoting ecological stewardship; *encouraging exploration of the interrelationships between a quality environment and the quality of life; and *creating opportunities to explore natural wonders.
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Organized by community volunteers in 1991 on a beautiful woodland site near Auburn, Placer Nature Center presents environmental-based education programs for all ages. Our Exhibit Halls, Discovery Laboratory, history gardens and nature trails annually attract 8,000 school children and community members for school field trips, summer nature camps and classes, geology and flower walks, art and astronomy classes, live theatre and much more.
Placer Nature Center offers environmental education programs designed to promote an understanding and awareness of the natural environment, cultivate scientific literacy and stimulate stewardship attitudes toward the earth. Environmental education focuses on environmental "literacy": learning about and caring for the total environment, understanding how humans interact with and are dependent on natural ecosystems and developing critical-thinking skills to resolve environmental issues.
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