Program areas at Southern California Mountains Foundation
Urban conservation corps-a workforce development program that offers young men and women, ages 18-25 and youth ages 13-17, the chance to serve on our Southern California Mountains and become employable citizens through hard work in enviromental conservation. Accomplishments included, maintained and restored 500 acres of public land, revyved 10 tons of plastic bottles and cans, 100,00 pounds of e-waste and 30 tons of waste tires from public land, maintained seven historic fire lookout towers, planted 500 native plants, coordinated 70,000 volunteer service hours, graduated 13 urban conservation corpsmembers through john muir charter school and coordinated over 20,000 americorps service hours to mitigate wildfires in the san bernardino national forest.
Other programs include the children's forest, a 3,400 achre stie nestled in the san bernardino Mountains. Along with recreational opportunities, the children's forest hosts a visitor information center, en enviromental education program, a youth leaderhip program, and an active restoration program. Big bear dsicovery center- a visitor information and education center. Visitors to the forest obtain permits and information about the use of the forest. Fee based education programs and group programs are available. A retail store provides the public with information about the national forest.
Off highway vehicle education and safety (ohv) more than 300 ohv patrol volunteers contributed over 20,000 hours each year in theaching visitors trail ethics and land resource stewardship, maintained over 900 miles of ohv road and trails, logged over 38,000 miles of patrols, educated 4,000 people on responsible recreation, in addition, they maintain and monitor trails to help ohv enthusiasts recreate safetly while protecting the public land they visit.