Once Upon a Watershed seeks
to awaken wonder, appreciation, discovery
and connection with the natural world.
Through hands-on watershed education,
restoration, and stewardship experiences,
our programs cultivate a sense of shared
responsibility for our whole earth system,
instilling confidence and hope by
empowering young people to make a real
difference at the local watershed scale.


A watershed is that area of land,
a bounded hydrologic system, within
which all living things are inextricably
linked by their common water course
and where, as humans settled, simple
logic demanded that they become part
of a community.
— John Wesley Powell
Once Upon a Watershed is providing hands-on watershed education, restoration, and stewardship experience to 4th, 5th and 6th grade students in the Ventura River Watershed. Learn more...
   
Once Upon a Wetland connects students with their own backyard, their home, their place-- in other words, their watershed-- by engaging them in the restoration and stewardship of the historic wetland located on the Ojai Meadow Preserve. Learn more...
   
Watershed Revolution is a new film under production.
Click to view the trailer...
In partnership with:
Watersheds.usOak Grove School National Marine Sanctuaries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project