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  The Web of Life Field School is a residential environmental education organization dedicated to providing educational experiences for students and teachers to build respect, appreciation and stewardship within the Web of Life. Since 1989, the WOLF School has annually served up to 5,000 youth and adults through a unique variety of environmental education programs at our Northern California campuses. WOLF School is a program of United Camps, Conferences and Retreats (UCCR), a private non-profit camp and conference management organization.  
     
Your Choice of Northern California Campuses in Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Sierra Foothill areas!

Choose an environmental education campus based on your travel budget, educational goals and desire to be near/far from your school. From the coast to the Sierra Foothills, the WOLF School can provide a wonderful educational adventure in many different habitats! Our seven campuses offer:

  • Student dormitories and cabins
  • Teachers’ lodging
  • Healthy, kid-friendly meals
  • Excellent field study opportunities in the outdoors

Student Dormitories and Cabins
Students attending the WOLF School stay in modern dormitory or cabin style lodgings equipped with comfortable bunk beds. Each room accommodates 4-14 students. Bathroom and shower facilities are modern and centrally located. Accommodations vary from rustic to retreat style, depending on the campus. For example some offer bathrooms inside the cabin and others offer a central bath house.

Teachers’ Lodging
Comfortable living quarters are provided for visiting teachers in modern cabin or dormitory style rooms. Bathroom and shower facilities are modern and centrally located. Accommodations vary depending on the campus.

Healthy meals
All meals are provided by a professional food service staff and served in the dining hall. We provide healthy, kid-friendly food in either a buffet or family-style setting. Students are welcome and often return for seconds and third portions. Every effort is made to provide menu alternatives for children, chaperones, teachers and staff with special dietary needs (for example food allergies, religious restrictions, vegetarians). To plan for a special diet at the WOLF School, please notify the WOLF School Office at least two weeks in advance of your program.

An example of a typical day’s menu consists of pancakes, cereal and fruit for breakfast, build your own sandwich (turkey, ham, peanut butter and jelly, cheese, vegetables, tofu), carrots, apple, trail mix and cookies for lunch, pasta with choice of vegetarian or meat sauce, salad and bread for dinner.

Excellent Field Study Opportunities
Each campus offers different opportunities for living and learning. From rustic Camp Ross Relles, where our Gold Rush Living History Program takes place to Santa Cruz’s Camp Monte Toyon and Happy Valley, where outdoor science school can really focus on redwood ecology and coastal studies, each campus offers something different. To discuss the opportunities available at each campus, call the WOLF School Office or click on the link below to see more about each campus. All reservations for WOLF School programs are made through the WOLF School Office at 831-684-0148. Do not contact the facility directly to book a WOLF School program. All WOLF School information is available only through the WOLF School Office at 831-684-0148. To reach a teacher, student or staff member, call 831-684-0148. In case of emergency, call 831-684-0148—if it is after hours, page the director by calling the pager number given on the outgoing message.

Santa Cruz Area Campuses (campus link will take you to Facility Web site)

Campus Location Habitat Day Trips Directions
Happy Valley In the mountains between Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley. Redwoods and ferns cover most of the property. Coast/tidepool trip to Santa Cruz area beaches nearby, weather and tides permitting.
Monte Toyon Near the town of Aptos just south of Santa Cruz among coastal redwoods just inland from the Seacliff State Beach. Redwood forest, oak/madrone meadows, riparian/stream communities Coast/tidepool trip to Santa Cruz area beaches nearby, weather and tides permitting.

Sonoma Area Campuses (campus links will take you to UCCR Web site)

Campus Location Habitat Day Trips Directions
Camp Cazadero Northwest of Santa Rosa in the rolling hills north of the Russian River home to redwood and oak forests. Redwoods, oak woodland, meadows, riparian and aquatic communities. Russian River Area
Camp Gualala On the banks of the Gualala River near the town of Annapolis, the river flows through the middle of the camp, surrounded by old growth redwood forest. Redwood forest, meadows, riparian and aquatic communities of the Gualala River Coast/tidepool trip, weather and tides permitting (45 min. drive).
Valley of the Moon Near Glen Ellen, surrounded by beautiful rolling hills of the  Sonoma Mountain Range. Oak woodland, redwood forest, meadows. Jack London State Historic Park is a short day hike away.

Sierra Foothill Campuses (links will take you to UCCR Web site)

Campus Location Habitat Day Trips Directions
Camp Lodestar 3000' elevation in the Sierra foothills, in Wilseyville, about 40 miles from the town of Jackson. Mixed pine forest, meadows, riparian and aquatic communities of the Mokelumne River and a pond. Indian Grinding Rock State Park

Facility Rentals and Ownership
All WOLF School campuses, with the exception of Happy Valley, are operated United Camps, Conferences and Retreats (UCCR). UCCR is a non-profit management cooperative that operates camps, conference and retreat centers owned by other organizations so that any non-profit organization may attend. To bring your non-profit, non-WOLF School group to a UCCR site, contact UCCR Reservations. Happy Valley Conference Center is owned and operated by Sierra Pacific Mission Center. For more information about renting Happy Valley Conference Center, contact them by the link above.

The WOLF School is not a religious environmental education school but welcomes the attendance of all school programs, religious and secular, public and private.

Rules for acceptance and participation in programs at UCCR are the same for everyone without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, handicap, or national origin.

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