The Ms. Smarty-Plants ™ environmental education program develops environmental champions informed and engaged in water conservation and local climate change solutions. We have a long history of coordinating this STEAM and science-based program that meets and exceeds California Common Core Science and Next Generation Science Standards. Our character-based water conservation education program empowers children and adults to learn about water-saving gardening practices in a fun and engaging way. The project encourages participants to lessen their impact on limited freshwater supplies and offers multiple safe opportunities to experience the many mental, physical, and social benefits of being outdoors in nature.

To be a thriving ecosystem of water innovation fueled by imagination, informed by research, and powered by pioneers.

The Wild Center's Mission is to ignite an enduring passion for nature that inspires action to ensure a thriving natural world.

For the past ten years, The Wildlands Conservancy has been Southern California's leader in providing free outdoor education programs to urban youth. This has been accomplished by providing programs for nearly 25,000 children each year at our preserves and providing funds for nature-based field trips and a week-long outdoor science school for an additional 60,000 children each year. The Desert Preserves, including Whitewater Preserve, Mission Creek Preserve, and Pioneertown Mountains Preserve, offer free educational programs for schools and families throughout Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.