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Solano Land Trust seeks volunteers for docent training
Volunteer docents-in-training at the Jepson Prairie vernal pool preserve listen to plant expert Carol Witham, far right, interpret the soil profile during a 2009 training session. (Daily Republic file 2009)
FAIRFIELD — The Solano Land Trust is seeking people to serve as volunteer docents at Jepson Prairie.
Prospective docents must complete a series of training sessions that are scheduled to begin in early February and conclude in early March.
Docents lead interpretive field tours, education programs and take part in restoration and stewardship activities as part of an all-volunteer group that was founded in 1984.
Jepson Prairie, at 1,556 acres, is the premier, and one of the few remaining, vernal pool habitats and native bunchgrass prairies in California. The land was purchased by the Nature Conservancy in 1980 and transferred to Solano Land Trust in 1997. Jepson Prairie is the centerpiece of the Dixon Vernal Pools, which were designated a National Natural Landmark in 1987 by the National Park Service.
Training takes place Feb. 5, Feb. 12, Feb. 19 and Feb. 26 at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Headquarters, 45211 County Road 32B (Chiles Road) in Davis; and Feb. 9, Feb. 23 and March 2 at Jepson Prairie, located on Cook Lane off Highway 113, about 10 miles south of Dixon.
No experience is necessary. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. The deadline to apply is Feb. 4.
For more information, call Natalie DuMont, volunteer and outreach coordinator, at 432-0150, ext. 200, or email volunteer@solanolandtrust.org.
Reach Glen Faison at 427-6925 or gfaison@dailyrepublic.net. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GlenFaison.
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