{"id":15,"date":"2022-08-18T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/18\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T22:14:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:14:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/18\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe mission of the Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake is to encourage public understanding, enjoyment, and protection of Cachuma Lake, the Upper Santa Ynez River, and the San Rafael Mountain Range Watershed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/clnaturecenter.typepad.com\/.a\/6a01348804a489970c0240a510a6ac200b-pi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01348804a489970c0240a510a6ac200b img-responsive\" alt=\"IMG_20200110_095028 sm\" title=\"IMG_20200110_095028 sm\" src=\"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/6a01348804a489970c025d9b3674cf200c-pi.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 9.0pt 0in;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Lora; color: black;\">Founded in 1988, the Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Lora; color: black;\">&nbsp;is celebrating 34 years of connecting kids and adults to discovering the wonders of their own backyard \u2013 Cachuma Lake and the Santa Ynez watershed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 9.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Lora; color: black;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thousands of children, families and campers experienced the Nature Center firsthand each year as part of a school field trip program or as a special planned visit. In addition, the Nature Center\u2019s innovative programs such as \u2013 Food for Thought lecture series, Creepy Creatures, Kids and Adult Fishing Workshops, Going \u201cBatty\u201d \u2013 a living exhibit, Trout in the Classroom, Saving Wildlife programs and our Native Garden strive to fascinate and encourage exploration and a deeper understanding of Nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 9.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Lora; color: black;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These programs possible through the generosity of our donors and members, vital community partnerships and the expertise and dedication of our volunteers and docents. All programs are offered at a low cost or with a donation of whatever someone can give &#8211; so all can participate. The Nature Center also serves as a weekend destination for families, visitors, and campers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 9.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Lora; color: black;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; With 34 years of serving our community to celebrate, we are approaching the future with confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 9.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Lora; color: black;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our plan of upgrading the Center and its exhibits \u201cone room at a time\u201d continues, and we look forward to providing more innovative programs and exhibits with your help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 9.0pt 0in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c04113;\">To donate to the Nature Center, please use this button!<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/> <input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"P529S9FSP9QB4\" \/> <input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/pixel.gif\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thank you for your support and generosity!<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe mission of the Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake is to encourage public understanding, enjoyment, and protection of Cachuma Lake, the Upper Santa Ynez River, and the San Rafael Mountain Range Watershed.\u201d &nbsp; Founded in 1988, the Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake&nbsp;is celebrating 34 years of connecting kids and adults to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typepad.clnaturecenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}