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Farmworker Institute of Education and Leadership Development, Inc.
The Farmworker Institute of Education and Leadership
Development (FIELD) is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization
based in California’s San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys.
FIELD was founded in 1978 by farmworker leader Cesar E.
Chavez and is dedicated to strengthening America’s
agricultural and rural communities through the Core Values
of Opportunity, Excellence, Integrity and Si Se Puede (it can
be done).
FIELD received OHV restoration grant funding to support
the Kern Service and Conservation Corps. This program
provided meaningful work experience in environmental
conservation and other services for young adults. Students
obtain high school credit and are paid an hourly wage for
their service. Some of the project activities include restoration of:
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125 acres of limited access OHV recreation on BLM land of sensitive habitat within
the Trona Pinnacles National Historic Site damaged by illegal OHV activity;
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1,500 acres of unauthorized routes in the Calico Mountains Odessa and Mule
Canyons where there are significant problems with wilderness and off-route vehicle
incursions;
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164 acres of sensitive habitat in the Middle Knob OHV subregion in the BLM
Ridgecrest area where significant problems with off-highway vehicle incursions have
developed; and
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238 acres of sensitive habitat in Kiavah Wilderness in a small region of the Eastern
Sierra Nevada southeast of Weldon.
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California State Parks, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission