Clem Miller Environmental Education Center | school, conference centre, retreat center (spiritual), nature conservation park / area

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1 Bear Valley Road, Bldg 70
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
(415) 663-1200
ptreyes.org/what-we-do/education/ed-center/


An outdoor teaching center in Point Reyes National Seashore.
Target audiences: fourth grade through high school.
The land on which the Center is located (formally Laguna Ranch) was acquired in 1971.
It seemed an ideal site for developing a Point Reyes Environmental Education Center, a place to stimulate environmental awareness and a sense of humans' role in the total environment by providing an overnight outdoor living experience, a place to encourage on-going environmental education curriculum by having each teacher develop and implement an environmental education program and by emphasizing the importance of preparation and follow-up.
In 1976 the Center was named in honor of Congressman Clem Miller, who was devoted to the creation of the National Seashore.
The Clem Miller Environmental Education Center is designed as a living and learning facility where students and teachers can explore the natural world. The main building is a 4,500 square foot cedar lodge complete with a dining hall, science room, teacher's room and a fully equipped kitchen. A central bathroom facility houses toilets, basins and heated showers. Four 16-person and one 20-person dormitory style cabins accommodate up to 80 people. A separate building has an infirmary, laundry room, two bunk rooms and a manager's office.
The Center has no staff except the manager. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the visiting school group to provide their own program and services. This includes shopping and preparing food, cleaning the Center, providing adult supervision for students, and developing and implementing an environmental education program.