VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The wildlife education field trip was a part of a broader initiative from Vandenberg Space Force Base to educate the community about its environment. Students at the “Be a Biologist” station were allowed to use binoculars to look for western snowy plovers, a protected species, and monitor their peers creating scrapes, imitating the birds mentioned.
This field trip belongs to a broader program that educates over 640 students and 120 parent chaperones and teachers about the environment encompassing VSFB.
Volunteers from Vandenberg, SpaceX, Center for Environment Management of Military Lands, and Point Blue Conservation educated students on the beach ecosystem, upholding Vandenberg’s environmental stewardship initiative.