WREN is on a mission to practice and promote land stewardship through education, partnership, and scientific research. Local educators identified the need for an environmental education curriculum that took an interdisciplinary approach, provided hands on experience, and focused on the practical efforts of restoration. As part of the West Eugene Wetlands Partnership, WREN is filling that niche by: * developing programs and facilitating experiences that connect individuals to their natural world * increasing personal and community awareness of the wetlands * reaching more than 20,000 participants through school programs and interpretive programs for children and adults in a 30 foot-diameter yurt, WREN's outdoor classroom * along with the West Eugene Wetland Partners, envisioning the West Eugene Wetlands Education Center to house the growing education program