The CREEC Network

The California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) supports environmental literacy of California’s students.

The CREEC Network is a program of the California Department of Education. The CREEC Network fosters regional partnerships throughout the state of California to promote environmental education and environmental literacy by providing teachers with access to high quality professional learning opportunities and education resources. Along with statewide sponsors and partners, each of the 11 California CREEC Regions provides professional learning opportunities and resources to educators as well as fosters communications among schools and organizations interested in supporting the environmental literacy of California’s teachers and students.

Each CREEC Region aligns with the California County Superintendents Regions.

Use the list of Regions below to locate sources for more information.

California Counties by Region: Region 1 - Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, and Sonoma Counties; Region 2 - Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties; Region 3 - Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba Counties; Region 4 - Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Solano Counties; Region 5 - Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties; Region 6 - Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties; Region 7 - Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare Counties; Region 8 - Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties; Region 9 - Imperial, Orange, and San Diego Counties; Region 10 - Inyo, Mono, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties; Region 11 - Los Angeles County

CREEC Regions	Counties Served Within Each Region
Region 1	Humboldt, Del Norte, Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma
Region 2	Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity
Region 3	Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba
Region 4	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano
Region 5	Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
Region 6	Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne
Region 7	Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Kings, Tulare
Region 8	Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Region 9	Imperial, Orange, San Diego
Region 10	Inyo, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino
Region 11	Los Angeles

Events

For calendars of events, please visit a Region web page on the CREEC Network website .

Lyris email: List

If you would like to receive Environmental Science Education updates via email: notification about resources, workshops, institutes, funding opportunities, contests, and legislation related to Environmental Science and Environmental Education, subscribe to the Lyris email: list by sending a "blank" message to join-environmental-science-ed@mlist.cde.ca.gov.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the Environmental Science Education Lyris email: list, send a "blank" message to unsubscribe-environmental-science-ed@mlist.cde.ca.gov.

Questions

If you have any questions about the CREEC Network, please contact Shannon Gordon by email: at sgordon@cde.ca.gov or by telephone at 916-319-0190.

Questions: Professional Learning Support & Monitoring Office | plsmo@cde.ca.gov | 916-323-5847

Last Reviewed: Friday, August 21, 2026

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