La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science

**Mission** At the UCLA/La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science we conserve California’s biodiversity and ecosystems through research, education and public programs. **What We Do** We work with a broad set of partners to fund scientific research and educational activities that inform and enable conservation management through university-agency cooperation to meet the conservation challenges facing 21st century California. Our goal is simple: to leverage UCLA’s world-class environmental scholars to achieve applied conservation solutions based on cutting edge research. - Collaborate with government and non-government partners to produce cutting edge research that facilitates conservation policy outcomes - Support postdoctoral researchers who interface with the conservation and management agencies that direct California conservation - Fund outstanding conservation research by UCLA graduate students - Raise the visibility and impact of conservation science through our Annual Lecture, Public Discussion, and workshop series