Restore/ReStory: A Collaborative Public History of the Cache Nature Preserve

Michael Ziser
English
UC Davis

“Restore/Restory” documented the changing social, economic, and physical landscape of the Cache Creek Nature Preserve in rural Yolo County, California. A collaboration between the UC Davis Art of Regional Change (ARC) and the Cache Creek Conservancy, the project brought university and community members together to tell the complex story of this Preserve through an interactive public history website and site-based audio tour. In doing so, the project brought California’s rural history to life in new and innovative ways that can reach significant, and often underserved, off-campus audiences.

The ARC team coordinated and hosted a series of multimedia events featuring the project’s work around Yolo County. These public programs furthered the partners’ goal of sparking conversations critical to helping communities understand their natural environments and creating a more sustainable and inclusive relationship between people and place.

For more information, go to restorerestory.org.