ARNHA,
a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1981 to support educational and
interpretive activities in the American River Parkway in
cooperation with the Sacramento County's Effie Yeaw Nature Center.
In July, 2010, ARNHA was
chosen by the County to take over operations and funding of the Effie Yeaw Nature Center and
the 77-acre Preserve that surrounds it.
We are committed to continuing the excellent, award-winning Nature
Center programs that introduce thousands of school children each year to
the beauty and diversity of the American River Parkway. Here visitors
of all ages
learn the importance of conserving and protecting our most precious
natural resource.
We partnered with the American River Parkway Foundation and Save the American River Association and other stakeholders to create the American River Parkway Coalition. The coalition reacts to projected budget shortfalls threatening Parkway closure, and looks for ways to educate and involve Parkway users in the ongoing quest for short and long-term funding.
In keeping with its mission of Bringing People to Nature...and Nature to People, ARNHA publishes these and other books exploring the natural and human history of the American River in the greater Sacramento area.
Special thanks to nature photographers Betty Cooper, Allan Jones, Randy Smith, and George Turner for the use of their American River Parkway photography on this website.
