The Ukiah Center is located on the East side of the Ukiah Valley at the base of the Mayacaama Mountains. Our address is:

2600 Old River Road
Ukiah, CA 95481
707-463-2822
Fax # 707-463-2673

The Ukiah Center opened at its current site in February of 1988. The Center is located on 6.7 acres. The Center was designed by Ukiah Conservationist Staff and constructed by corpsmembers supervised by Ukiah Conservationist staff. The Ukiah Center has had a long proud history of integrating the corpsmember work experience with education.

Ukiah staff members are credentialed instructors in Natural Resource Technology, Building Construction, Carpentry Trades and Culinary Arts. Our grade crews and the culinary department double as classrooms in which the corpsmembers earn ROP certificates in Natural Resource Technology, Construction Technology, or Culinary Arts.

The Ukiah Center employs 57 residential corpsmembers and an annual average of 15 non-residential corpsmembers. The Ukiah Center also administers a Youth Program for local high school students each summer.

Work Projects / Partnerships

The Ukiah Center has active partnerships with State and Federal agencies including the CA Dept of Fish and Game, CA Dept of Parks and Recreation, the Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, NOAA. These partnerships provide excellent training opportunities for corpsmembers assigned to Ukiah.

Approximately 75% of the work the Ukiah Center corpsmembers are engaged in relates to watershed enhancement. Ukiah corpsmembers also work on trail construction projects for the Bureau of Land Management and CA State Parks. The Ukiah Center construction crew has constructed corpsmember housing, State Park visitor centers and cabins, miles of elevated boardwalk, baseball dugouts, over a dozen bridges that are 40 or more feet in length spanning creeks in Mendocino and Lake County.

Ukiah Center projects are coordinated by the Conservation Supervisor.

Housing and Facilities

The Ukiah Center has a large community dining room, modern kitchen, two classrooms, a computer lab, a TV room, a recreation room, a state of the art weight training room, a basketball court and a softball field.

The Ukiah residential corpsmembers live in three room cabins designed for a maximum amount of privacy. Each person gets their own room. There are 18 cabins arranged along a boardwalk that leads to men's and women's restroom and shower facilities.

The corpsmembers have a laundry building with hook-ups for four washing machines and four dryers. The Ukiah Center has a 6,000 square foot woodshop that is used for construction projects and volunteer activities.

Education and Training

Ukiah Center Corpsmembers attend classes at the Mendocino Community College. A variety of classes are also offered through the Mendocino County Office of Education and the Ukiah Adult School. All Ukiah corpsmembers are enrolled in ROP classes through the Mendocino County Office of Education.

Special Programs

Special programs available to Ukiah corpsmembers include the Salmon Restoration Program, Ukiah Summer Youth Program, Natural Resource Technology Program, Culinary Arts Program, and the Construction Technology Program.