National Partnership Supports Critical Restoration, Monitoring Projects
TORRENCE, CA --- The Student Conservation Association (SCA) and Honda Motor Company have joined forces to launch Conservation in Motion, a strategic partnership targeting the nation’s most urgent conservation issues.

The joint effort will enable SCA volunteers to restore damaged desert landscapes, revegetate native plants, preemptively monitor wildfire conditions, and perform other conservation assignments in conjunction with land management agencies from coast to coast.  SCA members will travel from project to project in specially-detailed Conservation in Motion Honda Ridgeline vehicles.   The first projects are to be conducted this summer in California, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, Maine and Florida.

"Honda’s commitment to public lands stewardship is evident in its groundbreaking technologies, environmental learning centers, and overall support of SCA’s mission,” says SCA Senior Director for Partnership Development Don Hunger. “Through this partnership, Honda and SCA will protect environmentally sensitive habitats and public lands.”

With its contribution of Ridgeline vehicles, the 2006 Motor Trend Magazine Truck of the Year, Honda will facilitate safe and dependable access into remote locations where four-wheel drive is required.

“Honda is a company that strives to contribute to a better environment,” notes Honda’s Dave Edwards, National Manager, environment and education, motorcycle division. “Through Conservation in Motion,we are proud to assist SCA in the achievement of its important resource management goals, and in fostering environmental stewardship within a new generation of future leaders."

Honda's legacy of innovation is unmatched in the vehicle industry, ranging from fuel efficiency and low emissions to introducing the first hybrid vehicle sold in North America and the first government-certified fuel-cell car. Honda's environmental work is based on advancing clean and efficient technologies while continuing to develop and improve emerging technologies and alternative sources of fuel.  Information about Honda can be found at www.honda.com.

SCA is a nationwide conservation force of college and high school volunteers who protect and restore America’s parks, forests, and other public lands.  For nearly 50 years, SCA’s active, hands-on approach to conservation has helped to develop a new generation of conservation leaders, inspire lifelong stewardship, and save our planet.  To learn more, visit www.theSCA.org.