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        The Institute for Conservation Advocacy Research & Education, (ICARE) established in 2004, is a non profit community-based organization located in Napa County, California. ICARE's mission is to restore and conserve the biological integrity and ecosystems health of watersheds, the Napa River estuary and the greater San Francisco Bay Area through science-based advocacy, research and education.
 
         The keystone of this effort is a multidisciplinary team of experts and many volunteers dedicated to maintaining cutting edge conservation science, policy and public education outreach. We specialize in innovative, collaborative projects that move restoration and conservation beyond the status quo and achieve real improvements on the ground in the protection of plants, animals and fish from the headwaters to the river’s confluence within socioeconomic realities.