With bond financing for most state projects frozen because of the budget crisis, a statewide public education program began yesterday to remind Californians of the many benefits from their past investments in natural resources and to explain the continuing need to conserve land, water and parks for future generations. The new education program, entitled Conserving California, will document and showcase dozens of successful conservation projects already financed with investments from the $15.5 billion in water and conservation bonds Californians overwhelmingly approved since 2000. The new education program is being sponsored by Audubon California, California Council of Land Trusts, The Ocean Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy and WiLDCOAST. Visit the program website to learn more.