Daniel Aaron Francis is a regenerative designer/educator and specialized project manager based in the Santa Ana River watershed, in Southern California. In the past 6 years his design and management skills have been focused in creating and applying passive water harvesting in community gardens, retrofitting existing orchards/farms, grey-water and rain water catchment, and urban and rural perennial tree based food systems.  Daniel’s passion is in teaching adults and youth through hands-on experience in the field about the local watershed ecology.  Supervising crews of interns, skilled craftsmen, volunteers and youth groups, Daniel has found that with community involvement, no project is too large. Currently he is working on installing the first permitted curb-cuts in Riverside county, restoring a tributary creek with at-risk youth in the Santa Ana Mountains. and continued design work for local home owners and business.