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A naturalist from the Hopland CCC course holds a willow branch
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Why Do We Need Naturalists?

October 30th, 2020
A colleague recently posed a rhetorical question, Why do we need naturalists? It gets to the question, Why is the UC California Naturalist program important?
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Western Poplar Sphinx moth
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Spooky Staff Picks

October 21st, 2020
Warning: this blog post discusses some creepy crawlies. If you have an insect or arachnid phobia you may want to skip this post.
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cambarrows lizard
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Participatory Scientists Make a Huge Contribution

October 2nd, 2020
A "Natural History Note" From UC California Naturalist's new lead scientist, Dr. Cameron Barrows. Back in 2016 I published a paper that quantified the added value of volunteer community scientists contributing to field surveys of lizards in Joshua Tree National Park.
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