UC California Naturalists

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Participatory Science

Click here for more information on our Participatory Science short course. One requirement to become a certified California Naturalist is to contribute at least one observation to the database, iNaturalist. iNaturalist helps identify plants and animals using artificial intelligence.
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Catalina Island Conservancy

Join the UC Environmental Stewards Catalina California Naturalist course to explore and conserve Southern California's rare coastal Mediterranean ecosystems! This 9-week hybrid course combines online learning with a 3-day field school on Catalina Island, offering immersive education in ecology and n...
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Sonoma Ecology Center

Sonoma Ecology Center is teaming up with the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources to offer this accredited nine-week course locally.
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Pasadena City College

Pasadena City College offers the Climate Stewards certification course and the California Naturalist certification course in Los Angeles County.
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Community Environmental Council

Community Environmental Council's UC Climate Stewards course seeks to foster a committed corps of volunteers ready to effectively engage in transformative local solutions to promote community and ecosystem resilience in a changing climate.
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Audubon Center at Debs Park

The 2024-2025 Audubon Youth Leader program is a 16-week program from November 3rd, 2024 to April 27th, 2025, occurring Sundays from 8:30AM to 1:30PM with the exception of one Saturday.
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Instructor Rendezvous Fall 2023

COMING SOON!: We are excited to welcome current California Naturalist and Climate Stewards instructors to an in-person meeting this Fall, October 10 & 11 (Tuesday and Wednesday). This meeting is generously hosted by our partners over at UC Riverside Palm Desert Center.
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Map of Local & Regional Projects

For information on local and regional projects, search the map above. For information on Statewide, National, or International projects that you can do wherever you live, see the list below. Note that some of these locations are estimated locations or project headquarters, not field work sites.
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Columbia College

Columbia College is offering the Climate Stewards certification course and the California Naturalist certification course in Tuolumne County. FNR 190 Climate Stewardship, 3 units This course satisfies the requirement to become a Certified UC Climate Steward.
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