NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The Certified California Naturalist courses presented by Tuleyome in partnership with the University of California extension program and the Woodland Public Library, are 10-weeks long (with classes given on ten consecutive Fridays) and include at least three field trips.

The winter course will be offered from February to April in 2019, and the summer course from June to August 2019.

No advanced degrees or previous naturalist experience is required to take the courses, but the classes are only available to adults (age 21 and up).

The naturalist program allows members of the public to become certified as California Naturalists and to participate in citizen science activities throughout the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument region.

For the winter course, Tuleyome is also offering extra field trip days at various sites throughout the region and encourages students to participate in Tuleyome’s new wildlife and post-wildfire habitat restoration field studies that have been paid for in part by grants from the Sacramento Zoo.

As part of the course, students will be provided with the opportunity to vie for totes filled with gifts totaling more than $400.

Many of the items in the totes were donated or paid for in part by Adventure Publications, Backcountry Press, Blademate, Cachuma Press, Chelsea Green Publishing, Douglas Toys, Enchanted Lion Books, Eric Newman, Folkmanis Inc., Forest Origins, Grayl, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Lifestraw by Vestergaard, Little Bigfoot/Sasquatch Books, MIT Press, Nalgene, Naturegraph Publishers, Nature’s Way, Oberon Design, Putah Creek Council, R.W. Morse Company, Sakura of America, Sneed Collard III and Bucking Horse Books, The Experiment Publishing, The Fit Life, The Strong Foundation, Waterford Press, Wetsox, Woodlink, Wild Republic and Wildlife Artists Inc.

To assist with learning, Tuleyome also makes field guides, binoculars, hand lenses and cameras available on-loan to participants who don’t have them or cannot afford them.

Seating for the classes is very limited, and sign-ups for the Winter class ends on Dec. 31.

Participants who have already signed up are from all over the region including Sacramento, Yolo, Butte, Napa and Contra Costa counties.

More information about the Certified California Naturalist program is available on Tuleyome’s Web site at http://tuleyome.org/projects/calnat/.

Questions about donating to or sponsoring the 2019 Tuleyome naturalist course should be directed to Mary K. Hanson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Founded in 2002, Tuleyome is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation organization based in Woodland. The Certified California Naturalist program is just one of many the organization offers to the public.