Space is limited to 18 participants. Please register in advance. Register Here

If the event fills up, please reach out to [email protected] to be added to the waitlist. 

Additional Details

• Modality: This is a hybrid course, meaning that the modality of learning will be in multiple forms of contact. You’ll have online work, we’ll meet weekly on Zoom for lectures and discussions, sometimes you’ll have the option of in-person lectures, and we’ll meet in person in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park four times for field trips.

• Contact Time: A minimum of 48 educational hours (classroom + field), 24 of these hours are in the field. In addition, students must spend at least 8 hours on their Stewardship Project. 
• Required Reading: You’re required to purchase and read the two class texts:
  • “The California Naturalist Handbook,” by Greg de Nevers, Deborah Stranger Edelman, Adina Merenlender
  • “A Natural History of the Anza-Borrego Region Then and Now,” by Mike Wells and Marie Simovich
• Stewardship Project: Participants must complete a Stewardship Project, after getting pre-approval from the instructor. Participants will present their project on graduation day. You’re expected to spend at least 8 hours in addition to the 48 hours in the course on the Stewardship project.
• Field Notebook and Journal:  All participants are required to keep a field notebook during the course with reflection or observation assignments during asynchronous work or on field trips.  
• iNaturalist Observations: Each participant will be responsible for registering for an iNaturalist account and adding at least eight (8) observations to the course iNaturalist Project.
• Class Participatory Science Project: Each participant must contribute to the participatory science project adopted by the class.