California Naturalists training at UC research center

The nearly 30-member 2013 class of California Naturalists in Mendocino County participated in a field day Saturday at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center, reported the Ukiah Daily Journal.

The University of California's California Naturalist program aims to host courses around the state to train outdoor enthusiasts on a variety of topics, such as plants, animals, water resources and geology. The Mendocino Program focuses on the local mixed oak woodland.

"The goal of the program is to create a group of stewards of our lands and water resources," said Deborah Stanger Edelman, the course's lead instructor. "To give people a background on what is unique about California, and also provide the tools for communicating that knowledge to other people."

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