December 12, 2015 - The UC Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Preserve, the Merced County UC Cooperative Extension Office, and the Upper Merced River Watershed Council are sponsoring the California Naturalist Program at UC Merced from February 11, 2016 - April 21, 2016. 

Students in the California Naturalist Program will become part of a committed corps of volunteer naturalists and citizen scientists, equipped with the skills needed to take an active role in local natural resource conservation, restoration and environmental education.

Students will attend 10 Thursday evening classes and 4 Saturday Field Trips. 

Please visit http://calnat.ucanr.edu/Take_a_class/UC_Merced/ to obtain information, including contact information, about the UC Merced CalNat Program. 

To obtain information, including contact information, about the Watershed Council, please visit http://www.merced-river.org/.  
Source: UC Merced CalNat