The Winter 2019 Certified California Naturalist class I’m co-teaching for Tuleyome in Woodland, CA with Bill Grabert, Nate Lillge and wonderful volunteer (and former class graduate) Roxanne Moger,  is now in its second week, and we’ve got a great group of students.

This week students got to hear from Nancy Ullrey, Executive Director of the Cache Creek Conservancy nature preserve who talked about the preserve and what volunteer opportunities there are available to the students.

CLICK HERE for the album of photos.  I’ll keep adding to it was the weeks go by.

Today, the class Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars were getting ready to form their chrysalises, and one of the Polyphemus Moth cocoons was vibrating so much we thought for sure it was going to hatch. This class is full, but we have another class coming up in the summer (June through August). For more information see Tuleyome’s website. Space is limited to 25 adult students.

Some of the sponsors and donors who have already provided funding or in-kind donations for the 2019 naturalist program include: the Sacramento Zoo Conservation Fund, Adventure Publications, Backcountry Press, Blademate, Cachuma Press, Christina Mann, Douglas Toys, Eric Newman, Folkmanis Inc., Forest Origins, Grayl, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Lifestraw by Vestergaard, MIT Press, Nalgene, Naturegraph Publishers, Nature’s Way, Oberon Design, 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 and Wild Republic. #CalNat