Spring Course dates: March 21 - May 23This course uses The California Naturalist Handbook visiting expert speakers field trips videos and project-based learning in addition to presentations from the course instructor to expose you to the natural wonders of California. Upon successful completion of the course you will be certified as a California Naturalist by the University of California and be eligible for four general education credits through UC Davis Extension (for an additional fee). Classes meet at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center located in Ancil Hoffman Park where participants will explore the adjoining Nature Study Area.

Do you love reading? Join us every first Saturday of each month for a nature-themed story time! Depending on the theme this story time program will include a story or two as well as hands-on exploration of biofacts a nature-themed craft or activity and/or an encounter with one of our animal ambassadors. Learn more about the Nature of Reading story time program and how to register!

The forest provides more than we typically perceive. Have you caught yourself "day dreaming" as you look out a window? Caught yourself laughing with baby animal videos? Forest therapy walks are not nature hikes and not meditation retreats. Drawing from old traditions and relatively new findings nature and forest therapy walks are brief immersions into something you create with Nature.