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Friday-Sunday, October 7-9, 2022
Granlibakken Tahoe, North Shore Lake Tahoe
The UC California Naturalist Program gathered to “Celebrate Community, Nature and Resilience for a Just Future.” The California Naturalist Program always welcomes everyone to join in an inclusive and safe setting to learn how to be better stewards of our environment. We reflect on and celebrate our efforts over the first 10 years of the program and recommit ourselves to the next 10. You don’t have to be a UC Certified Naturalist or Climate Steward, nor an instructor to attend. Our conference and our community is open to all individuals with an interest in building a more equitable, resilient and sustainable future for California. Our presenters and sessions bring voices from diverse backgrounds and our equity-based registration is designed to minimize cost as a barrier to participation. We welcome and encourage your participation and hope you’ll join us for future events.
Engaging presentations, hands-on workshops and field trips to local gems highlighted Sierra Nevada natural history, culture and the environment; climate change and climate resilience work in California; participatory science; and equity, inclusion and justice in conservation efforts.
Keynote Speakers
José González, Founder of Latino Outdoors
Rhiana Jones, Director of the Washoe Environmental Protection Department
Obi Kaufmann, Author, Artist, Naturalist and EcoPhilosopher
Workshop and Tour Speaker Highlight
Alison Young - Center for Biodiversity and Community Science at the California Academy of Sciences, City Nature Challenge
Alison Young is the Co-Director of the Thriving California Initiative and the Center for Biodiversity and Community Science at the California Academy of Sciences, where she works to build partnerships and community around nature and sharing knowledge about biodiversity.
Alison co-leads the annual City Nature Challenge and helps run Snapshot Cal Coast and will be discussing her work at the conference!
Anyone and Everyone is Welcome!
Certified UC California Naturalists and Climate Stewards, partners and allies working toward biodiversity conservation, resilience to climate change and a just future for all.
About CalNat Program
Since the program was established by University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources in 2011, more than 160 instructors from 83 partner organizations across the state have trained over 6,000 Naturalists and Stewards. We are excited to have this chance to reconnect, re-engage, and renew our relationships with you – or to introduce our work and mission to new members of our community. We hope you will join us in this unique setting as we strengthen our capacity for stewardship as individuals an in community.
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Contact Us
Conference Staff
UC ANR Program Support Unit
530-750-1361