Preserve Calavera
Course Description
Preserve Calavera is partnering with the Buena Vista Audubon Society to offer the UC California Naturalist certification course. If you enjoy exploring and learning about our local ecology, engaging in participatory science and sharing your knowledge with others, this program is for you! The 40 hour course combines a science curriculum with guest lecturers, eld trips and project-based learning to explore the unique ecology and natural history of coastal north San Diego County.
Dates: February 4 - April 8, 2025
Fees: $260
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Contact: calnat.pc@gmail.com
Organization Description: Preserve Calavera is a grass-roots, tax-exempt organization of north San Diego county residents and users of the natural open space in the area. It started in 2001 with a focus on the Calavera open space in northeastern Carlsbad. The group soon realized that natural lands do not exist as an island, and in order to protect this area they needed to consider the entire watershed, and the wildlife movement corridors that connect this area to the rest of the natural lands in coastal north county. While Preserve Calavera’s members are primarily from the surrounding cities of Oceanside, Carlsbad and Vista, they have some scattered throughout southern California and even from other states—all of whom care about preserving our priceless local natural lands. They confer with other environmental organizations with respect to habitat preservation and watershed protection issues and other parties of interest such as the adjoining Dawson Reserve.
Buena Vista Audubon Society was chartered in 1951 as the coastal North San Diego County chapter of the National Audubon Society. Our mission isConservation through Education, Advocacy, Land Management, and Monitoring. BVAS operates a nature center adjacent to the Buena Vista Lagoon Ecological Reserve in Oceanside, and runs educational programs for children and adults, engages in advocacy efforts to protect at-risk wildlands, and owns two parcels of land in Oceanside earmarked for restoration to native habitat.
