The California Naturalist Handbook provides a fun, science-based introduction to California?s natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. It is a hands-on guide to learning about the natural environment of California. Subjects covered include California natural history and geology, native plants and animals, California?s freshwater resources and ecosystems, forest and rangeland resources, conservation biology, and the effects of global warming on California?s natural communities. The Handbook also discusses how to create and use a field not, natural resource interpretation, citizen science, and collaborative conservation and serves as the primary text for the California Naturalist Program.The California Naturalist Handbook 1st Edition by Greg de Nevers; Deborah Stanger Edelman; Adina Merenlender and Publisher University of California Press. ISBNs: 9780520954618, 0520954610. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9780520274808, 0520274806.