Master Naturalist programs across the country I have had the pleasure of living and working in several states across the country, and wanted to share a bit about how the Master Naturalist program works in different states. For this post, I have two lovely friends as guest writers who are sharing about the Vermont Master Naturalist and California Master Naturalist programs. Read on to learn more! California UC California Naturalist (CalNat) is a statewide program run out of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, and is the newest UC ANR program with its first pilot certification course taking place in 2010. Since then, it has quickly grown to be offered at almost 50 locations across the 10 bioregions of California! The program is offered via a "train the trainer" model, where CalNat trains groups of instructors who are based at different organizations - environmental non profits, nature centers and museums, land trusts and conservancies, UC reserves and campuses, and c...