Colorado Desert Cultural Heritage Symposium, Dec 1-3

We hope you will join us for our 3rd Colorado Desert Cultural Heritage Symposium on December 1-3. We have a reduced fee this year of $45 per person. Subjects and speakers are:

• The Archaeology of the 130,000-year-old Cerutti Mastodon Site – Steven R. & Kathleen Holen
• Hydrogeologic Effects of Kumeyaay Rock Drop Structures – Michael Connolly Miskwish (Kumeyaay ancestry)
• The Ethnobotany Project: Contemporary Uses of Native Plants – Deborah Small & Rose Ramirez (Chumash ancestry)
• Science Explorers Club on Indian Reservations in San Diego County – Eleanora (Norrie) Robbins, PhD
• Colorado Desert Rock Art – Steven M. Freers
• Keynote Address: Where Indigenous Culture meets the Government – Former California State Parks Director Russell W. Cahill

Our field tour options include Mine Wash Village Site, the Clark Lake Petroglyphs, de Anza’s Expedition in Coyote Canyon, and a tour of the Begole Archaeological Research Center. A tour registration link will be sent after you register for the symposium. If you would like to attend a field tour only, please give us a call: 760-767-0446 x1004.

DIVE INTO OUR AREA'S CULTURAL PAST

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Southern access road to Coyote Canyon has been repaired and is now open

We had a fair amount of rain in Coyote Canyon this past summer, and it left the road extremely washed out. After some hard work by our Park Staff, the Coyote Canyon area is now open for the season! Many of the Park's dirt roads are still very sandy, so please be sure to check the road conditions report before heading out for an adventure, and never go out alone. 

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO! CHECK THE DIRT ROAD CONDITIONS

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November Interpretive Activities now available online

Check out the listing of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park's November Interpretive Activities today! There's something for everyone, from walks and talks to night sky and Junior Ranger programs.

SPEND SOME TIME GETTING TO KNOW ANZA-BORREGO!

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Anza-Borrego Desert Region Book Launch Presentation, Nov 19

For almost 40 years, The Anza-Borrego Desert Region has been the most comprehensive guidebook for the Park and the surrounding region. It is considered “the bible” for anyone thinking about visiting these desert lands. And the latest revised edition will soon be available! Come to the Park Visitor Center for a presentation and Q&A with authors Lowell and Diana Lindsay.

Sunday, November 19
ABDSP Visitor Center (200 Palm Canyon Dr., Borrego Springs, CA 92004)

Presentation: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Book Signing: 4:00-5:00 p.m.

JOIN US FOR THE RELEASE OF THE NEW EDITION!

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2017 Botany Society Festival and Native Plant Sale, Nov 24-25

The 2017 festival will begin the Friday after Thanksgiving with a native plant sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All plants offered for sale will be native to the Lower Colorado Desert, and volunteers will be available to answer questions about how to get the best results. There will also be a presentation by Dr. Gordon Pratt, a lepidopterist at University of California Riverside, on Gardening for Butterflies and other Pollinators.

LEARN ABOUT OUR NATIVE DESERT PLANTS AND SUPPORT THE BOTANY SOCIETY

Many thanks to the businesses that support the Park

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Anza-Borrego Foundation is the nonprofit cooperating association
for Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. ABF's education programs provide high
quality, in-depth educational courses to over 1,300 visitors each year.