Open House

The Stout Research Center Laboratory and Collection Hall is open to the public as part of select community and ABDSP events. 

ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE 2018 

October 20, 1pm to 3pm
and
October 21, 9am to noon

Thank you for visiting our Open House!

Our theme for 2018 is "Preparation: Fossils we are working on".
Our preparators will be on hand to show you how we prepare the fossil bones, shells, tracks and plants. On display will be our finds from ABDSP including mammoth, giant tortoise, horse, camel and many more.

Visit us after the Borrego Days Parade on Saturday and on Sunday morning!

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Certification Program

Paleontology and geology lectures, fossil curation and laboratory preparation workshops,and field surveys are held each Friday, November thru May. 

First Meeting November 9, 2018

Join us at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor's Center from 9am to 4pm.
The first lecture will be an Introduction to the Anza-Borrego Desert. 

9am:  Introduction to the Paleontology Society              
10am:  Lecture: Introduction to the Anza-Borrego Desert
12-1:30pm:  lunch break                                 1:30-4pm:  Collection Hall, Laboratory and Library tour

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For more information call Dr. Lyndon Murray, District Paleontologist
(760) 767 - 4974 
or
email us at anzaborregopaleo@gmail.com

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Lectures

Our Monthly Certification Class lectures are open to the public. Check the listing below for the location of the talk.
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2018-2019 lectures:

November 9:
Introduction to ABDSP

with Lyndon Murray, ABDSP District Paleontologist

ABDSP Visitor's Center at 10am
ask for the Paleontology Program location

December 14
​ The Island of California: Is there a scientific explanation for the 17th century myth?
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with Jenny Ross
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Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center at 401 Tilting T Drive
 at 2pm.


January - No Lecture
We will all be attending the New Discoveries in the American Paleolithic Conference

Visit the ABF website for more information.


February 15-16
Geologic Change in Western North America Since the Age of Dinosaurs

with Ron Blakey, Jorge Ledesma, Monte Marshall, and Pat Abbott

Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center at 401 Tilting T Drive
February 15, 2:30 to 5pm
February 16, 9am to noon


March 8
 Sturztroms: Large Volume, High Velocity, Killer Debris Flows

with Pat Abbott
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Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center at 401 Tilting T Drive
 at 10am.
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​A Field trip is planned for Saturday, March 9.


and April 12 to be announced:
                              

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The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor's Center is at the end of Palm Canyon Drive in Borrego Springs.