Certification Program

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

First Meeting for the 2025-2026 Certification Class is November 7, 2025 .

Meet at the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
401 Tilting T Drive, Borrego Springs 

9am - Welcome New Volunteers and Monthly Meeting
​10am - TBD (The Big Ditch): A Ten Million Year Marine and Terrestrial Sedimentary Record of the Western Salton Trough
Lecturer: Dr. Lyndon K. Murray, District Paleontologist, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

11:30 - New Volunteer paperwork

After lunch break, meet at the Stout Research Center
1:15 - Library and Reading List, Keeping Track of your Hours
2:15 - Introduction to the Paleo Lab
​3:00 - Tour of Collections
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You can fill out your Volunteer paperwork in advance by visiting the link below:
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Volunteer Forms link

For more information:

email us at [email protected]
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Our Meetings are held at:

The Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center, located at 401 Tilting T Drive.

The Borrego Springs County Library is located at 2580 Country Club Road. Some meetings can be attended via ZOOM.

And at the Stout Research Center, located at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Headquarters, 200 Palm Canyon Drive..
Enter Colorado Desert District Headquarters driveway and drive all the way around the buildings. Do not park in covered parking spaces.

Stout Research Center is the last building on the left - park in the last set of covered or open parking spaces. Do not block the driveway.