Open HouseThe 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 ProgramPaleontology 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 Read More For more information call Dr. Lyndon Murray, District Paleontologist (760) 767 - 4974 or email us at anzaborregopaleo@gmail.com |
Lectures
Our Monthly Certification Class lectures are open to the public. Check the listing below for the location of the talk.
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? with Jenny Ross 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 Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center at 401 Tilting T Drive at 10am. A Field trip is planned for Saturday, March 9. April 12 Whales in the Digital Age: Using CT Imaging to unravel the mysteries of Baleen Whales with Eric Ekdale, SDSU Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center at 401 Tilting T Drive at 10am. |
The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor's Center is at the end of Palm Canyon Drive in Borrego Springs.
