Workshops

Plant Communities of Anza-Borrego

01/16/2010 - 9:00am
01/16/2010 - 4:00pm

A program to provide an overview of the major plant communities in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Location: 
Meet at ABDSP Visitor Center

Instructor: Michael Wangler, Professor of Geography, Cuyamaca College
Fee: $45, or $35 for ABF members

Perennial Desert Plants

11/28/2009 - 8:00am
11/28/2009 - 12:00pm

On this easy half-day trip, we will visit a wide variety of desert shrubs, trees, and cacti and listen to their tales of survival in the desert.

Location: 
Meet at ABDSP Visitor Center parking lot

Instructor: Paul Johnson
ABF Members $25; Non-members $35

Desert Sky Photography for Beginners

11/21/2009 - 12:30pm
11/21/2009 - 7:00pm

If you enjoy photography and are fascinated by the night sky, this hands-on workshop is for you! 

Location: 
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor Center

Instructor: Dennis Mammana
Fee: Members $35, Non-members $45

Desert Animal Extravaganza

05/24/2009 - 6:00pm
05/25/2009 - 12:00pm

Bring your love of the desert and sense of adventure and join Park Volunteer Naturalists Joe and Donna Hopkins for a Memorial Day weekend of searching for and observing desert animals.

Location: 
meeting locations vary

Instructors: Joe and Donna Hopkins

Advanced Track and Sign Class

05/23/2009 - 8:00am
05/23/2009 - 3:00pm

Have you ever wanted to be able to “read” those mysterious tracks on the ground? Would you like to help document the activities of wildlife in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park® and elsewhere? Then this series of classes is for you!                                      

Location: 
TBA

Instructors: Barry Martin and Western Tracking Institute
Fee: $100 for ABFI members, $110 for nonmembers

Archaeology Weekend

02/21/2009 - 9:00am
02/22/2009 - 3:00pm

Join us for a celebration of over 75 years of preserving cultural resources with a weekend full of field trips, lectures, activities for kids, demonstrations, an ice cream social and silent auction!

Location: 
ABDSP Visitor Center, unless otherwise indicated

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor Center
Borrego Springs, California
February 21-22, 2009

Introduction to Desert Stargazing

04/02/2011 - 1:00pm
04/02/2011 - 9:00pm

A full-day workshop designed for beginning stargazers interested in exploring the enjoyable and mind-expanding hobby of amateur astronomy.

Location: 
ABDSP Visitor Center Discovery Lab

Instructor: Dennis Mammana
$45 / $35 for ABF Members

Introduction to Desert Stargazing

12/11/2010 - 1:00pm
12/11/2010 - 9:00pm

A full-day workshop designed for beginning stargazers interested in exploring the enjoyable and mind-expanding hobby of amateur astronomy.

Location: 
ABDSP Visitor Center Discovery Lab

Instructor: Dennis Mammana
$45 / $35 for ABF Members

The Art of Photographic Seeing

02/12/2011 - 8:00am
02/12/2011 - 5:00pm

This one-day workshop will help you find the elusive combination of light and subject needed to create a great photograph.

Location: 
Meet at ABDSP Visitor Center flagpole

Leader: Paul Johnson
$45 / $35 for ABF members

Morning Light Photo Safari

03/06/2011 - 7:30am
03/06/2011 - 11:30am

Join photographer Paul Johnson on this trip to a Badlands overlook and Hawk Canyon for morning shots of photogenic rock formations.

Location: 
Meet at ABDSP Visitor Center Flagpole

Instructor: Paul Johnson
$35 / $25 for ABF members

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