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Friday November 6, 2009
Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 11/06/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 11/08/2009 - 2:00pm

Instructors: Paul Johnson and Ernie Cowan
Members $295 / Nonmembers $325

Saturday November 7, 2009
(all day)
Start: 11/06/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 11/08/2009 - 2:00pm

Instructors: Paul Johnson and Ernie Cowan
Members $295 / Nonmembers $325

Start: 8:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Fee: $10

Start: 10:00 am
End: 2:15 pm

Junior Rangers - 10:00 a.m.
45 minutes

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

The Leonid meteor shower could be a doozie this month — producing more th

Sunday November 8, 2009
End: 2:00 pm
Start: 11/06/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 11/08/2009 - 2:00pm

Instructors: Paul Johnson and Ernie Cowan
Members $295 / Nonmembers $325

Start: 8:00 am
End: 2:30 pm

Learn to read the exciting stories written on our desert sand and help to ensure the protection of our critical wildlife habitat.

Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Hike: Roving Naturalist in Borrego Palm Canyon - 9:00 a.m.
3 hours

Thursday November 12, 2009
Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Hike: Earthquake Valley Panorama - 9:00 a.m.
3 hours

Saturday November 14, 2009
Start: 8:30 am
End: 4:30 pm

Instructor:  Paul Johnson

Members $35, NonMembers $45

Start: 10:00 am
End: 2:30 pm

Junior Rangers - 10:00 a.m.
45 Minutes

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Dance the night away under an open sky to popular tunes performed by favorite local band, Sand Daddies.

Sunday November 15, 2009
Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Hike: Roving Naturalist in Borrego Palm Canyon - 9:00 a.m.
3 Hours

Thursday November 19, 2009
Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Hike: Squeeze through the Slot - 9:00 a.m.

Friday November 20, 2009
Start: 11:00 am
End: 11:30 am

Talk: Modern Warrior, Ancient God...The Scorpion

Saturday November 21, 2009
Start: 10:00 am
End: 8:30 pm

Junior Rangers - 10:00 a.m.
45 minutes

Start: 12:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm

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

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

Last month ABF moved to a new, more prominent office location and opened a small store front. Join us for an Open House at our new offices and State Park Store in The Mall.

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm

From early drawings to exquisite glass replicas, discover how early explorers and scientists documented t

Sunday November 22, 2009
Start: 9:00 am
End: 2:30 pm

Instructor: Diana Lindsay
Fee: Members $35; Non-members $45

Start: 11:00 am
End: 11:45 am

Talk: “Song Dog” The Wiley Coyote - 11:00 a.m.

Thursday November 26, 2009
Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Garden Walk: Small World

Friday November 27, 2009
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:15 pm

Display: Usefulness of Desert Plants - 11:00 a.m.
3 Hours

Saturday November 28, 2009
Start: 8:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

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

Start: 9:00 am
End: 8:30 pm

Hike: Voices, Visions, and Views of Alcoholic Pass - 9:00 a.m.
3 hours

Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

The Fall Botany Festival will teach participants about the amazing native plants of the Anza-Borrego desert and their role in the ecology of the desert.

Sunday November 29, 2009
Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Garden Walk: Small World

Saturday December 5, 2009
Start: 8:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Instructors: Dennis Mammana and Paul Johnson
Fee: ABF Members $25; Non-members $35

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

If you were to receive a letter from some far-off corner of the cosmos, how m

Sunday December 6, 2009
Start: 8:00 am
End: 4:00 pm

Notice to hikers:  As of 4 pm Saturday, this outing is still a "go" as weather forecasts predict partly cloudy weather, with the rain holding off until Monday.  If things chang