PLEASE NOTE: Before attending any field trip you must register at least 1 hour in advance. Early registration is recommended as field trip space is limited. Registration can be made by emailing your preferences to CADesertNatrFest@aol.com.
Please check with the registration area on the day of your field trip where you will to receive a map with directions, sign a waiver, pay your fee if applicable and receive your free packet of information and any special instructions.
Seminars are held in the Education Complex at the Living Desert. Directions are available at the Registration desk.
We look forward to seeing you at the Party for the Planet where you will have the Greatest Adventures Under the Sun!
Friday, April 11, 2008
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7:00 - 10:00 AM
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Bird Walk – Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
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9:00 – 11:00 AM
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Bird Walk – The Living Desert
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8:00 – 5:00 PM
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Sharing Nature with Children – Joseph Cornell
Hoover Room
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10:00 – 11 AM
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Wildflower Screening – Random Walk Productions
Mesquite Classroom
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12:30 – 1:30 PM
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Road Runner Presentation – Tracy Albrecht
Chuckwalla Classroom
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12:30-1:30 PM
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Leave No Trace Awareness – John Warden
Mesquite Classroom
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2:00-3:00 PM
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Road Runners! Tracy Albrecht
Chuckwalla Classroom
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2:00-3:00 PM
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Leave No Trace Awareness – John Warden
Mesquite Classroom
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2:00-3:00 PM
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Unnatural Trail – Caliso Learning
Chuckwalla Classroom
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7:00 – 9:00 PM
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Night Hike at Big Morongo with Kurt Leuschner & Dee Zeller
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
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7:00 - 10:00 AM
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FT
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Bird Walk – Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
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9:00 – 11:00 AM
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FT
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Bird Walk – The Living Desert
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8:00 – 5:00 PM
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WS
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Sharing Nature with Children – Joseph Cornell
Hoover Room
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10:00 – 11:00 AM
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Palm to Pines Birding & Nature Trail Talk – Ruth Nolan and Kurt Leuschner
Mesquite Classroom
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10:00 – 11:00 AM
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Desert Fire
Chuckwalla Classroom
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12:30 – 1:30 PM
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Pet Vet Q & A – Desert Tortoise - Anne Staley
Chuckwalla Classroom
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
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Desert Literature/Poetry – Ruth Nolan
Mesquite Classroom
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
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Make it Legal – Desert Tortoise - Anne Staley
Chuckwalla Classroom
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6:00 – 8:00 PM
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Dinner at the Living Desert
($25 per person)
Speaker, Joseph Cornell
Music, John Malcolm Penn
Natural Science Collaborative Award Presentations
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Sunday, April 9, 2006
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7:00 - 10:00 AM
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FT
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Bird Walk – Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
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9:00 – 1:00 AM
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FT
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Bird Walk – The Living Desert
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8:00 – 4:00 PM
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FT
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Exploring the Salton Sea – Kurt Leuschner
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8:00 – 12 Noon
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FT
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Murray Canyon Nature Walk – Joe Migliore
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10:00 – 11:00 AM
10:00 – 11:00 AM
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EarthWatch Slide Presentation - Muriel Horacek
Hoover Room
Scoping with Clay Taylor
Chuckwalla Classroom
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12:30 – 1:30 PM
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Wildflower Screening – Random Walk Productions
Hoover Room
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12:30 – 1:30 PM
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Desert Walk – Author Audrey Moe
Mesquite Classroom
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
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CV Native Plants and Wildflowers – Jennifer Percell
Hoover Room
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12:00 – 3:00 PM
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Songs of the Coachella Valley – John Malcolm Penn
Outdoor Entertainment
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
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San Andreas Fault – Joe Migliore
Chuckwalla Classroom
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
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Leave No Trace Awareness – John Warden
Mesquite Classroom
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ACTIVITIES THAT RUN THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL
April 11-13, 2008 9 AM – 5 PM
Exhibitors Fair - Information on everything from cars to desert water
Vendors Fair Nature's best books, baubles and binoculars
KidÕs Habitat - Activities, animals, puppets and more. Lots of fun even for the oldest of "kids"!
CREEC Student Environmental Art Exhibit - Check out the wonderful art from local students.
California Plein Air Artists - As you wander the Living Desert grounds keep an eye open for professional artists at work.
Butterflies Alive - The Living Desert's live butterfly exhibit is not to be missed! Admission: $2.00 or free for members of The Living Desert.
Interpretive Zones - Around every corner at the Party for the Planet you will find a surprise! Look for on site mini-presentations about wildflowers, skulls, geology, animal nutrition Cahuilla Native Americans, nests, packrats, raptors, feathers, amphibians, giraffes and much more! Fabulous!
