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News Release
For Immediate Release: September 15, 2005 Release # 005-0904
Contact: Tracy Albrecht (760) 251-4800
National Monument
Celebrates Wilderness Season
Bald eagles, wilderness anniversaries,
and desert cuckoos are all part of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains
National Monument's Fall Wilderness Season programs.
The free events begin October 4 when National Monument Interpretive Ranger David
Korzilius lectures on "Wilderness and Nature" at the Palm Desert Library.
Korzilius will explain what a wilderness is and how the Santa Rosa Wilderness
Area became part of the National Monument. The lecture begins at 6:30 p.m. For
more information call National Science Collaborative at (760) 341-9312, or visit
the library at 73-100 Fred Waring Rd.
On October 6 representatives of the National Monument will take part in the
'Fall Educators' Festival from 4-6 p.m. at the Living Desert Museum/Zoo in Palm
Desert. With the help of the Natural Science Collaborative of the Desert, local
educators will learn of the many new opportunities available to help their students
experience the natural sciences of the National Monument and the area. Please
call (760) 341-9312 for more details and to RSVP.
Bald Eagles take center stage as National Monument representatives and volunteers
join U.S. Forest Service Biologist Deborah Guzman to search the Lake Hemet area
for a local nesting pair. The watch begins at 8:30 a.m. October 19 at the Lake
Hemet market on Highway 74 in Garner Valley.
October 23 marks the fourth anniversary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains
National Monument. The celebration will include a variety of nature and art
activities for the whole family at the National Monument Visitor Center between
8 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more details contact the Visitor Center at (760) 862-9984
or come by 51-500 Highway 74, Palm Desert.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Planning and Environmental Coordinator Gregg
Hill will give a presentation at the Mizell Senior Center on November 4 about
the history of the public domain entitled "America's Greatest Gift."
The Mizell Center is located at the corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way in
Palm Springs. For more information call (760) 251-4800.
Everyone is concerned with earthquakes, and National Monument volunteer Joe
Migliore will give his 'Countdown to Earthquakes' presentation on November 8
at 2 p.m. in the Palm Desert Library, 73-100 Fred Waring Rd. A desert naturalist,
Migliore will explore the National Monument backyard features left through the
ages. With images of tectonic formations and views of the San Andres fault,
this is one of the more popular presentations sponsored by the National Monument.
National Monument Interpretive Specialist Tracy Albrecht will present a free
program about the zany cuckoo of the desert - the Roadrunner at 3:00 p.m. on
November 10 at the BLM's Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office located at 690
Garnet Avenue, North Palm Springs, just off Indian Avenue. For more details
call (760) 251-4800.
Finally, Caroline Conway
and Robin Kobaly of the SummerTree Institute will conclude the fall wilderness
season with a special 'Saving the Ancients' program at 10:30 a.m. on November
18 at the Tahquitz Canyon Visitor Center, located at 500 E. Mesquite in Palm
Springs. The Center, located snuggly in Palm Canyon within the National Monument,
provides a picturesque setting for this program, which is dedicated to saving
ancient native plants hundreds of years old. For details call (760) 862-9984.
All the programs sponsored by the National Monument are free and open to the
public. So come out and join with us, as we learn more about the many exciting
resources available to everyone in our backyard National Monument.
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