Upcoming Events

Monument Night Adventures

Art Smith Trailhead Parking Lot MH9R+7Q, Palm Desert, CA, United States

Discover how the desert comes alive after dark! Do you know which animals change colors when you use a blacklight? Using our blacklights, a Friends’ volunteer docent will begin a short walk on uneven cobbled desert terrain in the basin below the dike/levy looking for scorpions and other nocturnal creatures that inhabit our desert. This […]

VOLUNTEER ONLY! Water Bus Tour

Sams Club Parking Lot 34220 Monterey Avenue, Palm Desert, CA

Join us on a fascinating and educational 350-mile, 11 hour luxury bus tour. Learn about the history and importance of water in the Coachella Valley. Find out how the desert turns green! Stops along the route include the Imperial Dam, Colorado River, the old Plank Road, Algodones Dunes, Coachella Canal, All-American Canal, and the Salton […]