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 […]
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 […]
Come visit our adopted desert tortoise and get answers to your questions about our charming state reptile. We will also be hosting a story time nearby and reading the bi-lingual book, “The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit”; the first 70 visitors each day will even get a free copy of the book to take home in […]