Desert Institute Field Classes

Spring Class Calendar

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Februrary

23		Discover the Eagle Cliff Mine
29 & Mar. 1		Map & Compass Basic Skills

March

1 & 2		Native Californian Basket Weaving
2		Map & Compass Advanced Skills
7 & 8		Photography: Nature to the Digital Studio
8		Advanced Wilderness Navigation
9		Queen Mountain: A View from the Top
9		Native Californian Plant Cordage
14 - 16		Rocks & Minerals of JTNP*
15		Watercolor Painting in the Park
16		Botanical Drawing: A Visual Journal
22		Wildflower Wanderings
29		Desert Night Sky
29 & 30		Flora of Joshua Tree National Park*
30		Explore the Colorado Desert

April

5		Human Footprint: Impacts on JTNP
5 & 6		Desert Literature
6		Reptiles of the Desert
11 & 12		Tracking in Joshua Tree National Park
11 - 13		Plant Ecology of Joshua Tree National Park*
13		Basic Desert Survival
18 & 19		Photography Up Close & Personal
18 & 19		Map & Compass Basic Skills
20		Map & Compass Advanced Skills
20		Desert Pollinators
26		Rare Species of Joshua Tree National Park
26 & 27		Paleontology of Southern California
27		Desert Fire Ecology

May

2 - 4		Birds of Joshua Tree National Park*
3		Plein Air Poetry