CASSP is the California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program, where trained volunteers work with professional archaeologists to protect archaeological and historical resources by regularly visiting sites and recording changes. CASSP is a program of the Society for California Archaeology (SCA).
In order to become a CASSP volunteer, you must attend a two-day, training workshop (see how to join). Pre-registration must be made by e-mail, mail, or phone by the Monday before the workshop. The initial training workshop fee is $25 per person. Attendance usually is limited to 25.
You can receive e-mail announcements about CASSP events by subscribing to the CASSP listserv. To subscribe, sent a blank e-mail message to cassp-events-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
The latest issue of the CASSP newsletter, March 2009, can be downloaded as a Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
All of the CASSP photo posters displayed at the SCA annual meeting can be downloaded from public.me.com/discoveryworks
(updated May 29, 2009) A training workshop for new volunteers will be held on August 22-23, at the Sequoia National Forest Hume Lake Ranger District office, 35860 East Kings Canyon Road, Dunlap, CA 93621. You may register by contacting Beth Padon or Chris Padon by phone at (562) 431-0300 or by e-mail to bpadon"at"discoveryworks.com. The workshop fee of $25 will be collected at the door. For more information about workshop agendas, see how to join.
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State Parks archaeologist Margaret Kress, CASSP volunteer Bruce Tappeiner, and CASSP coordinator Beth Padon participated in the Ocotillo Wells workshop on April 25-26. 2009.
Archaeologist Leah Bonstead led the field training for the volunteer training workshop hosted in March, 2009, by the Barstow BLM Field Office, Death Valley National Park, and the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe.