The California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program (CASSP) is a statewide program, directed by the Society for California Archaeology. CASSP volunteers regularly visit assigned sites on public lands and report on their conditions to their local coordinating archaeologist, who works for the land management agency responsible for the sites. By regularly monitoring sites, problems are detected early, when they can more easily be corrected. Volunteers attend a two-day training workshop before they become site stewards. Site stewards work in their local areas, in teams coordinated by a professional archaeologist who works for the land management agency responsible for the sites.
CASSP volunteers can expect to make one site visit (about 8 hours) a month.
All CASSP volunteer site stewards sign an agreement of confidentiality which states that they will not reveal specific site location information.
You can receive e-mail announcements about CASSP events by subscribing to the CASSP listserv. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail message to cassp-events-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
The Society for California Archaeology started CASSP in 1999. Since then, approximately 800 people have participated in CASSP workshops at locations all across California. In 2002, CASSP received the Governor's Historic Preservation Award. The SCA committee on CASSP is chaired by Beth and Chris Padon. For more information, please contact them by e-mail (below) or phone (562-427-3474).