Field trip orientation at the BLM Palm Springs workship in December 2011.
Field trip for the December 2011 workshop at BLM Ridgecrest Field Office. Photo taken by Tim Waag.
Participants of the November 2011 workshop at Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Participants of the November 2011 workshop at BLM Bakersfield Field Office.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 volunteer training workshop fee is $25 per person. Attendance usually is limited to 25.
(updated 12/20/2011) There will be six initial volunteer training workshops offered by September 30, 2011, and they will be announced on this page. So far, the date and location for one has been confirmed:
April 14-15, 2012, at the Mendocino National Forest.
(updated 12/20/2011) Web site enhancements. We thank Sandy Rogers and Tom Elder for sharing their site visit report template and photo log form respectively. And we thank Mark Algazy for giving us permission to share his essay, "The Gift in the Rocks." All three gentlemen participated in a great workshop at the BLM Ridgecrest Field Office in December 2011.
(updated 12/20/2011) The 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology will be held on March 29 - April 1, 2012 at the Town and Country Inn, San Diego. You can pre-register at reduced rates until early March, 2012. For more information about the meetings, hotel reservations, volunteering, and special events, please visit the SCA web site page at <http://scahome.org/meetings_events/index.html>.
(updated 1/26/2012) The US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region is submitting a grant application to the Off-Highway Motorized Vehicle Recreation Division of California State Parks to help fund CASSP activities. The public can review and comment on this application from March 6, 2012, to April 2, 2012, by visiting the OHMVR Division web site at <www.ohv.parks.ca.gov>.