Desert Treks - Robledo Trackway March 15, 2008

The Las Cruces Museum of Natural History invites you for a day trip to the Robledo Mountains Paleozoic Trackway Site on Saturday, March 15, 2008. The trip leaves the Museum at 8 a.m., will caravan to the site, and return by 3 p.m. A limited number of spaces are available for the trip.

Our guide for this trip is JC Ortega of the Paleozoic Trackways Foundation. The Paleozoic Trackways Site lay within the Robledo Mountains immediately northwest of Las Cruces, with the southern portion of the range containing Picacho Peak and the Paleozoic Trackway Site. The site is home to Permian Era tracks ranging from animals like pelycosaurs and prehistoric amphibians to various insects and arachnids; even fossilized plant-life can be found within the area.

This trip is free and registration is required. Please call the museum at 522-3120 for more details and/or to pre-register for the trip. Participants are required to provide their own transportation. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

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