LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Saturday, Sept. 4, starting at 9 a.m. Dr. John Parker will lead an archeology walk through the Rodman Slough Preserve, at 6350 Westlake road (the corner of Westlake Road and the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff), off Highway 29 between Lakeport and Upper Lake.

Participants will be taken on an imaginary trip back in time and learn about the natural changes that have occurred in the Clear Lake Basin since the last Ice Age.

By combining information from archaeological research with actual artifacts and plant materials, Parker will talk about the people who lived in the Lake Basin. and how they both adapted to and caused some of those changes.

The public is invited to this interesting presentation which will take the place of the usual 9 a.m. walk at the preserve.

John Parker’s projects have been featured in the national and international media (including People, Omni, Westways, and Sunset magazines, FOX, CNN, CBS, and PBS).

He is a resident of Lucerne and has studied the American Indian cultures of Lake County for many years.

Parker was instrumental in preserving Anderson Marsh State Historic Park and has been an outspoken advocate for preservation of archeological sites and American Indian culture in the county.

The Rodman Slough Preserve is owned and operated by the Lake County Land Trust.

For more information about the preserve and the Lake County Land Trust, go to www.lakecountylandtrust.org or call 707-262-0707.