Working to create public access to this resource, the University of California Museum of Paleontology is collaborating with Mt. Diablo State Park and the Mt. Diablo Interpretive Association, and other local groups to make a "Trail Through Time". By linking some existing trails with new segments (see map), the consortium will create an 8-mile hiking path that winds past rock outcrops, fossil sites, Bay Area vistas, and areas of botanical and archeological interest. Visitors will be able to view vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant fossils on their hike, and will read about California's geologic history at marked information stations.

Although parts of the Trail Through Time involve a vigorous hike, it will still be accessible to the disabled and to "visitors" across the country - via the World Wide Web.

Reprinted by permission from UC Paleontology Museum Newsletter (with slight modifications)

Watch this space for updates on the progress of this project. If you are interested in volunteering either in the fundraising, interpretive or trail construction phases of the project, you are encouraged to email us.

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