Joe Migliore

Photo of Bill Burke by Karyn Barnett Joe Migliore returned to desert living in 2000 and quickly immersed himself in his first passion, natural history. Motivated by this love of nature he has committed himself to sharing with others his appreciation for the desert environment.

As a volunteer and docent, he gives talks and leads nature walks and interpretive hikes about the Coachella Valley and environs on behalf of several conservation minded organizations. These include; The Living Desert, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Bureau of Land Management, Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association, Wildlands Conservancy at Pipes Canyon, San Jacinto State Park, Friends of The Desert Mountains, the Natural Science Collaborative and the Desert Trails Hiking Club.

Migliore’s interests include geology, especially this very tectonically active region of southeastern California. He believes that an indispensable part of appreciating our natural history involves interpreting geology as a dynamic and “living” process which has a fundamental influence on the local environment. He regularly gives talks and teaches classes on geology, plate tectonics, earthquakes and earthquake preparedness.

Migliore has a BA in Zoology from UCLA and is a Certified Interpretive Guide by the National Association for Interpretation with the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Friends of The Desert Mountains, Docent, and geology instructor at The Living Desert.