The annual celebration of UC Santa Barbara's research and conservation activities at the El Pilar Maya cultural site in Belize and Guatemala will be held Saturday, October 15, from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Sedgwick Reserve in Santa Ynez.

A special feature of this year's program will be the commemoration of the El Pilar Management Plan by two dignitaries from Belize: Jaime Awe, Director of the Institute of Archaeology, and Yasser Musa, President of the National Institute of Culture and History.