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Article Last Updated; Sunday, July 05, 2009 8:21AM
Durango Food Bank to hold collection driveThe Durango Food Bank will hold a food drive from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.
Participants can drop off donations at north and south City Markets, Albertsons, Nature's Oasis and Wal-Mart.
For more information, call 375-2672.
Archaeological Society to meet Thursday
The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. Sally Cole will present a program about the Falls Creek Ranch Project. The public is invited.
For more information, call Jill Tripp at 259-0157.
Hermosa work group to meet TuesdayThe Hermosa Creek Workgroup will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Everyone is welcome. The meeting will focus on discussing the recommendations from a drafting committee that formed in May.
For more information, visit http://ocs.fortlewis.edu/riverprotection/ or call the Southwestern Water Conservation District at 247-1302 or the San Juan Citizens Alliance at 259-3583.
Surface-use agreement clarification availableThe San Juan Citizens Alliance has posted a sample surface-use agreement on its Web site, accompanied by analysis and comments on sections it believes surface owners should be particularly aware of.
A surface-use agreement is one that gas operators make with surface owners before beginning drilling operations on the subject property.
Both the agreement and comments may be viewed by visiting www.sanjuancitizens.org.
For more information, call Josh Joswick at 259-3583.