Celebrate Earth Day with run, beer, music
Durango Nature Studies’ annual Earth Day 5K and Family Fun Run Celebration will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Rotary Park.
The cost is $15 in advance, $20 on race day and $10 per family for the 1-mile fun run.
After the race, there will be music, a kids’ boat race, free pizza from Homeslice and beer tickets from Animas Brewing Co. Brown’s Sport Shoe will donate a pair of shoes to the male and female winner.
To register, visit Brown’s Sport Shoe, Backcountry Experience or www.durangonaturestudies.org/earthday.htm.
Learn to be ‘Ecowise’ at Earth Day party
The seventh annual Earth Day Celebration at Aztec Ruins will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
There will be information about gardening with indigenous plants, solar heating, water conservation, local food and more.
There also will be games and activities for people of all ages.
Several educational booths will hold demonstrations and discussions throughout the event.
Admission to Aztec Ruins National Monument and to the Earth Day event will be free and open to the public.
Ecowise is the theme for this year’s Earth Day Celebration.
For more information, call (505) 334-6174, ext. 230, or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AztecRuinsNM.
Forest wants your views on recreation
The public is invited to a workshop from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 6 at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., to help the San Juan National Forest begin an evaluation and prioritization of recreational facilities and programs.
Public comment will be used to supplement and inform a forest-wide recreation-site analysis of all facilities, such as campgrounds and trailheads.
Detailed information also will be available about related programs, such as trails and special-use permits. As part of a national and regional effort to trim federal budgets, the San Juan’s recreation budget is expected to decrease during the next three years by as much as 30 percent as the agency realigns funding to balance workforce capability with public needs.
For more information, call Brian White at 385-1246.
Plant society to visit Gallup for wildflowers
The San Juan/Four Corners Native Plant Society will offer a free wildflower walk called “Wildflowers of Red Rock Park” on May 2 and May 3 in Gallup, New Mexico.
For more information and reservations, email Ray Gosden at gosden@aol.com or call (505) 722-9236.
Herald Staff
