Open house offers info on greenhouses
The “High Tunnel Open House” will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 13 at Rohwer Farms, 10591 Road BB in Cortez.
Hosts Heidi and Judy Rohwer will show participants their greenhouse high tunnels as they transition from summer to fall production.
To RSVP, visit www.tinyurl.com/RohwerOpenHouse.
Lecture to explore early farming methods
“Counting Calories: Ancient Four Corners Families and the Rise of the Chacoan World,” a lecture by David Stuart, will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the visitors center at Aztec Ruins on Ruins Road in Aztec.
Stuart’s lecture will cover results from a multi-year research project that looks at nine centuries of change, from early farmers to the Chacoan society.
Stuart is an internationally recognized anthropologist, associate provost emeritus at University of New Mexico and the interim president and senior scholar at the School for Advanced Research.
He has written several books, including Anasazi America, Prehistoric New Mexico, The Guaymas Chronicles and Ancient People of the Pajarito Plateau. Admission is free.
For more information, call (505) 334-6174 or follow Aztec Ruins’ Facebook page.
Water 101 Seminar set for Bayfield
The ninth annual Water 101 Seminar will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Pine River Public Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive in Bayfield.
The keynote speaker will be Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hobbs.
The cost is $35 before Wednesday or $40 after and at the door. For professionals seeking continuing education credits, the cost is $50 before Wednesday or $60 at the door.
The prices includes lunch, snack and an information packet. Topics will include Colorado water law, history, administration and development.
Continuing education credits are available to lawyers, real-estate agents, water utility operators and teachers.
For more information or to register, call 247-1302 or visit www.waterinfo.org.
Healing ceremony for the Animas River
The “Animas River: Ground Beneath Our Hearts” event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Park, 2901 East Third Ave.
This will be a healing ceremony for the Animas River in response to the Aug. 5 accident that released 3 million gallons of mine waste into the river.
The event will be part of Ground Beneath Our Hearts, a global spectacle to bring attention to communities affected by mining and oil and gas development.
Participants will sing to the river and create a joint work of ephemeral art: a chain of flower petals, leaves and other natural objects to be floated down the river along with each person’s wishes for the river’s healing.
On the same day, communities around the world, will gather. Each community will sing the original song “The Ground Beneath Our Hearts.”
Videotapes of all the communities singing will be joined into a single video and distributed on the Internet.
For more information, visit www.radicaljoyforhardtimes.org/calendar/the-ground-beneath-our-hearts.
Nature Studies announces activities
Durango Nature Studies will host these activities:
The annual online auction will be held from 9 a.m. Thursday to 9 p.m. Sept. 20. Visit the “Auction” button at www.durangonaturestudies.org.
Fall volunteer naturalist training will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Nature Center. The training is for the Children Discovering Nature Program and Exploring Science in Nature Program. Volunteers will become fully qualified volunteer naturalists, ready to lead science-based hikes for kids in kindergarten through eighth grade about topics such as watersheds, animal adaptations, ecosystems, weather and more. No prior experience is necessary.
A free community day will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Nature Center. The volunteer of the year will be honored at 1 p.m.
An “Animal Signs Workshop” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Nature Center. The cost is $10 for nonmembers, and free for members. Participants will learn animal signs common to the Four Corners.
To register or for more information, call 769-1800, email sally@durangonaturestudies.org or visit www.durangonaturestudies.org/cdn_vol_fa.htm.
Herald Staff
