Patti Buck elected CattleWomen president
Patti Buck of Ignacio was elected the 63rd president of American National CattleWomen Inc. during the organization’s 2014 annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn.
The group is a voice for women who support and promote the beef industry. Buck and her husband raise Black Angus cattle. She also is the owner/operator of the Pampered Pets Boarding Kennels and has a successful real-estate rental business.
Buck has served as the National Beef Cookoff committee chairwoman and as a committee member for 10 years, secretary of the Colorado CattleWomen’s Association for four years and as a committee member of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Nutrition committee for nine years. She also has served on many committees for the local La Plata Cattlemen’s and Cowbelles association, including the executive committee.
For more information, visit www.ancw.org.
Native plant society to meet Wednesday
San Juan/Four Corners Native Plant Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Lyceum Room of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.
Al Schneider will present a program called “The Wildflowers of Charles Parry.” The program will show the beauty of some local plants discovered by Parry, the famed 19th century botanist, doctor, explorer and naturalist who collected plants in the Midwest, Colorado and other Western states for 48 years.
Parry collected for his own pleasure, for the advancement of science, for the encouragement of horticulture and for the settling of the places he explored.
For more information, visit www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/San Juan Four Corners Native Plant Society.htm.
Aztec Ruins to screen documentary film
Aztec Ruins, 84 County Road 2900, will host a presentation of Ken Burns’ documentary film honoring the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s landmark act preserving Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21.
The evening will begin with the recognition of the park’s winning photo for the new 2014 Friends of Aztec Ruins membership card. Free activities will be held in the Aztec Ruins Visitor Center. The Friends of Aztec Ruins will provide popcorn and snacks.
For more information, visit nps.gov/azru or www.facebook.com/AztecRuinsNM.
Comment sought on fuels-reduction plan
The Dolores Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest is seeking public comment on the Lake Canyon Forest Health and Fuels Reduction Project.
Proposals include tree cutting, mastication and prescribed fire aimed at improving forest health and resistance to a recent outbreak of round-headed pine bark beetle.
The project area is north of Lake Canyon between Forest Road 504 and the Dolores Canyon rim in Dolores County. A document describing the need for the project, details of the proposed action and maps is available at the Dolores District office, or www.fs.usda.gov/projects/sanjuan/landmanagement/projects.
Comments must be received by March 10. The public is invited to visit the Dolores District Office from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday to view larger scale maps and speak to the forest management staff members.
For more information, call Mark Krabath at 882-6830.
Junior snow ranger program available
A Forest Service Junior Snow Ranger program will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 22 at the Chicken Creek Cross Country Ski Area.
Children will discover animal tracks, examine plants and conduct snow experiments to receive an official Junior Snow Ranger booklet, badge, membership card and Woodsy Owl handkerchief.
Snowshoes will be available for children. Adults who need snowshoes must register by Wednesday. The program is for children 4 and older. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
To sign up, call 759-1170.
Herald Staff
