Herbicide Carryover Working Group to meet
The Herbicide Carryover Working Group will host a follow-up meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Animas Room of the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.
The public is welcome. The purpose of the informal working group is to address the issue of herbicide carryover and develop an educational program for entities that distribute manure as a soil amendment, herbicide applicators and area food producers.
Herbicides with the active ingredient of aminopyralid, clopyralid or picloram can be effective in controlling weeds, but the residues can contaminate hays and grasses and the manure of any livestock that consumes the hay or grass.
Gardeners and farmers across La Plata County that have used manure contaminated with these herbicides for soil enhancement have had affected, and even lost crops.
For more information, call Gwen Lachelt at 382-6215 or email gwen.lachelt@co.laplata.co.us.
High Noon Rotary Club to meet Thursday
The High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.
Laurie Swisher of the Forest Service will speak on “Old Growth Forests.” The public is invited. The cost for lunch is $15.
Trails 2000 to host trail-work days
Trails 2000 will host these trail-work days from 4 to 7 p.m.:
Tuesday at the Lions Den Trail. Participants should meet in the Chapman Hill parking lot on Florida Road.
Wednesday at the Twin Buttes trail system. Participants should meet at the Trails 2000 work truck. Participants will walk up the Jeep road to the trail.
Trails 2000 will provide the tools, instruction, food and water. No experience is necessary. Volunteers should wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts, closed-toe shoes, sun hat, sunscreen and bring a water bottle.
For more information, visit www.trails2000.org/2014/05/trailwork5-27_28.
Senior center announces events
The Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., will host these events:
The center’s annual Senior Rummage Sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the center.
Dog-training classes orientation will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday. No dogs are allowed.
For more information, call 382-6428.
Herald Staff
