Fall Blaze Bicycle Tour to take place Sept. 28
The Durango Fall Blaze Bicycle Tour benefitting the Cycling Scholarship Fund at Fort Lewis College will take place Sept. 28.
Starting at 8 a.m. on campus at the clocktower, options will include 37-, 60- and 100-mile rides.
Sag support vehicles and six food and aid stations will be provided. There also will be a packet pickup party, and lunch and celebration on campus. Participants will receive a T-shirt and pin.
Ridership is limited. Entry fee is $69. Registration deadline is Thursday.
For information and to register, visit www.fortlewis.edu/cycling/DurangoFallBlaze.aspx.
Cleanup to take place at Phil’s World
San Juan Mountains Association and the Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office will mark National Public Lands Day on Sept. 28 with a cleanup project at Phil’s World on U.S. Highway 160 east of Cortez. Volunteers will work on the northern portion of already-developed trails.
Motorized (with ATVs) and nonmotorized volunteers are encouraged to participate. Trash bags, buckets and tools will be provided. Volunteers must wear long pants, sturdy shoes, eye protection and gloves. Lunch and T-shirts will be provided to registered participants.
To register by Wednesday, email Kathe Hayes at kathe@sjma.org or call 385-1310.
Seniors Outdoors announces hikes
Seniors Outdoors will host these hikes:
A hard, 7.6-mile hike from Haflin Creek to Missionary Ridge will take place Saturday. An early turn-back is OK with a partner. Dogs are OK on a leash or with voice control. To RSVP, email David Wright at djwright001@gmail.com or call 259-5978.
The Wednesday Wanderers will do an easy, 3-mile hike at Falls Creek on Wednesday. Dogs are OK. Nonmembers should RSVP to Chris Wiehage at 259-0882.
A hard, 9-mile hike to Quartz Lake in the South San Juan Mountains will take place Thursday. To RSVP, email Bill Cagle at cagle81301@yahoo.com.
A group will visit Lake Powell to camp, kayak, swim, fish and explore from Thursday to Sept. 29. Dogs are OK. To RSVP, call Jim Shadid at 884-4612 or email shadid@wildblue.net.
A hard, 7-mile hike to climb 12,200-foot Eagle Peak via Horse Creek in Dolores County will take place Sept. 27. A high-clearance vehicle is required. Dogs are OK. To RSVP, call Rich Butler at 403-3185, email rbbutler54@gmail.com, call Betsey Butler at 403-3185 or email ejbutler12@gmail.com.
For more information about Seniors Outdoors, visit www.seniorsoutdoors.org.
Vallecito Nordic to host trails cleanup
Vallecito Nordic will host a fall trails cleanup at 10 a.m. Oct. 5 at Madden’s Corner at the Vallecito Nordic Trails.
Participants should bring water, lunch, gloves, hiking boots and trail tools including chain saws, shovels, pulaskis, picks, rock bars and loppers.
For more information, call 884-6193 or visit skivallecito.wordpress.com.
Journey of Hope 5K to be held Oct. 5
The inaugural Journey of Hope 5K Family Fun Run/Walk will be held Oct. 5 at Mercy Regional Medical Center. Events will include a 5K run or walk and a 10K trail run.
Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Mercy’s Breast Care Center entrance. The trail run will start at 8:30 a.m., the walk at 9 a.m. and the 5K run at 9:15 a.m.
Entry fee is $20 for adults; children younger than 12 are free. All proceeds will go to Mercy Health Foundation’s Journey of Hope Fund to provide free mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford one.
For more information, visit www.mhffnd.org and click the “Events” tab or call 764-2800.
Fish-barrier installation to affect road, camping
Installation of a fish barrier on the East Fork of Hermosa Creek will require temporary closure of about 15 acres of National Forest lands to parking and dispersed camping along half-mile of the Hermosa Park Road (Forest Road No. 578) near the Upper Hermosa trailhead from Sept. 30 to Nov. 1.
Public access to the trailhead and parking lot will remain open and will not be affected; however, the public is asked to observe and follow posted signs in the area and to watch for heavy equipment.
The project is the first part of implementation for the Hermosa Creek and East Fork Hermosa Creek fish barriers project, which will continue the recovery effort of Colorado River cutthroat trout in the Hermosa Roadless Area.
A copy of the final environmental assessment and the decision notice are available at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/sanjuan/projects.
For more information, call Clay Kampf at 385-1220.
People sought for Sportsmen’s Roundtable
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking a new representative to serve on the Sportsmen’s Roundtable for the Southwest Region.
The agency is seeking applications from active hunters and anglers, and is particularly interested in applications from women, minorities and youths.
The roundtable is a process to assure hunters and anglers can provide input, concerns and discuss issues with agency leaders. The group is scheduled to meet twice each year, and representatives will have two additional meetings in their respective regions.
The Southwest Region includes the area from the Four Corners to the San Luis Valley, the Gunnison Basin, the North Fork Valley and the Montrose-Delta area west to the state line.
Interested people should send a one-page letter that explains their interest in wildlife and why they want to serve on the roundtable to Joe Lewandowski at joe.lewandowski@state.co.us or to 415 Turner Drive, Durango, CO, 81303. Application deadline is Oct. 15.
For more information about the roundtable, visit http://wildlife.state.co.us/Hunting/Pages/Roundtable.aspx.
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