Seniors Outdoors announces activities
Seniors Outdoors announces these activities:
A challenging six-mile hike with 3,000 feet elevation gain to climb Rolling Mountain will take place Monday. There will be some scrambling and off-trail hiking. To RSVP, call Bill Cagle at 385-4566 or email cagle81301@yahoo.com.
A general meeting will take place Tuesday at Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. A social hour will take place at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. Larry Beck, president of the Natural Arches & Bridges Association, will present “Local Arches and Bridges.”
A moderate four-mile hike with 600 feet elevation gain in Jones Creek will take place Wednesday. Dogs on a leash are allowed. Nonmembers should RSVP to Caroline Murray at 375-0454.
For more information about Seniors Outdoors, visit www.seniorsoutdoors.org.
Durango Nature Studies activities
Durango Nature Studies will offer these programs:
Wee Walk Abouts, preschool nature walks, will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. Aug. 14, 21 and 28 at For the Birds near Rotary Park. The cost is $5 per child and free for members.
An Astro Tour of the Perseids Meteor Shower will take place from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. Sunday at Durango Nature Center. The event is free for members, and $10 for nonmembers. Participants can bring blankets, sleeping bags or portable recliners.
A bird walk will take place from 9 to 10 a.m. Aug. 21 at For the Birds. The walk goes along the Animas River Trail every third Wednesday of the month.
For more information or to register, email sally@durangonaturestudies.org, call 769-1800 or visit www.durangonaturestudies.org/wildwords.htm.
Tour of Valley bike rides set for Aug. 25
The 25th Annual Tour of the Valley 100-mile bicycle ride through Colorado National Monument will take place Aug. 25.
Thirty-, 50- and 75-mile options also are available in the event, which will begin and end at the DoubleTree Hotel, 743 Horizon Drive in Grand Junction.
Check-in time is from 6 to 8:30 a.m. Registration cost is $45 for adults and $20 for children 14 and younger, and includes a T-shirt and lunch.
Proceeds from the event go to support the health education and wellness activities at Community Hospital, the Colorado Mesa University Cycling Team, and the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association.
For more information and to register, visit www.YourCommunityHospital.com.
Explosives prohibited on all public lands
The U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region, working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, announced a regional closure order prohibiting unpermitted explosives on national forest system lands, specifically to prohibit the use of exploding targets.
Exploding targets have been identified as the cause of at least 16 wildfires in the West.
The order applies to all unpermitted explosives but focuses on exploding targets. The closure order includes all national forests and grasslands in the five-state Rocky Mountain Region: Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. If caught using an exploding target, the user can face a fine of up to $5,000 and imprisonment of not more than six months.
Hunters reminded to avoid violations
Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds hunters that they can be fined for violations and lose their hunting privileges in Colorado and other states that participate in a wildlife compact agreement.
Common violations include not wearing fluorescent orange; carrying loaded firearms in or on vehicles; firing a shot from the road; not voiding the license immediately; improperly attached carcass tag; no evidence of sex; waste of game meat; shooting a spike-antlered elk; and illegally tagging an animal.
For more information, visit http://wildlife.state.co.us/HUNTING/Pages/Hunting.aspx.
Volunteers sought for shooting range cleanup
Volunteers are invited to help clean up and improve the Bayfield Shooting Range from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at 4499 County Road 223.
The event is being organized by Bayfield resident McKay Wells as part of his work to become an Eagle Scout. The range will be closed during the cleanup.
Cleanup will include painting, replacing target mats, replacing gun racks, removing noxious weeds and other small projects. Volunteers should bring gloves. Tools, water and lunch will be provided.
Anyone who wants to donate to the project should call Wells at 884-5412 or 946-8039. To get to the range, travel north from the stoplight on U.S. Highway 160 in Bayfield, go 4.5 miles to County Road 223 and turn right. Drive just more than a mile to the range, which is on the right side of the road.
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