Planet vs Plastics

As a part of Earth Week activities, Creation Care of Pagosa Springs is presenting Dr. Terry Root who will speak on this theme of Earth Day in 2024.  Weminuche Audubon was honored to host a presentation by Dr. Root on climate warming last fall.  She is a knowledgeable, f......More

As a part of Earth Week activities, Creation Care of Pagosa Springs is presenting Dr. Terry Root who will speak on this theme of Earth Day in 2024.  Weminuche Audubon was honored to host a presentation by Dr. Root on climate warming last fall.  She is a knowledgeable, fun and energetic speaker. What problems does plastic use create and what methods can we use to combat them will be topics addressed in Dr. Root’s presentation.  She is professor emerita at Stanford University honored with a host of achievements and awards including sharing the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.  You won’t want to miss this program. Admission is free but donations to further local environmental education will be accepted.

Community United Methodist Church, 434 Lewis St, Pagosa Springs, CO

Landowner Basics Class-Range and Soil Health

Presented by Natural Resources Conservation Service.Register for this free class by email [email protected] or by phone 970-264-5931.

CSU Extension Office, 344 Hwy 84, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147

Ute Mtn Mesa Verde Birding Festival

The Annual Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival provides a popular venue for visiting southwestern Colorado during the second weekend in May. Nestled between alpine and mesa forests and scenic desert canyons, the Four Corner’s intriguingly diverse landscapes, and mi......More

The Annual Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival provides a popular venue for visiting southwestern Colorado during the second weekend in May. Nestled between alpine and mesa forests and scenic desert canyons, the Four Corner’s intriguingly diverse landscapes, and mild climate, have drawn people to the region for generations. Ancestral Pueblo farmers dwelled in places now known as Mesa Verde, Hovenweep, and Canyon of the Ancients. Today’s meadows, pastures, cultivated fields, historic orchards, stock ponds and reservoirs establish habitat for a wide-spectrum of migratory and resident birds. Some species, such as Lucy’s Warbler, are found no place else in Colorado. Hosted by the Cortez Cultural Center, the UMMV Birding Festival draws upon the expertise of regional wildlife specialists who volunteer as tour guides and guest lecturers. Each year new tours, and repeat favorites, explore an array of birding hotspots that attract avian species from loons and grebes to sparrows, grosbeaks, and finches. Overnight tours within easy driving distance offer different environs and the prospect of encountering species not found within the Cortez area. Southwest Colorado’s first birding records date to the 1880s. Tours that combine birding with regional archaeology, ecology, and history take UMMV birders into the realms of gulls, shorebirds, waterfowl, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Bald and Golden eagles, elusive owls, woodpeckers, flycatchers and phoebes, American Dipper, towhees, crossbills, and colorful bluebirds, tanagers, and warblers. The festival’s birding tally has climbed to 180 species. The UMMV Birding Festival designs activities and tours to fit a gamut of abilities, ages, and interests. Early evening lectures, social hours, a bird-themed art show, and banquet add to the festival’s five days of enjoyment — learning, socializing, and most importantly birding.  Check their website to register for tours https://cortezculturalcenter.org/events/birding-festival/ Registration is now open.  Don’t delay in booking tours.

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