La Plata County Farm Bureau will host Greg Walcher, who will speak at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Fort Lewis College.

Raised in western Colorado, Walcher has spent a lifetime working to conserve the environment. He used to be head of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and now works in Washington, D.C.

Tickets are $15 per person, $10 per person with a Farm Bureau membership card and are on sale at Durango Basin Coop. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m, and Welcher will speak at 7 p.m.

For more information, email [email protected]. Walcher’s book Smoking Them Out: The Theft of the Environment and How to Take it Back will be available for sale at the event.

Rotary Club to meet Tuesday at Strater

Club members Clyde and Paulette Church will speak about the Rotary International Convention to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.

Visitors are welcome. For more information, call Bruce Rodman at 385-7899.

Committee to discuss investments at FLC

The Investment Advisory Committee of the Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in Room 2503, Berndt Hall, FLC.

The group will hear presentations from investment manager firms.

For more information, call Peggy Sharp at 247-7347 or email [email protected].

Job fair Thursday at Bayfield library

The inaugural Building a Better Bayfield Community Open House and Job Fair will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive.

The event will feature activities and information. Participants will discover the diverse community of Bayfield, from employment, local artists and businesses, vendors, community assistance, recreational programs, performing arts and more. The event will feature more than 30 participants and a visit by a fire truck.

For more information or to reserve a vendor space, call 442-2523.

Land surveyors to talk aerial sensors

The Southwest Chapter of the Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado will host its chapter meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Eolus Room of the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.

The speaker will be Karl Pia of Olympus Aerial Surveys. He will review the three types of aerial sensors in common use today – the film camera, digital camera and lidar.

Herald Staff