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, while providing the resources needed to sustain a prosperous economy today. He used to be head of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and now works in Washington, D.C.

Tickets are $15 per person or $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 Walcher will take the stage 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, now in its second printing, will be available for sale at the event.

A free presentation on Cuba to be held

Curious travelers can learn about Cuba in a free presentation from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Windom Room at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.

Chips, salsa and non-alcoholic mojitos will be provided. The Educational Adventures Company, a Durango-based business that guides tours to international destinations, will share the experience of a recent trip to Cuba. Information will include a slideshow with flight and visa details, politics, history, culture, scenery and useful travel tips. Former TEAC-tour travelers also will be present to discuss what to expect on a guided trip. TEAC also will offer an informal question-and-answer session about an upcoming trip to Cuba in late December with a registration date of Sept. 1.

For more information, call 382-1228 or visit www. TheEducationalAdventuresCompany.com.

CCI board of directors to meet Wednesday

A board of directors meeting for Community Connections Inc., will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Lupine conference room at CCI, 281 Sawyer Drive, Suite 200.

For more information, call 259-2464.

CDOT launches DUI awareness campaign

Colorado Department of Transportation announces its new summer DUI awareness campaign – “A Few Can Still Be Dangerous.”

“A Few Can Still Be Dangerous” serves as a reminder that even if an individual only has had a few drinks, it doesn’t mean it’s safe to drive.

To view the campaign commercials on YouTube, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtwZgclUPLk&feature=youtu.be or www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfsURGij2vg&feature=youtu.be. The launch of the campaign coincides with the 2015 Labor Day DUI enforcement period, which will run Friday through Sept. 8.

The Colorado State Patrol and local law-enforcement agencies throughout the state conduct increased DUI patrols. The enforcement period is part of CDOT’s The Heat Is On campaign.

For more information, visit HeatIsOnColorado.com.

Trails 2000 to host a public trailwork day

Trails 2000 will host a public trailwork day from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday on the new Sugar Trail.

Volunteers are needed to help finish work on the new trail, a multi-use connector trail from Skyline to Horse Gulch road.

No experience is necessary. However, physical fitness is required as volunteers will be hiking one to two miles uphill.

Trails 2000 will provide all tools, gloves, safety/instructional tool talk, and water, but participants are asked to bring a hydration pack. Volunteers should wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, closed-toe shoes, sun hat, sunscreen and bring a hydration pack, lunch, snacks and rain jacket.

For more information, visit www. Trails2000.org.

Florida Grange rings its breakfast bell

The Florida Grange, 656 Colorado Highway 172, will have a free breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday.

Old Fort Farm Stand is open Thursday

The Old Fort Farm Stand will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday outside the Fort Lewis College Student Union Building.

The stand will offer: spinach, mixed greens, romaine, arugula, curly kale, chard, radishes, broccoli, green and yellow zucchini, orange, yellow and purple carrots, red beets, shishito and jalapeño peppers, beans, onions, bell peppers, Mariachi, leeks, golden beets, dill, serrano peppers, Pueblo chiles, garlic heads, basil, flat-leaf parsley, cilantro, basil pesto, cilantro pesto, arugula pesto, kale chips, dehydrated onions, zucchini bread, pumpkin bread, roasted green or poblano chiles, grass-fed beef and local pork.

For more information, email [email protected]

Herald Staff