Durango Nature Studies will host its spring Volunteer Naturalist Training for its Children Discovering Nature Program from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Eoulus Room of the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., and from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Nature Center.

Participants will become qualified volunteer naturalists, ready to lead science-based, hikes for children in kindergarten through sixth grade on topics such as plants, animals, insects and water. Volunteers will receive a manual. Nature walks take place at the Durango Nature Center. No experience is necessary.

For more information and to register, call 769-1800 or email [email protected].

Arctic expedition film to be screened

A documentary screening of “Poles Apart” and a discussion with expert skier Anne Dal Vera, a participant on the 1993 American Women’s Antarctic Expedition, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Room 130 of Noble Hall at Fort Lewis College.

This presentation is part of the San Juan Mountains Association “Gear Up for Wilderness” Lecture Series and is a part of the regional Wilderness 50 programming for spring 2014.

Ignacio library announces programs

Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave. in Ignacio, will host these programs:

A fly-tying workshop will take place at 5 p.m. Thursday. The workshop will include a demonstration of some basic flies. Supplies will be provided, but sign-up is required.

An Introduction to Skype will take place at 1 p.m. Thursday. Participants will learn the basics of the communication software. Sign-up is required.

Free legal advice will be available by computer link from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday. By computer, volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help fill out forms, and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims and civil-protection orders. Walk-ins are welcome, and people will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information, call 563-9287 or visit www.ignaciolibrary.org.

Friends of the Bayfield library to meet Thursday

The Friends of the Pine River Library will hold its annual meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday in the meeting room at the Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive in Bayfield.

A short business meeting to greet former and new members will include election of new officers followed by a soup luncheon. Membership is $5. Membership includes special library-card privileges.

For more information, call 884-222.

Garden Club of Durango to meet Wednesday

The Garden Club of Durango will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.

Kynan Kelly from Scapegoat Landscaping will present a program on “Soil: To Amend or Not to Amend, To Dig or Not to Dig” in native perennial garden beds. The public is invited to attend.

For more information, call Marsha Schuetz at 247-0198.

Archaeological society to meet Thursday

The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Lyceum at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.

Dale Davidson will present a program on “The History of Cortez.” The public is invited.

Herald Staff