The Bayfield Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly meeting and social hour, starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Community Banks of Colorado. The meeting will be hosted by Coffee News, a weekly community interest newsletter covering Bayfield-Ignacio, Pagosa Springs and Durango.

Chamber members will hear about the group’s new Ambassador program that is reaching out to Bayfield-area businesses to ask them to participate in the chamber and help make it a stronger organization.

More information and upcoming events are at www.bayfieldchamber.org.

Baseball registration due Tuesday

Pine River Youth Baseball is registering youth for Little League baseball. Registration is due March 8. After that, a $25 late fee will be added until the final deadline of March 15. Registration is available online at www.pineriveryouthbaseball.com.

Registration and checks also can be mailed to:

Pine River Youth Baseball

P.O. Box 1083

Bayfield CO 81122

SJMA offering snowshoe tour

San Juan Mountains Association will host a free snowshoe tour at Andrew Lakes in partnership with San Juan National Forest on from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 1. Bring warm clothing, warm boots, hot drinks, binoculars, and a flashlight with a red lens. Snowshoes will be needed. Kids’ and small adult snowshoes are available for free upon request. Meet at the plowed parking area on the east side of Hwy 550 one quarter of a mile north of the Andrew Lake turn off.

To sign up, register online at sjma.org, contact [email protected], or call 759-9113. The location is subject to change if the roads are bad. Suitable for ages 7 and up. Kids carried in packs are allowed.

Dharma Center offers daylong retreat

Durango Dharma Center leader Erin Treat will offer a daylong retreat on Liberating Awareness: Your Life is Your Practice. This program, to be presented in the new Dharma Center at 1800 East Third Ave., will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 12.

Participants will be invited to allow themselves to touch and be touched by life through the practice of sati (mindfulness). They will have an opportunity to pause and reconnect with the direct experience of body, heart and mind through sitting and walking meditation as well as dharma reflections. For questions or more information, contact Terry Leonard at (970) 799-0084 or [email protected] or visit durangodharmacenter.org.