Durango Nature Center Season Begins

Sat, May 11, 2013
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
This event has ended

DESCRIPTION
Open to the public on Saturdays May 11 - October 26 10:00 - 3:00 Free for members and children 12 and under. $5 for nonmembers Miles of hiking trails, river play, picnic pavilion, junior naturalist badge, interpretive trail. Fun for the whole family!!!! Workshops on some Saturdays (check the website for calendar) The upper 35 acres of the site is comprised of public access and parking area, our Welcome Building, gift shop, and docent greeter. In addition, visitors will see prairie dog colonies, bird boxes, a children's habitat play space, an ancient ponderosa pine cross-section with marked rings, xeriscaped landscaping, and a sage-rabbitbrush habitat. A footpath leads visitors down to 105 acres along bordering the Florida River. There, trails wander through a wide variety of habitats - riparian, meadows, oak woodlands, piñon-juniper forests, and desert arroyos. Trails are marked with signs at ending points and junctions, as well as with interpretive markers and maps along the way. Sorry, no dogs allowed since it's a wildlife sensitive area.

  Minimum age: None
  Not dog friendly
CONTACT
  Sally Shuffield
  (970) 769-1800
DATE & TIME
Sat, May 11, 2013
10:00am - 3:00pm
This event has ended

LOCATION
Durango Nature Center
Bondad Hill
Bondad, CO  81301
LOCATION
Durango Nature Center
Bondad Hill
Bondad, CO  81301