Catto Center at Toklat
September 23rd
3pm - dark

Join ACES to celebrate the beautiful colors of fall at the Catto Center at Tokalt.  At 3pm Paul Andersen will lead a walk and share readings from his books Moonlight Over Pearl and Aspen's Rugged Splendor.  At 5:30pm we will enjoy a potluck dinner around the campfire at Toklat.  More details to follow.

The Nature of Our Lives: A Writing Workshop
Thursday, September 9, 9am - 5pm
$95, $75 ACES members
When was the last time you stared up at the night sky and gasped at its vastness?  What is your earliest memory of a certain tree, a safe-haven rock, a singing bird?  Did you grow up feeling embraced by nature, or discover its wonderment at a later age? We'll examine these questions and others during idea-filled readings, in-depth discussions, explorative writing time and non-strenuous hikes.

The Beauty of Birding: A Birding Walk
with Rebecca Weiss
Thursday, September 16, 7am - 12pm
$55, $45 ACES members
Join ACES naturalist, Rebecca Weiss for a day of birding to discover the abundant bird life of Aspen.  Birders of any experience level are welcome, as this class is designed to enhance your birding knowledge, skills, and passion whether you are just beginning or already adept at identifying birds by their songs!

Rock Bottom Ranch
Saturday September 11th & October 9
10am to 3pm, $45, $35 members

Rock Bottom Ranch invites you to make your own delicious canned goods! Learning to can safely at home helps you preserve the summer and fall harvest for use throughout the year. Using your own garden produce or wild harvested foods will help save money, too. Come to Rock Bottom Ranch to learn fruit, vegetable and meat canning with Robin Blankenship. Robin has been canning foods for 30 years and has a wealth of delicious recipes to share, dollar stretching tips, and lots of tricks for safe and efficient home canning.

Call 970-927-6760 to register today!

Read more: ACES in September

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 18:08

Every year Colorado has each county report the locations and sizes of infestations of 4 to 5 List B Noxious Weeds. 

The State Weed Advisory Committee met last week and selected the following List B species for 2011 management plans.

• Common teasel
• Cutleaf teasel
• Moth Mullein
• Dame’s rocket
• Jointed goatgrass

As many of you know, the Committee has been steadily working their way through the list B species and developing management plans for over 6 years.  It is great to be able to say that they are down to just 13 species left and after this next group slated for 2011 implementation, there will be just 8 more to go.  This year it looks like the only List B weeds Pitkin County has that are on this list will be Dame’s Rocket and Common Teasel.

Please stay tuned over the next couple of months for additional information regarding the mapping and plan development.  In the meantime you are strongly encouraged to start thinking about distributions of these species in Pitkin County and the goals that you feel are feasible for stopping the spread including: suppression, containment, and eradication.

Thank you and please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions! Please distribute far and wide.

Crystal Andrews

Last Updated on Monday, 26 April 2010 12:52 Monday, 26 April 2010 12:41

Did you know that our caucus has an opportunity to make a major impact on weed control through the County?  Crystal Yates-White is spearheading an effort to begin a proven program in our valleys.  The link following the article provides the road map to eradication of weeds in our area.  Please click on it to see how we can achieve this.  Crystal will be organizing interested residents to help her in this pursuit.

We all know that noxious weeds do not obey property boundaries.  In order to make significant headway in cleaning up noxious weed infestations, neighbors must control weeds on their own property in concert.  Otherwise, one thistle farm will continue to re-infest all of its surrounding and down-wind neighbors. Thus, it is important to look at infestations from a birds-eye perspective – across property lines and jurisdictions – and find ways to partner as neighbors.

A Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) is a specific geographic area defined by neighbors and stakeholders.  Within this area, partners commit to specific noxious weed management goals and share resources to meet them.  Goals may include such things as eradicating a certain weed, cleaning up a certain property, or developing outreach programs.  One of the biggest benefits of forming such a partnership is MONEY.  Grant-making entities prefer to fund projects that include a variety of partners.  By forming a CWMA, partners have a good chance of securing significant grant funding for their weed management projects.  With this increase in funding – and by working together as a unit to human and financial resources – A CWMA can make significant gains in weed management that might otherwise be unattainable by an individual landowner.  

Click here to view the CWMA Cookbook (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 July 2009 11:01 Friday, 10 July 2009 12:37

 

About Habitat for Humanity ReStore

The Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a resale store selling a variety of household items at 50-70% off the retail price.  The money is used to help families right here in our community build homes.

Last Updated on Monday, 01 June 2009 07:36 Thursday, 21 May 2009 12:07

The liturgy schedule for St. Benedict's Monastery is as follows:

Sunday Mass is at 8:15 AM
From Monday thru Saturday mass is at 7:30 AM except on Thursdays when it is at 7 PM
Monday thru Saturday Vespers (Evening Prayer) is at 7 PM

For special liturgies on bigger feasts such as Christmas, etc, please dial our monastery phone number 927-3311 and press #8 when the welcoming message starts to be given the times for the special liturgies.

Cordially,
Fr. Joseph