Photo by John McCarthy It's finally getting warmer outside, time to think about to gardens and flowers. GARNA’s 3rd annual spring bloomin’ fundraiser is here to green your home, garden or provide gifts for friends or family – perfect for Mother’s Day on May 8! This year’s bloomin’ fundraiser sponsor is Salida Greenhouse. A big […]
GARNA and Collegiate Peaks Chapter of Trout Unlimited will present their Stream Explorers program for middle school students in Salida and Buena Vista beginning April 22. Stream Explorers is one component in GARNA’s Angler and Hunter Education project taking place this spring with grant funding from Colorado Parks and Wildlife Partners in the Outdoors grant. […]
The goal of GARNA’s Public Lands Agency Career Exploration (PLACE) program is to expose greater Arkansas River region high school students to career paths within the natural resource agencies that partner with GARNA. This includes Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Participating students spend roughly full days […]
The goal of GARNA’s Public Lands Agency Career Exploration (PLACE) program is to expose greater Arkansas River region high school students to career paths within the natural resource agencies that partner with GARNA. This includes Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Participating students spend roughly full days […]
The GARNA Birding Club April bird walk will be at Frantz Lake in Salida. If you are a GARNA member and are interested in the trip and/or joining the Birding Club, please contact Denny Arter at at 719-539-0787 or denison118@gmail.com.
In May, the GARNA Earth-Friendly Book Club will discussHouse of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest, by Craig Childs. “The various tribes that made up the Anasazi people converged on Chaco Canyon (New Mexico) during the 11th century to create a civilization hailed as “the Las Vegas of its day,” a flourishing […]
GARNA and Collegiate Peaks Chapter of Trout Unlimited will present their Stream Explorers program for middle school students in Salida and Buena Vista beginning April 22. Stream Explorers is one component in GARNA’s Angler and Hunter Education project taking place this spring with grant funding from Colorado Parks and Wildlife Partners in the Outdoors grant. […]
The goal of GARNA’s Public Lands Agency Career Exploration (PLACE) program is to expose greater Arkansas River region high school students to career paths within the natural resource agencies that partner with GARNA. This includes Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Participating students spend roughly full days […]
The goal of GARNA’s Public Lands Agency Career Exploration (PLACE) program is to expose greater Arkansas River region high school students to career paths within the natural resource agencies that partner with GARNA. This includes Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Participating students spend roughly full days […]
There will be a GARNA Birding Club May bird walk at the Fairview Cemetery in Salida. If you are a GARNA member and are interested in the trip and/or joining the Birding Club, please contact Denny Arter at at 719-539-0787 or denison118@gmail.com.
Join GARNA and the Friends of Browns Canyon (FOBC) for a guided hike to explore historic mining camps and homesteads within the Browns Canyon National Monument. Other highlights include fantastic scenery and possible wildlife sightings. Michael Kunkel, former FOBC president and long time conservationist, will lead the hike. Green Gulch is the first major drainage […]
The entire 3rd grade of Longfellow Elementary School will take a field trip to Hayden Creek Campground in Coaldale as part of GARNA’s Youth Ecological Literacy Program. Please contact Kate Spinelli, GARNA Youth coordinator, if you are interested in volunteering for this fun event!
Chris Naccarato, Fire Management Officer for the Mountain Zone Fire Program of the US Forest Service Salida and Leadville Ranger Districts, will discuss preparation, implementation and benefits of prescribed fire. The talk will be held at the Salida United Methodist Church in the upstairs sanctuary. The cost of the talk is $3 for GARNA members; […]
GARNA and Collegiate Peaks Chapter of Trout Unlimited will present their Stream Explorers program for middle school students in Salida and Buena Vista beginning April 22. Stream Explorers is one component in GARNA’s Angler and Hunter Education project taking place this spring with grant funding from Colorado Parks and Wildlife Partners in the Outdoors grant. […]
The goal of GARNA’s Public Lands Agency Career Exploration (PLACE) program is to expose greater Arkansas River region high school students to career paths within the natural resource agencies that partner with GARNA. This includes Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Participating students spend roughly full days […]
Join GARNA for a guided bike ride along the entire length of Leadville's Mineral Belt Trail. Leadville resident Loretta McElhiney will lead the ride. Loretta is the Fourteener Program Manager for the US Forest Service Pike/San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron/Comanche National Grasslands and she serves on the Mineral Belt Trail Board. Howard Tritz will […]
The GARNA Board of Directors meets one time per month, usually the 3rd Tuesday from 4:15 until 6:00 pm. May's meeting will be held in Salida most likely at the Touber Building, Mt. Shavano Conference room. To request time at an upcoming meeting, please email the GARNA office.
GARNA and Boys & Girls Club of Chaffee County are working together to offer Natural Kids, a series of nature-based experiential learning sessions designed to foster environmental stewardship in our Upper Arkansas River Valley community. Session Six: Plants and Wandering This session will include plant identification and navigation skills. The presenter this week will be […]
Goldfinch on Sunflower by John McCarthy On Friday, May 20, Birder Jacque Fisher and wildflower enthusiast Pat Clark will share their knowledge and passion for the spring songsters and seasonal wildflowers in our area. Join them and GARNA for a leisurely hike to listen to birds and identify flowers. Jacque is an expert birder, a […]
GARNA and Boys & Girls Club of Chaffee County are working together to offer Natural Kids, a series of nature-based experiential learning sessions designed to foster environmental stewardship in our Upper Arkansas River Valley community. Session Six: Plants and Wandering This session will include plant identification and navigation skills. The presenter this week will be […]
The goal of GARNA’s Public Lands Agency Career Exploration (PLACE) program is to expose greater Arkansas River region high school students to career paths within the natural resource agencies that partner with GARNA. This includes Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Participating students spend roughly full days […]
In 1992 Colorado Governor Roy Romer declared May 9, 1992 as "Arkansas River Cleanup Day". This was quite an honor, and we all been staying true to the intent of this Declaration for the past 25 years. On Saturday, May 21, it’s time again to clean up the Arkansas River and surrounding areas before the […]
There will be a GARNA Birding Club May bird walk at McPhelemy Park and Harmon State Wildlife Area in Buena Vista. If you are a GARNA member and are interested in the trip and/or joining the Birding Club, please contact Denny Arter at at 719-539-0787 or denison118@gmail.com.
GARNA's tour of the hives in 2012. GARNA has arranged for a talk and tour of the local hives managed by The Beekeeper's Honey Boutique in Salida. During the 30 minute or so talk, Mike Andree will discuss bee anatomy and commercial use of bees as pollinators, his work with UC Davis on colony collapse […]
The GARNA Birding Club June bird walk will be at Russell Lakes State Wildlife Area near Saguache in the San Luis Valley. If you are a GARNA member and are interested in the trip and/or joining the Birding Club, please contact Denny Arter at at 719-539-0787 or denison118@gmail.com.
Many GARNA programs require a Liability Release Form be filled out each calendar year.
Your registration is secured upon receipt of payment, as long as there space is still available in a program. If you prefer not to register online (recommended), you may mail a check, made out to “GARNA” to the address below or stop by the office. Please include a note with the program you are registering for. Be aware, some programs sell out quickly, and we cannot confirm your spot with a mailed registration.
PO Box 1522
Salida CO 81201
Cancellation policy:
If we are notified of your need to cancel by 24 hours of program date, your program fee will be refunded except for a $3.00 administrative fee. No refunds within 24 hours or after the event (but most events are transferable). If minimum enrollment has not been met 2 days before program date, programs will be cancelled and we will refund the full amount.
