Preserving Our Water Field Day

Farmers, ranchers, students, agency personnel, educators, and the interested public are invited to attend a Preserving Our Water Field Day presented by Ogallala Commons (www.ogallalacommons.org) and Southern Plains Land Trust (SPLT) on Sunday, October 18th from 1:20pm-4:00pm Mountain Time, at the Bent County Community Center (1214 Ambassador Thompson Blvd) in Las Animas, CO.  

The purpose of the field day is: 1) to shift the public conversation about surface water depletion toward a more hopeful narrative built on a wide range of innovative solutions, and 2) to expand the stakeholder coalition focused on improving the water realities we live with and leave for future generations on the Southern Plains.

There is no registration fee for the event.   Those who wish to attend do need to sign up by October 6th.

Otherwise, please sign up by contacting Maria Yañez, Ogallala Commons Regional Coordinator (maria@ogallalacommons.org or by phone at 832-524-9448). 

Agenda

1:00pm Doors Open with Registration & Lunch

1:20pm Welcome & Overview 

Will Masters, Ogallala Life Educator, Ogallala Commons, Amarillo, TX

1:30pm History of the Boggsville Historic Site

Anita Pointon, Bent County Historical Society, Las Animas, CO

1:45pm Native Plants & Seeds

Jameson Crumpler, Texas Native Seeds Program, Lubbock, TX

Rocky Ford, CO 

2:05pm Break

2:15pm A Community Vision for the Purgatory River Reserve

Henry Pollock or Judith, Southern Plains Land Trust, Lamar, CO

2:35pm Youth Corps Build a Foundation of Stewardship in SE Colorado

Tara Castaneda, Eastern Plains Youth Corps

2:55pm Field Trip to Boggsville Site 

4:00pm Adjourn

The field day is part of the Stewarding Our Water Future Project being conducted around southeastern Colorado by Ogallala Commons and is made possible by grant support from the Gates Family Foundation.