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The Greater Arkansas River Nature Association will accept entries from May 22-July 1 for its seventh annual photo contest for Upper Arkansas River Valley nature photos, celebrating the groupâs 25 years of nature education and stewardship.
Photos must be from within the Upper Arkansas Valley watershed, from Leadville to Cañon City, a press release stated.
Categories for photo entries are: landscape; wildlife/birds; wildflowers; sunrise/sunset; and heritage â images of sites that have been nominated for state or national historic register, or scenic viewsheds from the Collegiate Peaks Scenic and Historic Byway.
This yearâs contest also features youth-specific entry options for each category for those younger than 18.
Join Greater Arkansas River Nature Association executive director Dominique Naccarato for a fun, experiential introduction to birding in the Upper Arkansas Valley from 8:30-10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 8, at Sands Lake in Salida.
Because you can engage in birding from the car, while hiking or biking, or even alongside serious birders who keep a birding life list, itâs the ideal hobby for nature-lovers of all ages and abilities.
Naccarato will uncover the basics of birding, including how to identify flight patterns, body and beak shape and function and bird sounds. Out in the field you will also get instruction and practice using binoculars and discovering how bird behavior can provide insight into whatâs going on in our neighborhood or ecosystem.
A year ago, along with the rest of the state, nation and world, Upper Arkansas Valley business owners and managers were attempting to cope with fallout from the coronavirus.
Businesses were in many instances reeling from closures, from reduced and changing operations and procedures, from loss of operating income and, to top it off, not knowing what to expect, what the future might hold.
Businesses, from banks to bike shops, from restaurants to lodges to retailers and about every business in between, had to retrench, to figure out how to continue to operate, in many cases at significantly reduced incomes, dealing with the virus.