Firewood permits available in Cortez, Mancos, Dolores
As backcountry roads open for the summer, permits to cut firewood on the San Juan National Forest go on sale at agency offices and selected retail outlets.
A minimum purchase of $20 allows the bearer to gather 2½ cords of dead and downed firewood from the San Juan National Forest for personal use prior to Dec. 31. Each tag is good for one-half cord of firewood.
The appropriate number of tags must be validated and fastened to firewood before the vehicle leaves the place where the firewood was gathered.
One household may purchase permits for up to 10 cords of firewood per year for personal use. Gathering wood for resale requires a commercial permit.
Permits, a brochure and map are available at:
Dolores Public Lands Office, 29211 Highway 184, Dolores
City Market, 508 E. Main, Cortez
Dolores Food Market, 400 Railroad Ave., Dolores
Cox Conoco, 201 E. Railroad Ave, Mancos
Restrictions apply to the cutting of standing dead ponderosa pine and live Gambel oak.
For more information, contact the San Juan Public Lands Center at 970 247-4874.
Mancos Valley Distillery hosts Lindells
The Mancos Valley Distillery presents The Lindells and their rock on Saturday, May 30.
Doors open 5 p.m., and music starts 8 p.m., with special guest Stan Davis. Cover charge is $3.
The Lindells have been playing their rock in the West since the early 1980s. Over the past three decades, the duo has released a half-dozen records and played stages from The Steaming Bean coffee house to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. JJ Cale gave his endorsement as he waltzed across the dance floor during their opening slot soundcheck.
The two songwriters have a large original catalog of songs evoking desert dreams and high mountain heartache. Imagine Townes Van Zandt sharing a few shots with Kate Wolf backstage at a Cowboy Junkies concert.
Special guest will be longtime friend Stan Davis, of Napa, Calif. Davis has played with The Lindells, The Pond, and The Beautiful Loser Society. His songs sit right along side Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark.
Check out their web page at: http://lindellsmusic.com/index/.
Dolores library to host quilt workshop
The Dolores Mountain Quilters’ free quilting workshop “Yo-Yo Project” will be on Tuesday, May 19, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Mancos Public Library.
This will be a hand-sewing project to make yo-yo’s, tiny circles of fabric, gathered at the edges and sewn together to create a three-dimensional effect. If possible, please bring fabric, needle, thread, thimble and scissors. Limited fabric and supplies are available. Teens are welcome, and children under 13 can join with an adult.
Please RSVP by Monday, May 18 to Mancos Public Library at 970-533-7600 or email sgans@mancoslibrary.org.
Youth Farmers Market continues
Youth Farmers Market at the Mancos school campus continues for another Wednesday. Shop the sale, on the front lawn of the elementary school, Wednesdays, May 13 and 20 from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. Seeds and plants will be on sale, all cared for and packaged by Mancos elementary and middle school students. Proceeds from these items benefit the Montezuma School to Farm Project and the Mancos School Garden Program.
Also participating is the Mancos Middle School’s Arts and Crafts class, selling student-made plant labels to bring beauty to your garden. Proceeds from these items will sustain future Arts and Crafts class projects.
For more information, contact Erin Bohm: erinbohm@gmail.com.