Mesa Verde plans prescribed fire
Mesa Verde National Park is planning to implement a prescribed fire sometime before Feb. 29, weather permitting. The Chapin Mesa area prescribed fire is being conducted to dispose of material created during fuel reduction projects from this summer.
The 1-acre burn is primarily composed of gamble oak, piñon and juniper and should produce a low-intensity fire. Ignition operations should take a day, but the unit may produce smoke for several days.
Visitors to Mesa Verde may see smoke in the southwestern part of the park during these activities. Smoke may affect your health.
For more information contact Keith Krause, Mesa Verde Assistant Fire Management Officer, at 970-529-5062.
Mesa Verde winter festival continues
The public is invited to participate in the 2016 Mesa Verde National Park’s Winter Festival on Saturday, Jan. 23.
The Full Moon Ski and Snowshoe is 6-9 p.m. Explore Mesa Verde’s Morefield Campground, and Meadow Bliss and new Cottontail Loop trails in the moonlight. Complementary hot beverages will be available.
Join a park ranger from for Native American Star Stories and telescope viewing (conditions permitting) near the Morefield Campground Store.
Parking for all events will be at the winter activities parking lot in the Morefield Campground Village, four miles past the park’s entrance station. These events are free to the public. A limited number of adult and child snowshoes will be available for checkout, and there will be a drawing at both events for prizes donated by local businesses and organizations such as Osprey, Slavens and the Mesa Verde Museum Association.
Activities are subject to cancellation due to weather or road conditions. Call 970-529-4461 for more information.
Hisaw performs for working-class hero
Country-blues guitarist Eric Hisaw will perform at the Sunflower Theater on Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.
The solo artist from Las Cruces, New Mexico, is known for his heart-felt lyrics that take the audience on a journey of loss, inspiration, movement and recovery.
Playing guitar since he was 13 years old, Hisaw’s sound has been indentified as an “American spin on a Rolling Stones spirit,” with influences such as Joe Ely, Dough Sahm, and Bob Dylan.
Hisaw is a born traveler, a theme reflected in his three albums, which take listeners from the deserts of New Mexico, to the bustling streets of California, and back down the dusty trails of south Texas.
“The slight agony in Hisaw’s voice clues us in to the relevant audience he’s singing for: the honest, working-class hero, struggling to find a bit of peace, maybe some land or a kind woman to rely on,” states his bio.
Local musician Moe Cooley, from the Moetones, is currently touring with Hisaw and will join him on stage.
Doors and cash bar open at 6:15. Tickets are $15, online, remaining tickets $18 at the door. Available at www.sunflowertheatre.org.
Staff and Wire reports
