If you see a cigarette butt, a twist tie, a corner of a candy bar wrapper, a straw, a store receipt, a shiny bit of cellophane, or some other small bit of trash, pick it up and throw it in one of the new bear proof trash cans. If you notice it and walk by, it's like throwing it on the ground again. The Conservation Committee is targeting micro trash and encouraging all visitors to be aware and stoop to the occasion. Thank you for helping keep OLT clean. It's encouraging that micro trash is the problem instead of big pieces of debris.

In the summertime, the pool deck is a favored spot. OLT provides the flat concrete near the pool and a few deck chairs. There is space for about a dozen chairs with nearly 140 people wanting those spots. (Odd that concrete is so desirable but that may just be a personal preference I haven't acquired.) Thank you for sharing the swimming pool deck space. If you aren't in a deck chair, someone else will use it. If you bring your own chair and you aren't sitting on it, someone else will. If you don't want to share the limited deck space, consider setting up your chair somewhere else.

Members Appreciation Weekend was a great success with record numbers attending! Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped as camp hosts, discovery hosts and tour guides, shuttled members to their cars, helped cook and clean up breakfast for 260+ members, volunteers and staff. This is a special weekend for us where we get to celebrate our members. We received many compliments this year, folks loved the bands, the food, the community. Our Silent Auction raised $562 for educational programs. Thank you to everyone who attended making this a weekend to remember!

July 21: Annual Board Meeting and BBQ at the Pavilion!

Join us for our annual meeting, meet the board directors, share comments and suggestions and have lunch on us! We will be providing a BBQ lunch for all who attend.

July 25: Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be here doing research on our bat colony.

July 23 - 27: CCW Adventure Program, Science Camp at the Everson Ranch (special program)

July 29 - August 2: OLT's annual Kids Science Camp (registration is full)

August 6 - August 12: Rustic Roots Music Camp at Everson Ranch

OLT is thrilled to have this wonderful event returning to the Everson Ranch.  To learn more about it contact Rustic Roots directly.

Rustic Roots campfire jamming camp announces its 8th year and 2nd year at Orient Land Trust in the San Luis Valley - August 6-12, 2018.  Join Teaching Artists and Camp Hosts Joy Adams & Andy Reiner (Half Pelican) as well as Hazel Ketchum & John Holenko (The Hungry Monks) and Jerry Bryant and others for a musical-foodie-outdoors retreat in the mountains. Music workshops, collaborative farm-to-table meals, campfire jamming, tent camping with bathhouse access (or bring your large camping vehicle), yoga, optional adventure excursions to hot springs, hiking, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and rock climbing. 

Musical Styles include: Campfire Songs, Old-Time Appalachian, Bluegrass, Celtic, Grateful Dead, Scandinavian, Sea Shanties, Gypsy Jazz, Free Improvisations and more!   Families and non-musicians welcome - come for the whole week or just a part!  All Ages (Under 18 w/parent or guardian). Sign up and more information at www.rusticroots.net