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Toklat Membership Potluck
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|  Catto Center at Toklat
September 23rd
3pm - dark
Join ACES to celebrate the beautiful colors of fall at the Catto Center at Tokalt. At 3pm Paul Andersen will lead a walk and share readings from his books Moonlight Over Pearl and Aspen's Rugged Splendor. At 5:30pm we will enjoy a potluck dinner around the campfire at Toklat. More details to follow.
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Adult Fall Workshops
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The Nature of Our Lives: A Writing Workshop
Thursday, September 9, 9am - 5pm
$95, $75 ACES members
When was the last time you stared up at the night sky and gasped at its vastness? What is your earliest memory of a certain tree, a safe-haven rock, a singing bird? Did you grow up feeling embraced by nature, or discover its wonderment at a later age? We'll examine these questions and others during idea-filled readings, in-depth discussions, explorative writing time and non-strenuous hikes.
The Beauty of Birding: A Birding Walk
with Rebecca Weiss
Thursday, September 16, 7am - 12pm
$55, $45 ACES members
Join ACES naturalist, Rebecca Weiss for a day of birding to discover the abundant bird life of Aspen. Birders of any experience level are welcome, as this class is designed to enhance your birding knowledge, skills, and passion whether you are just beginning or already adept at identifying birds by their songs!
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Home Canning Workshop
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Rock Bottom Ranch
Saturday September 11th & October 9
10am to 3pm, $45, $35 members
Rock Bottom Ranch invites you to make your own delicious canned goods! Learning to can safely at home helps you preserve the summer and fall harvest for use throughout the year. Using your own garden produce or wild harvested foods will help save money, too. Come to Rock Bottom Ranch to learn fruit, vegetable and meat canning with Robin Blankenship. Robin has been canning foods for 30 years and has a wealth of delicious recipes to share, dollar stretching tips, and lots of tricks for safe and efficient home canning.
Call 970-927-6760 to register today!
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Slow Food Roaring Fork
Foodie Summit
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Sunday, September 26
Farm Tour: 3:30
Meeting & Eating: 4pm - 6pm
Slow Food Roaring Fork would like to invite you to attend a potluck discussion about the state of the food system in our valley and beyond. This gathering is designed to bring together everyone involved in food production and sustainability in the area, to discuss common goals, visions, and problems.
Please RSVP to: passavant@aol.com or call 970.963.0205 and let us know you are coming. Bring a potluck dish, serving utensils, and a beverage. Everything else--plates, glasses, silverware--is being provided by Rock Bottom Ranch.
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Fall Custom Hikes with ACES
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Enjoy the beautiful fall colors with a custom hike with ACES! We offer private naturalist-guided hikes and family adventures
designed specifically for you! Full day hikes focus on the changing seasons,
birds, local history, geology, or photography. Moderate hikes and family
adventures focus on basic naturalist knowledge and activities.
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Thanks for a GREAT SUMMER!
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ACES Bike Board
ACES initiated a fun program to encourage riding
bikes instead of driving cars when visitors come to Hallam Lake and Rock Bottom Ranch. Through a transportation grant
with the City of Aspen, we are rewarding participants for their
efforts to leave their cars at home. Thanks especially to all young participants for putting on their helmets and making their parents ride together with them to ACES! Click here to see our individual winners! 2010 BIKE RESULTS: Hallam Lake
85 participants who made 385 trips to Hallam Lake!
Rock Bottom Ranch
46 participants who made 115 trips to RBR!
We hope you'll continue to ride your bikes instead of driving and we count on seeing your
name on the ACES Bike Board at Hallam Lake and Rock Bottom Ranch!
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Back to School!
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The kids are back in school and the ACES' education staff is thrilled to be back in school too! We are busy teaching students inside and outside of the classroom. Since 1975, ACES' has provided educational programs that are designed to support teachers and students in meeting science content standards through hands-on exploration and scientific inquiry.
To provide these programs we have an excellent education staff including four educators that are new to ACES. Please help us in welcoming Jamie Cundiff to Hallam Lake, Betsy DeFries, Margaret Woodward, and Hannah Lippe to Rock Bottom Ranch. To read their bios, click here.
If you are a teacher that would like to schedule a program for your class, please contact Sarah Schmidt at Hallam Lake 970-925-5756 ext. 102, or Allison Holmes at Rock Bottom Ranch 970-927-6760.
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