GRAND MESA VISITOR CENTER TO OPEN FOR SEASON
Grand Junction, CO., (May 19, 2015) –Grand Valley District Ranger, Bill Edwards announced the upcoming opening of the Grand Mesa Visitor Center and Summer Programs lineup for 2015. The Visitor Center will open for the season on Friday, May 22. Staffing will be available to address questions, provide information and programs and sell forest products daily from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Visitors to the Center can purchase a variety of forest products and interpretive materials, including: fuelwood permits; inter-agency,military, senior and access passes with appropriate documentation; interpretive books, CDs, clothing, games, jewelry and maps and much more. Additionally, Visitor Center staff and volunteers will provide 10-minute “porch talks” throughout the week and Saturday programs will begin on June 13th and continue on Saturday evenings through September. Once again, the Forest Service, Cabela’s and Rocky Mountain Conservancy have partnered to sponsor Families in the Forest- a program developed to encourage children and families to get outdoors. Kids (accompanied by their parents) accomplish two activities from a list of options and write about their activities on the Grand Mesa National Forest. Then, they go to the Visitor Center to receive a sticker. They have all summer to accomplish these activities and can enter as many times as they want. Drawings for winners are held in the fall. 1st prize is a free one-night stay in the Moose Manor Forest Service cabin; 2nd prize is a four- person tent, sleeping bag and lantern; and 3rd prize is a Grand Mesa National Forest Sweatshirt and two educational books.