Colorado Water Book Club offered through Colorado Water 2012. These quarterly book reviews will offer live and recorded video, webinar and Facebook blogs. The focus is on Colorado authors writing about Colorado water.

 

Water Lectures: Hear from experts about water law, water quality, xeriscape and everything in between. Register through the Pikes Peak Library District: 

Xeriscape Garden Tour (at Colorado Springs Utilities’ Conservation and Environmental Center): Is Xeriscape for you? Spend an hour seeing what's possible with Xeriscape. Wednesdays, 4 - 5:30 p.m. in June, July and August; call 719-668-8232 to register.

 

Water at the Garden (at Garden of the Gods Visitor Center, 1805 N. 30th Street): Will the kissing camels kiss forever? Where did the famous picture of the reflecting lake in Garden of the Gods Park come from? Discover how water designed the beautiful rock formations. Tuesday, May 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To register call the Garden of the Gods Visitor Center at 219-0108.

 

Wetlands Restoration from Rocky Mountain Field Institute: spend a day on Pikes Peak restoring wetlands and learning about sensitive areas along the Pikes Peak Highway (for ages 16 to adult or 13+ with adult). Saturday, July 21. Contact Liz Nichol at 719-471-7736 or rmfi@rmfi.org.

Step Into a Rain Machine (at the Galleries of Contemporary Art - UCCS): Begins August 30 at 6 p.m. and includes a seven week lecture series, "H2O - Water, Culture and Politics." Contact Daisy McConnell at 719-255-3504 or dmcconne@uccs.edu for more information. 

 

Water Conservation: Easy Savings Inside and Outside of Your Home: December 13 at noon, Rockrimmon Library, 823 Village Drive. Register through the Pikes Peak Library District.