Grand Junction • Entered by Sherry Schenk on April 30, 2022
Earthday tabeling and Mt. Garfield Ute Heritage Day
April 23, 2022 – April 27, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 1 |
| Post Admin hours | 1 |
| Activity Hours | 16 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 18 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Education & Outreach (tabling, films & lectures, regional B-walks/works)
Key Partners: GJFO BLM,
Short Description of Activity
EarthDay/Arbor Day event at Lincoln Park tabling = 8 hours for booth material collection, set up and take down of booth, and talking to people who wanted information.
Mt Garfield Middle School Ute Heritage Day =30 8th grade students listened to Betsey Chapoose (from the Uinta and Ouray Ute tribe) speak about Ute culture and beliefs, did an activity demonstrating the interconnection of plants, insects, and animals found in this region, and an activity designed to demonstrate how archaeologist work with artifacts. In the afternoon the students worked on different clean up projects. = 8 hours
Reflection/Evaluation
Tabling (which we haven’t done for 2 years) was fun. We had a good number of people who stopped to ask questions, mostly women, but a few men. It was interesting that their ages ranged from about 20 to 80.
The Ute Heritage day was very good. Activities seemed to really engage the students and they work diligently on clean up tasks.