Photos by Hallie Richwine
The Gila River Festival Extravaganza happened September 21, 2019 at Gough Park.
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Siri Khalsa and Torie Glass volunteer for the Gila River Festival by selling raffle tickets for a painting by Ellie Sorenson. Sorenson has art at Leyba and Ingalls and donated the piece shown on the right.
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Will Ribbans represents New Mexico Wild, also known as the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance.The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) grassroots organization dedicated to the protection, restoration, and continued enjoyment of New Mexico’s wildlands and wilderness areas.
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Leah Chastain of the Silver City Food Co-Op demonstrates ways to reduce everyday consumer waste, including reusable silicone products that replace plastic and reduce waste.
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Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) president Sally Smith and Carolbeth Elliott represent their group during the Gila River Festival Extravaganza.
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Children's activities, including t-shirt painting and face painting were available for folks of all ages.
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Patricia Hurley of Lone Mountain Natives Nursery enjoys the event. Hurley's nursery has been selling plants at the Farmers' Market for thirteen years.
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Asher Gelbart of Green Energy Now discusses sustainable lifestyle products with Maddy Alfero. Green Energy Now helps consumers find solutions to reduce waste and energy consumption.
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Matthew Lewis of Cut Your Waste, Grant County talks with a concerned citizen. The organization is a public education initiative offering the community ideas and resources for reducing waste in order to pre-empt the need for recycling and expanding local landfills.
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Jerry Medina of the Grant County Beekeepers has information about pollinators and honey for sale. The Grant County Beekeepers are keepers and friends of bees working together to protect honeybees and educate the community on the value of bees and other pollinators, to support the health of our local gardens, farms, green spaces, and natural environment.
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Great Old Broads For Wilderness, represented by Stephanie Smith and Joanie Connors, have fun at the Extravaganza. Great Old Broads For Wilderness is a nationwide organization, led by women, that engages and inspires activism to preserve and protect Wilderness and Wild Lands.
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The Thinking on a Mountain organization had signs and sign-making supplies available. Thinking on a Mountain is an educational outreach program working to spread awareness of climate crisis.
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Gila Native Plant Society president Don Graves helps kids choose their favorite wildflowers or pollinators to paint. The GNPS meets the third Friday of the month and field trips on the third Sunday of the month.
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Phil Shea of the Sierra Club manned the table and also the table for the Borderlands project. The Borderlands project aims to educate folks in the danger of sealing the borders and impeding natural water flow and animal migration patterns.
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The Heart of the Gila interactive trunk holding the work of Ella Jaz Kirk, Michael Mahl, and Ella Myers continues to serve as an educational tool for students to learn the natural history of the Gila. ALCS student Minnie learns about the region with Maddy Alfero, fellow student Jade, and Lindsey Green.
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Advocates for Snake Preservation Melissa Amarello and Marisa Holguin, along with Pipsqueak the Gopher snake, educate people on snakes. ASP uses science, education, and advocacy to promote compassionate conservation and coexistence with snakes.
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Silver City Watershed Keepers' Coordinator Leigh Jenkins and volunteer Cate Bradley enjoy the event. The SC Watershed Keepers prepares a State of the Watershed Report that summarizes our community's efforts as watershed stewards and performs water quality monitoring.
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Carol Fugagli challenges passers-by to embrace entemophagy, the consumption of insects as food. Fugagli served up tempting cricket flour brownies and cookies and also chipotle crickets. Fugagli explains that many cultures embrace using insects as an alternative food source.
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The Silver City Museum has photos of Silver City before and during the flooding that created the big ditch. Volunteer Susan Price shows not only the town planning but the naturally occurring watershed.
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The crowd enjoys dancing to the Las Cruces-based band Caliente.
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The Climate Feedback pole was present for participants to leave messages.
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Lillian Stewart, Anessa Lang, and Anthony Lang of the San Carlos Apache are ready to perform.