Donna Stevens. Executive Director of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance (UGWA), and Scott Zager, Plant Ecologist and Botanist, will be the Rotary speakers on September 19, 2023. Their Topic: “How the UGWA works with the Gila National Forest Service.”

According to Stevens, the goal of the UGWA Citizen Science Project is to “support the GNF staff by providing information to help them protect healthy forests, streams, and wildlife habitat.”

The venue will be the Silver Bowling Center, Ten Pin Lounge, 2020 Memory Lane, Silver City, from 12-1 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public. If lunch is desired, please order and pay at the café counter and your order will be delivered to your table.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary is the world’s oldest and largest service organization, with more than 1.2 million members in more than168 countries. Since its founding in 1923, the Silver City Rotary Club has provided support and service to numerous non-profit organizations and civic causes in Silver City and Grant County as well as supporting and participating in humanitarian projects sponsored by Rotary International.

To find out more about Rotary or membership in the local club, email info@silvercityrotary.org .