11th Annual Dragonfly Festival
September 7-9, 2012
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Friends of Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge are hosting the 11th Annual Dragonfly Festival on September 7-9, 2012.
The kick-off event is scheduled for Friday night at 5pm (MDT) and will feature a banquet-style dinner followed by a guest speaker, Dr. Brady Barr, National Geographic reptile expert. This will be held at the Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell campus located at 52 University Blvd., Roswell, NM 88202. Ticket prices for the Friday night event are $18 per person, which includes dinner and the presentation. The dinner will be held at the Campus Union Building on the ENMU-Roswell campus with the presentation to follow at 7pm (MDT) in the Performing Arts Center.
The Dragonfly Festival will continue with a schedule of family events on Saturday and Sunday at the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge located at 4200 E. Pine Lodge Road Roswell, NM 88201. The featured family events will include a treasure hunt, a variety of nature theme tours, wildlife arts and crafts, bird watching, wildlife exhibit tents and many more fun activities.
Details
Reservations for the banquet will be accepted through August 31.
Reservations for the Dragonfly, Refuge, and Wildlife Tours will begin August 1.
For more information on the Dragonfly Festival, visit the Friends of Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge or call the refuge at (575) 625-4011.
We hope to see you at the Dragonfly Festival!