This post was originally written for the Wenatchee Chamber of Commerce blog. Each year, my eight-year-old son and I make a “bucket list” of things we want to do over the summer and visiting Ohme Gardens is always on it....Read More...
Save the Ox Yoke Lodge at Ohme Gardens The Ox Lodge at Ohme Gardens has a serious lean to it – so serious that visitors are no longer permitted inside the unique, 80-year-old structure for fear it might collapse. But...Read More...
by Ray Birks There was a packed house of close to 75 people in the old lodge at Squilchuck State Park on Wednesday, September 5th to hear agency forester David Cass from Olympia give an informative presentation about the upcoming...Read More...
Consider becoming a Wenatchee Naturalist! If you are looking for a way to deepen your connection to both the natural and human aspects of our collective home, consider becoming a Wenatchee Naturalist! Registration is now open for the next 50-hour...Read More...
Wenatchee High School is soon to offer an Outdoor Recreation Fitness class and they could use our community’s help in supplying the class with gear for outdoor adventures. Do you have outdoor gear gathering dust in your attic or garage...Read More...
Landscaping with Wildflowers by Julia Leach Growing up in western Washington, colorful wildflower communities seemed to only be found in mountain meadows that you’d have to drive and hike hours to get to. We’d backpack on Mt. Rainier every August...Read More...
Goathead Warriors July 8 Battlefront Report! The Riverfront Trail: Warriors Are Winning On our riverfront trail system it is becoming hard to spot a live goathead plant. While old seeds in the ground continue to sprout, flat tires from new...Read More...
Here is the “waterside birds” quiz. It covers the birds you’re most likely to spot during a paddle on the Columbia or the Wenatchee or on a riverside hike in Confluence State Park. In this quiz you can learn to identify...Read More...
The Bureau of Land Management and the Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers will be presenting an interactive, hands-on workshop teaching participants to minimize impacts when recreating outdoors. Attendees will learn: How to prepare for your outdoor trips to minimize risk...Read More...
WenatcheeOutdoors recently partnered with Cascade Subaru and Wenatchee Parks and Rec Department to run a multi-week navigation course. The course covered map reading, plotting routes on a map, taking bearings from a map, following bearings, taking bearings from land, compensating...Read More...
