Events

Hosted by El Sendero Backcountry Ski & Snowshoe Club Location: Wenatchee Valley Museum Date: Thursday March 5th 5:30-7:30pm   Hello fellow backcountry user! You’ve probably heard of the proposed development pertaining to the Mission Ridge Ski Area. It is a big project with a new road traversing into a village area, 873 homes and condo units, a 50 room hotel, and new lifts giving easier access to some of the surrounding backcountry. This private development will impact how we all […]

Where: Community Cultural Center of Tonasket, 411 S. Western Ave When: Friday, March 6, 2020 • 5:15 - Dinner benefitting the CCC • 6:30 - Presentation by Karl Lillquist, free to the public Cost: Presentation is free; dinner is $10 per plate; desserts by donation (benefit for the CCC) Landscapes and Landforms of the Okanogan Highlands, with Karl Lillquist Event Description: Okanogan Highlands Alliance (OHA) and the Okanogan Land Trust (OLT) are excited to announce a three-part series of educational […]

Fly Tying Series with Wenatchee Valley Fly Fishers’ Bruce Merighi and the Wenatchee River Institute Do you fly fish or would you like to fly fish? Then you need flies! Learn the basics of fly tying from Wenatchee Valley Fly Fishers’ Bruce Merighi. This is a five-Tuesday series Feb. 11 - Mar. 10, 6-8PM in Wenatchee River Institute’s Red Barn, 347 Division St. in Leavenworth. There is nothing like catching a fish with a fly you hand tied. Enjoy small-group […]

Join us for “Albatross”, a part of the Environmental Film & Speaker Series, exploring topics important to our community. This film is presented at the Museum in the Performance Hall. This event features a no-host bar, free popcorn, and treats. A documentary that reveals the extent to which plastics are damaging our environment reaching even the most remote places on Earth. This is an adult film with strong emotional content, so we recommend it for viewers age 12 and above. […]

All events are open to the public, and run from 4 to 5 p.m. and will be held at the WSU Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center on Wednesdays from 4-5 P.M. (1100 N. Western Ave., Wenatchee). 3/11/2020 Dr. Claudio O. Stockle WSU Professor and Department Chair, Biological Systems Engineering, WSU “Technology for trade: new tools and new rules for water use efficiency in agriculture and beyond” Dr. Claudio Stöckle's research is in the Land, Air, Water Resources and Environmental […]

Wenatchee River Institute Red Barn event, Forest Health – what’s eating the trees What does the term forest health really mean? Are insect damage and tree death part of a healthy forest? Find answers to these questions and learn about the amazing ways insects and fungi interact with host trees, as well as forest tree responses and adaptations, in Wenatchee River Institute’s (WRI) Red Barn, 347 Division St., on Thu. Mar. 12, 7-8:30PM. Connie Mehmel, USDA Forest Service Entomologist and […]

Winter Shrub and Twig Identification classes with Jennifer Hadersberger and Wenatchee River Institute If you have ever wondered how to identify trees and shrubs during the winter, join Wenatchee River Institute and local botanist Jennifer Hadersberger to explore Barn Beach Reserve and Blackbird Island learning about plant identification along the way. Fri., Mar. 13, 9-11am, learn to tell plant species apart from one another without the presence of leaves. “ are living through the winter because of seasonal adaptations. They […]

Dates: March 14th & 15th, 2020 Events: GS (Men/Women) Saturday, 3/14/2020 Super G – Age Appropriate for U8 – U14 (Men/Women) Sunday, 3/15/2020 Race Run – Skookum. Race is accessed by Chair 1 and 3 or Chair 4. Ages: U8, U10, U12, U14 Registration: 7:30 am to 8:30 am each morning prior to the race. Upper level of the Hampton Lodge. Bibs: Issued in team packets to a coach/parent. Bibs issued on Saturday will be turned in at the end […]

Date: Sat, 03/14/2020 Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Location: White River (various locations) Sign up online here. Join Team Naturaleza’s Elisa Lopez and CDLT’s Susan Ballinger for a naturalist’s snowshoe tour of the White River. This trip will explore this special area’s importance to forests, birds, mammals and salmon. Stops on the tour will also highlight the American Indian and historical use of the land and current conservation projects. We’ll have a chance to warm up at Tall Timber […]

Wenatchee River Institute Red Barn event, Up Close and Personal with Bears and Cougars Over the past twenty years, long-term focused research in WA State has resulted in a more complete understanding of the complex world of the area’s carnivore ecology and management. On Wed. Mar. 18, 7-8:30PM in Wenatchee River Institute’s (WRI) Red Barn, Rich Beausoleil, Bear & Cougar Specialist and Karelian Bear Dog Program lead for the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, will share research specifics. During […]

Winter Shrub and Twig Identification classes with Jennifer Hadersberger and Wenatchee River Institute If you have ever wondered how to identify trees and shrubs during the winter, join Wenatchee River Institute and local botanist Jennifer Hadersberger to explore Barn Beach Reserve and Blackbird Island learning about plant identification along the way. Fri., Mar. 13, 9-11am, learn to tell plant species apart from one another without the presence of leaves. “ are living through the winter because of seasonal adaptations. They […]

Join us for “Canoeing the Vanishing Arctic: Down the Hood River to the Arctic Sound”, a part of the Environmental Film & Speaker Series, exploring topics important to our community. This film is presented at the Museum in the Performance Hall. This event features a no-host bar, free popcorn, and treats. This presentation by Andy Dappen will cover a canoe trip that local Wenatchee residents embarked on in order to explore the rapidly-changing Arctic. For more information click here.