Events

Today is WA State Park's 108th Birthday!!! Washington State Parks has announced free admission days, when the Discover Pass will not be required to visit a state park. Please note, free days apply only to day use (not overnight stays or rented facilities), A Discover Pass will still be required on these days to access lands managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (unless noted). For more information click here.

Location: Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort Are you ready to get Radical? What better way to celebrate spring skiing and snowboarding than by throwing a socially distanced Retro day. Dress up in your favorite retro ski gear and take a picture at one or all of the designated locations, and then share it on Instagram tagging @missionridge and using #MissionRetro21 or on Facebook by posting the picture in the comments of the Retro Day post, on Saturday, March 20th […]

Hosted by the Cascadia Conservation District Join us Mondays in March at 7-pm via Zoom to learn from our experts: March 22: Using Native Plants in Landscaping with Betsy Dudash RSVP at www.cascadiacd.org or by calling (509) 436-1601.

Join Annette Timentwa, Language Curriculum Coordinator for the Colville Confederated Tribes Language Department, for this 5-week basic introductory class on the nxaʔamxčín language. The class will be covering Moses-Columbian language history, phonetics/orthography, vocabulary and grammar. Each class will cover 5-10 words or phrases, along with some simple grammar concepts to try and make simple nxaʔamxčín sentences. Classes will cover family terms, colors, numbers, and feelings because Annette feels that these are lessons that can be used at home and daily. […]

Hosted by North Cascades Institute Instructor Mukul Soman Class Tuition: $15 This is an online class. Mukul Soman manages to get some breathtaking shots of wildlife. Looking at his images you'd swear he was right there with the animals. But in fact Mukul works hard to acquire his images while impacting his subjects as little as possible, thereby preserving their wild way of life. And yet his photographs capture extremly evocative, dramatic, and beautiful moments. This presentation by the Seattle-based […]

The Chelan Douglas Land Trust presents: Wild Ideas-Unbust the Crust: Restoring Unseen Desert Diversity This year for Wild Ideas, we are exploring the hidden aspects of our local ecosystems through short Zoom talks with experts on three Thursdays in March. Explore the fascinating world of biocrusts, hidden in plain sight. Biological soil crust (biocrusts) are the community of lichens, mosses, cyanobacteria, and more which bind together the soil surface in drylands. Often overlooked, biocrusts are an integral member of arid ecosystems and […]

This year's Bomber Banked Slalom will look a lot different than it has in past years but we are going to do it. We are still finalizing a few details and will post more information soon. For more information click here.

Hosted by the Wenatchee River Institute Join Annette Timentwa, Language Curriculum Coordinator for the Colville Confederated Tribes Language Department, for this 5-week basic introductory class on the nxaʔamxčín language. The class will be covering Moses-Columbian language history, phonetics/orthography, vocabulary and grammar. Each class will cover 5-10 words or phrases, along with some simple grammar concepts to try and make simple nxaʔamxčín sentences. Classes will cover family terms, colors, numbers, and feelings because Annette feels that these are lessons that can […]

Springtime Free Day at W.A. State Parks Washington State Parks has announced free admission days, when the Discover Pass will not be required to visit a state park. Please note, free days apply only to day use (not overnight stays or rented facilities), A Discover Pass will still be required on these days to access lands managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (unless noted). For more information click here.

Tour De Blues Presented by Pepsi Location: Mission Ridge, all the Blue Square Runs on the Mountain More information to come. Check back here for more information.

Location: Mission Ridge More information to come from Mission Ridge. Click here to check for more information.

Hosted by the North Cascades Institute Instructor: Gina Roberti Class Tuition: $15 This is an online class. What makes the mountains of the North Cascades so distinct? Why do these mountains rise so abruptly amidst the surrounding landscape? Why are river canyons cut so deeply, and the spires so jagged and sharp? Learn about the complex geologic history of the North Cascades through the stories of people who came to read the rocks. Since the 1950s, geologists have sought to […]