Join WRAC Personal Trainers Tammi Flynn and Dean Marney Saturday October 16th for a guided hike up Jacobsen followed by a relaxing and restorative yoga session in the club.  The hike will start at 9am with Tammi and Yoga with Dean at 10:00.  Please bring your own yoga mats.  Free to the community. This event is part of the Wenatchee Moves campaign.

Hosted by North Cascades Institute Class Tuition: $15 Virtual programming has really enabled us to expand our sense of place. People are tuning in from further afield, and our persectives on our home region are informed by considering other distant ecosystems. Thanks to a fellow environmental educator on the other side of our continent, we have an opportunity to consider an ecosystem on the Atlantic coast with some intriguing similarities! Join Dr. Sarah Bois, Director of Research and Education at […]

Thursdays in October (except 10/7) 10am-12pm @ WRI Join the Wenatchee River Institute for a two-hour autumn amble with one of our knowledgeable naturalists. Walk with us through Waterfront Park as the air begins to cool and the leaves turn gold. You will learn about the natural and cultural history of Leavenworth with many scenic views along the way! What are plants and animals doing to prepare for winter? Can we find all 5 types of salmon that are spawning […]

Hosted by the Wenatchee River Institute Time: 9:00AM-2:00PM @ WRI The fall season is a fabulous time to forage for Chanterelle mushrooms! We will start the day at Wenatchee River Institute, learning the basics of mushroom identification and safety tips for foraging. Most of the class will be spent in the field foraging for chanterelles and observing other species we find. There is no guarantee chanterelles will be found, but you will learn what key habitat features to look for. […]

Thursdays in October (except 10/7) 10am-12pm @ WRI Join the Wenatchee River Institute for a two-hour autumn amble with one of our knowledgeable naturalists. Walk with us through Waterfront Park as the air begins to cool and the leaves turn gold. You will learn about the natural and cultural history of Leavenworth with many scenic views along the way! What are plants and animals doing to prepare for winter? Can we find all 5 types of salmon that are spawning […]

Red Barn Event: Beta Hatch - Insect Entrepreneurs Thursday, October 28th 7:00PM-8:30PM @ WRI Red Barn Join us to learn about our valley's very own mealworm hatchery, combating our problem of food production and waste! By 2050, the world will need to feed 10 billion people. Today, 30% of crops feed meat, meaning feed production competes with food production. Beta Hatch is industrializing insect agriculture here in the Wenatchee Valley to solve these problems. Mealworms, we like to say, are a […]

Fall Fungi Field Trip with Puget Sound Mycological Society Saturday, October 30th 8:00AM-4:00PM @ WRI Fall mushroom season is here! Wenatchee River Institute and Puget Sound Mycological Society are coming together to host a fall fungi field trip. The day will begin at the Wenatchee River Institute with a meeting to set the scene and provide a safety briefing. PSMS guides will take groups of people out to different locations for fungi foraging and collection. There is no guarantee you'll find […]

Rescheduled due to weather. The night time is the right time... to RIDE! More information to follow. Click here for updates.    

Mission Ridge presents the 7th Annual Pray For Snow Concert! Pray for Snow is the official kick-off to the winter season! Celebrate winter culture in the Wenatchee Valley and the start of the ski season with your friends from Mission Ridge, Leavenworth Winter Sports Club, Badger Mountain Ski Area, and Echo Valley Ski Area! Live music from Down North, Buzz Brump, and Himiko Cloud will have you rockin' the night away. There will also be food and drinks provided by […]

Hosted by the North Cascades Institute Class Tuition: $15 The outdoor scene presents an opportunity for all people to connect with our shared earthly home. However, the conservation and recreation fields in the U.S. have been disproportionately shaped by white, able-bodied figures and the trail has not been a welcoming place for diverse people. While Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) have always been out on the trail despite this history, we're now seeing a welcome increase in participation, […]

This film is hosted by the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center Join us online Thursday, November 4 for a family friendly presentation and film “Why Bears?” with Dr. Chrisheen Servheen. Dr. Servheen is one of the leading grizzly experts in the United States and one of the leading experts on bear conservation in the world. This presentation is about the worldwide efforts focused on black bear and grizzly conservation in the Cascades.   REGISTER HERE Register in advance for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email […]

Date: Wed, 11/10/2021 Time: 12 PM - 3 PM Location: End of Maiden Lane, access to Balsamroot Trail south TH Chelan-Douglas Land Trust invites you to plant over 300 native big sagebrush seedlings in the Wenatchee Foothills, within the footprint of both the 2012 and 2015 wildfires. The seeds were collected nearby in 2020 by CDLT volunteers.  Derby Canyon Natives in Peshastin grew the seedlings.  The planting area is important mule deer wintering habitat. Our efforts to return woody sagebrush […]