Events

Event Title: Our Native Bees (and Other Pollinators) with David Jennings Event Schedule: 5-6:15 pm: Dinner, benefitting the Community Cultural Center of Tonasket 6:30 pm: Finding Our Native Bees presentation, free to the public Location: Community Cultural Center of Tonasket. 411 S Western Ave Tonasket, WA 98855 Event Description: Most of our native bees are so small and fast-moving that we often don’t notice them, or if we do, we don’t recognize them as bees. Estimates are that we have upwards of […]

Register for this one early, because it sells out. All distances are hosted on Saturday. Sunday is 50K / 25K / 10K (no 50M). Experience the Magic of Ancient Lakes! Come experience the magic of the Ancient Lakes in the heart Washington Desert in this unique trail race! These trails are truly spectacular and will allow you to experience the best the desert has to offer, taking you on a journey through canyon-like gorges, along the shores of ancient desert […]

Monday, April 8, 2024 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Wenatchee River Institute, 347 Division St. Leavenworth, WA Join WRI for our Plant Foraging Series. Starting this spring, we will be hosting plant foraging workshops to introduce people to the abundance of local plants and their edible, medicinal, and functional uses. Each workshop will feature a new plant at its unique harvest time. Participants will learn hands-on how to identify, harvest, propagate, and make use of the plant. Our goal is to empower […]

The Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 PM, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 127 S. Mission, Wenatchee. Or via Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84520197937   Webinar ID: 845 2019 7937 Dr. Earl F. Cater, Director of the Douglas County Museum in Waterville, will present “The Geology of Sunset Highway.” Topics he will discuss include: •    Early Euro-American explorations of the Big Bend country •    Difficulty in getting to Douglas County […]

Location: Wenatchee River Institute, 347 Division Street, Leavenworth Hosted by Wenatchee River Institute Go birding with knowledgeable WRI staff around the WRI campus! All birding skill levels are welcome. Need binoculars? We have loaner binoculars that you can borrow. This is a great opportunity to learn about eBird, the largest biodiversity-related community science project in the world, and utilize it to record our observations of local wild birds. Total walking distance is ½ mile, over a gravel path with two […]

Date: Wed, 04/10/2024 Time: 4:30pm-6:30 pm Location Sage Hills Trail Join CDLT and Cici Asplund from the Wenatchee Valley Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society for a Naturalist Walk, on Wednesday, April 10th. This 5-week series of Wednesday afternoon outings will take you to different areas in North Central Washington where you can connect to nature for FREE. A guided walk is offered for every event in the series. During the guided walk you will learn about the area’s plants, wildlife, […]