Events

Red Barn Event: Hiking Washington's History Thursday, March 24th 7-8pm @ Red Barn, WRI Join WRI for an evening with author, Judy Bentley to hear about her book, Hiking Washington’s History. Bentley will describe some of these ancient and more recent paths now preserved, restored, and maintained for hiking. Her talk and slides will draw from 44 historic hikes! For more detail and updates, check the website: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/03/24/red-barn-event-hiking-washington-s-history/368352.

For over two decades we have celebrated the annual return of nearly 35,000 sand hill cranes to Othello, Washington every March as they migrate north to their breeding grounds in Alaska.  The Festival offers an incredible opportunity to view the cranes up-close, with tours led by local experts.  The Festival also boasts other specialty tours of the flora, fauna and geology of the area, and many lectures, as well as children's activities. The Festival has grown over the years with […]

Intro to Wildlife Tracking Class Saturday and Sunday, March 26th & 27th 9am-4pm @ WRI WRI (Wenatchee River Institute) invites you to join us for a weekend introduction to the language of wildlife tracking. Throughout the weekend, you’ll gain a basic understanding of how to identify and interpret the commonly left tracks and sign of the birds, mammals, and insects of our region. For more detail and registration, visit: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/03/27/intro-to-wildlife-tracking-class/368492

This event takes place at Mission Ridge Tour de Blues Presented By PEPSI is all about getting out with your family and friends and exploring Mission Ridge! Spend the weekend skiing and riding all the blue runs on the mountain. Then turn in your punch card when you finish all the blue runs or are finished for the day to the admin office. We will do a random drawing from the entries starting at 2:30 PM and notify the winners […]

Join us in the MakerSpace during the month of April for Science on Saturdays. Saturday, April 2 at 10:30 AM is our composting class! Join us together with Betsy and Jana from Sustainable Wenatchee for this class on vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is a great way to learn the basics of indoor composting, using Red Wiggler worms to create nutrient-rich worm castings and compost. In this class, we will make an indoor compost bin and learn what to put in our compost, […]

Workshop: The Families of Flora Hour - Five Families Description 4 one-hour webinars that provide in-depth coverage of one or two families each session, along with discussion of important identification characters of common genera and species in Washington's flora. With Host, David Giblin Times and Dates: 4:00-5:00, April 4, 6, 11, 13 Format: PowerPoint presentation summarizing diagnostic features of each family along with supporting photos; brief discussion of evolutionary context of each family (e.g., closely related families, whether primitive or […]

An Introduction to Lichens Hosted by the Wenatchee River Institute In this hands-on workshop, you will create your own lichen ID chart using local specimens. You will discover that there are lichens all around you. Winter is a great time to see them too, as wind and snow knock them out of trees and there are fewer leaves to hide them in trees and shrubs. You may even find that a single branch has five or more species. With your […]

This event is hosted by the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center Yoga Basics with Dianne Wednesdays in April at 10 am – April 6, 13, 20, 27 Wells House 801 Nelson Ave (located on the Wenatchee Valley College Campus) $40 for four-week series/members    $50/non-members Improve your flexibility, balance, strength, and relaxation using basic yoga postures and breathing techniques while enjoying the charm of the historic and beautiful Wells House. Dianne McCammon will lead this small, adults-only yoga series. […]

Environmental Film & Lecture Series: Paul Bannick: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls. Program will feature video, sound, stories from the field, and images from the new book, Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls. Check the Wenatchee Valley Museum website for presentation mode and registration instructions.

Mission Ridge is sending off the season in style with Flamingo Days, their season-ending tradition that is on the last two operating days of the season every year. There is the potential this date may change, depending on conditions. If the season is extended, Retro Days will be on this weekend. Join in on the Flamingo Scavenger hunt for your chance to win a 2022/2023 Premier Pass. One lucky flamingo hunter will be rewarded each day with a season pass […]

Sage Hills Trail MaintenanceHosted by Chelan-Douglas Land TrustLocation: Sage Hills TrailheadJoin us at one of two locations for annual spring maintenance of the lower Sage Hills trail. This work will be light to moderate and involve hiking 2-3 miles and using hand tools such as hoes and McLeods along the way. In order to accommodate more people, and to get more work done, we will be splitting the volunteers between two different meeting locations.For more information, follow this link. https://www.cdlandtrust.org/outings-events/events/trail-maintenance-sage-hills

This event is hosted by the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center Join us in the MakerSpace during the month of April for Science on Saturdays. Saturday, April 9 is Owl Pellet Dissection. Owls swallow their prey whole, but cannot fully digest some items such as bones and teeth. These indigestible items are then compacted into a pellet that the owl spits out. We can learn a lot about owls and their diets by dissecting these pellets. In this Science […]