Events

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 […]

Presented by Mission Ridge Ski Team Location: Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort We are excited to announce our first annual MRST Hill Climb! April 9 at 4:30pm. Skin up Chak Chak, ski down Sitkum. One or two lap options. Entry includes a ticket for a brat and beverage! $35 for one lap, $45 for two. Come and enjoy the fun! We will have some fun prizes to hand out too! For more information click here.

Community Science Project Miles for Monarchs, an individual or team program from Monarch Joint Venture. Walk, bike, swim, paddle, and run for monarch conservation, February-November, 2022. Designed to engage participants in personal wellness while supporting monarch conservation. A single monarch can fly 3,000 miles, so can we? Register, $10. Family teams welcome!

The Wenatchee Valley Erratics, Ice Age Floods Institute’s next Zoom program will be on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:00 PM. Dr. Ralph Haugerud, USGS/UW, will discuss, “How are mountains made? The origins of local relief in the North Cascades.”Mountains are made by uplift and erosion. In the North Cascades, folding, faulting, and granite intrusions thickened the crust about 105-50 million years ago. But the associated uplift probably eroded away fairly quickly. Volcanic activity created some modern high elevations, such as […]

Beginning Wednesday, March 9th (and go throughout the year) from 8-9:30am @ WRI Join WRI's knowledgeable naturalists on a birding survey around the WRI Campus! eBird is the largest biodiversity-related community science project in the world. We will be utilizing it to record our observations of local wild birds. You will conduct four 15-minute stationary bird counts for an hour of birding. Total walking distance is ½ mile, over a gravel path with two moderate hills. All skill levels are welcome! […]