Events

Red Barn Event: Sailing Around Vancouver Island Thursday, March 10th 7-8pm @ Red Barn, WRI Join Wenatchee Valley local, Mike Cecka for an evening photographic recap of his 46-day sailing adventure! Departing from the Oak Harbor marina, their route took them around the nearly 300-mile long island, passing through the San Juan and Canadian Gulf Islands, up the Strait of Georgia and more. They saw many wildlife along the way, too! For more detail and updates, check the website: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/03/10/red-barn-event-sailing-around-vancouver-island/368133

How to Climb the Nose in a Day or How to Climb the Nose in a Few Days Hosted by Riverfront Rock Gym Located at 1319 Walla Walla Avenue Featuring John Plotz Date: March 10th Time: 7pm Come down next Thursday at 7pm to learn all the tips and tricks from John Plotz for climbing EL Capitan! For more information click here.

Hosted by Riverfront Rock Gym in Wenatchee Date/Time: Saturday March 12 at 7:30pm Lowell Skoog is something of a NW backcountry skiing legend -- both for his historical knowledge of regional backcountry skiing scene but also for some of the ambitious backcountry ski tours he has pioneered (e.g., The Isolation Traverse, the Picket Range Traverse) and was first to do during the snowy months on skis. Legendary northwest skiing historian Lowell Skoog takes a deep dive into Northwest ski culture […]

Red Barn Event: Footprints on Snow - Seven Brave Women Who Shaped the History of the Northwest Mountains Monday, March 14th 7-8pm @ Red Barn, WRI Join WRI for an evening with author, Joan Burton to hear about her book, Footprints on Snow and the stories of seven amazing women of the Pacific Northwest. These women were explorers, climbers, and conservationists and helped shape the history of the Northwest Mountains. For more detail and updates, check the website: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/03/14/red-barn-event-footprints-on-snow-seven-brave-women-who-shaped-the-history-of-the-northwest-mountains/368480.

Save the Date! And your old and broken gear. Waste Loop and @colchuckconsignment are partnering again for a Gear Repair Cafe on Thursday March 17th from 5-8pm. Do you have outdoor gear that needs fixing? What about skills or tools that could help fix things? Or do you want to learn some new DIY repair skills? Gear Repair Cafes are a chance to keep old and broken gear and garments out of the landfill by fixing or upcycling them. Materials […]

Washington State Parks has designated the free days in 2022 when visitors will not need a Discover Pass to park at state parks and on recreation lands managed by Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). For more information click here. Saturday, March 19 – Washington State Parks’ birthday

North Central Washington Hummingbird Project. Volunteer to conduct a vernal solstice hummingbird monitoring observation in your yard. Surveys occur on solstice and equinox dates. Each survey is one hour long. All the data collected is entered into eBird to help advance the knowledge about Anna’s range expansion and biology. You can find out more about this project by clicking here to access a background paper. The NCWAS Hummingbird page contains additional hummingbird resources. Project contacts: Bruce McCammon or Susan Ballinger.

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!

Hosted by the North Cascades Institute Join us for a fun night on Zoom and put your natural history trivia skills to the test! We're hosting a live, interactive game show in which we break up into teams, compete for prizes and deepen our understanding of the natural history of the North Cascades. This game show will take you on a whimsical journey of unexpected learning and fun. Expand your knowledge about the oldest, puzzling, most economically valuable, famous, glimmery […]

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