Events

Red Barn Event: The History of Climbing in Leavenworth Tuesday, March 8th 7-8pm @ Red Barn, WRI Join WRI and local climber, Jim Phillips for an evening of local climbing history! Jim has climbed around Leavenworth for over 50 years and will be discussing his experiences, history and mysteries, pitons and people, guidebooks and services, Enchantments then and now, and his observations of changes since the 1960s. This is a FREE event with a donation basket at the door. Doors open […]

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). Wednesday, March 9 is Billy Frank Jr.’s birthday. Billy Frank Jr. (1931-2014) was an environmental activist and former chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. His lifelong dedication to protecting endangered salmon and restoring justice for the Nisqually Tribe helped […]

Monthly eBird Surveys at WRI (Wenatchee River Institute) 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 […]

This event is hosted by the North Cascades Institute Instructor: Tom Hulst Location: Anywhere you would like as the event is an online format. Class Tution: $10 We relate to our earthly home in many different ways and for just as many reasons. Planet Earth can be felt as a place of refuge, or a challenge, a fount of inspiration and even a threat to us. We can offer it care and appreciation, as well as neglect and harm. We […]

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!