Wenatchee Outdoors

Birding at Mountain Home Preserve
2021-07-06 07:00 - 11:00 UTC
Date Mon, 07/06/2021

Time 7:00am-11:00am

Location
Mountain Home Preserve

Mountain Home Preserve eBird Monitoring Project
Would you like to spend a weekday morning hiking, viewing wildlife, wildflowers, and snow-capped mountains, while being part of a small team collecting bird species data? Community Science Projects are collaborations between scientists and volunteers that expand opportunities for scientific data collection and help answer real-world questions.
Learn more about becoming a CDLT citizen scientist volunteer by contacting Conservation Fellow, Susan Ballinger at susan@cdlandtrust.org or call 509-667-9708.
Dates: Wednesday May 5, Monday June 7, Tuesday July 6, Monday August 2. (September through November dates TBD.)
Meet at 7:00 am at the entrance to the Preserve. We walk a 2.2-mile route, stopping at 5 points to conduct 10-minute counts.
Please note: contact Susan by cell phone 24-hours ahead (509-669-7820) to confirm, because changing weather conditions can result in canceling the route.

Stump Jumpers
2021-07-06 09:00 - 2021-07-08 12:00
Looking to get those wheels off the ground?
Our Stump Jumpers class focuses on the building blocks necessary to tackle jumps and drops. Sail over jumps safely, and fly through dirt with confidence. This class is for kids 9-12 who want to acquire technical trickery skills. Students are required to have attended a prior advanced dirt camp.
Each student will be responsible for supplying their own working bike and a helmet. Scholarships and bikes are available for those who need help. Please fill out the scholarship application to apply.
With questions please email education@cwevergreenmtb.org.
Prerequisites: Students are required to have attended a prior Evergreen camp or have been riding singletrack for 2+ years to enroll in this class.
For more information click here.

Plant & Insect Clinic
2021-07-08 16:00 - 19:00, 2021-07-15 16:00 - 19:00, 2021-07-22 16:00 - 19:00, 2021-07-29 16:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-05 16:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-12 16:00 - 19:00, 2021-08-19 16:00 - 19:00
WSU Chelan/Douglas County master Gardeners presents Plant and Insect Clinic
Thursdays 4pm-7pm
Location: Community Education Garden at Western and Springwater Avenue
WSU Master Gardener volunteers are excited to return to serving our community in-person! Stop by the garden with your plant and insect questions and samples…or just stop in and say hello!
For more information or to make sure the event isn’t cancelled due to extreme heat, check the WSU Chelan/Douglas County Master Gardeners Facebook Page. For additional questions email chelanmastergardeners@gmail.com

Sauk Mountain Wildflower Wander
2021-07-10 09:00 - 15:30
Hosted by the North Cascades Institute
Instructor: Mari Schramm
Class Tuition: $110
Plant identification is an essential naturalist practice. Wherever you go, you can introduce yourself to the botanical residents you meet! As the poet Gary Snyder instructs us:
While seemingly complex at first blush, plant ID is simplified if you learn to recognize not the species, not the genus, but the family of the plants you find.
This workshop takes place on the quintessential Sauk Mountain with a marvelous meander with Mari Schramm. Sauk Mountain provides incredible views of the valley lowlands, the Skagit River, the Salish Sea and the sea of peaks that is North Cascades National Park. The steep-but-easy trail winding up delivers us to subalpine meadows where Mari will orient us to the lupines, penstemons, fireweeds, paintbrushes, lilies and other wonders blooming below our feet. We have timed this hike at the typical peak of wildflower bloom, making it easy to observe all of their parts.
Mari, a long-time instructor at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, will instruct you in the use of a hand lens, botanical field guides, and even a dissecting microscope.
By the end of the day you will know how to recognize common northwest plant families, and you’ll find an entirely new layer of interest and wonder on any trail. And the Sauk Mt. trail is probably the most spectacular locale to learn these skills – just don’t let the views distract you from the workshop!
Wondering what you might see on this trip? Read a Sauk Mountain trip report from around the same week from last year on our blog: blog.ncascades.org
For more information click here.

Comedy Night & Dinner at Mission Ridge
2021-07-10 19:30 - 22:00
The fun times are back and the laughter will be echoing from the Bomber Cliffs to Bowl Four Saturday night, July 10th. Join us for Stand Up & Suds At The Chair 5 Pub and enjoy an evening of live stand-up comedy featuring comedians Ryan McComb and Gabe Rutledge. Dinner will be served prior to the show with doors opening at 6:30 pm. The show starts at 8 pm. You deserve a good laugh or two and what could be better than a comedy show with a view?
*This event is intended for mature audiences (18+) and those with a sense of humor.
Dinner Menu
Lasagna, caesar salad and garlic bread
Desert
Cheesecake
Drinks
Soft drinks, coffee, and tea included
Beer, wine, and spirits available for purchase
Price
$40 plus tax (includes dinner and entry for the show)

Homewaters: A Human & Natural History of the Puget Sound
2021-07-14 18:00 - 19:30
Hosted by the North Cascades Institute
Instructor: David Williams
Class Tuition: $15
What lies beneath the surface of the waters near Seattle? How have people and other living creatures engaged with Puget Sound? What are today’s challenges and opportunities?
Join Institute Education Manager Molly Harrigan as she interviews David B. Williams about his newest book, Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound. In offering a hopeful perspective on how we can work together to make Puget Sound more habitable for all, his book comes at a critical moment as residents are working to create a more nuanced and complex picture of this beautiful but suffering place.
Their conversation will dive deep into the mysteries of the Sound’s kelp forests. Through research and interviews with archaeologists, biologists, and tribal authorities, David traces how generations of humans have interacted with these underwater ecosystems, which are as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. We will dive into the attributes of kelp itself as well as the many species—rockfish, salmon and crabs—that live, depend, and thrive in and around the kelp.
David B. Williams is an author, naturalist and tour guide whose award-winning books include Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography, Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City and Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology. Williams is also a Curatorial Associate at the Burke Museum.
This conversation between passionate naturalists about our beloved homewaters is not to be missed!
For more information click here.

Scouting for Butterflies
2021-07-15 09:00 - 14:00
Scouting for Butterflies
Hosted by Wenatchee River Institute
Thursday, July 15 9am-2pm
Everyone loves butterflies, but how much do you really know about them? Are they all migratory? Aren’t they in decline? How are they different than moths? Join David Droppers as we trek through the trails of Mountain Home Road in search of summer butterflies. Learn what makes each species unique, and how Lepidopterists study them. We will be using catch-and-release methods to observe them up close. Bring your camera! We will be walking on uneven ground and on single track trails for most of the day. We will be walking a maximum of 3.2 miles with 800 feet of elevation gain. Please make sure you are capable of hiking this before signing up for this class.
Class limit: 15
Cost: Pay What You Can
Link: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2021/07/15/scouting-for-butterflies/340220

Water Conservation for Gardening
2021-07-17 08:00 - 13:00, 2021-07-24 08:00 - 13:00, 2021-07-31 08:00 - 13:00, 2021-08-07 08:00 - 13:00, 2021-08-14 08:00 - 13:00, 2021-08-21 08:00 - 13:00
WSU Chelan/Douglas County master Gardeners presents Water Conservation for Gardening
Saturdays from 8am-1pm
Location: Pybus in Wenatchee
WSU Master Gardener volunteers are excited to return to serving our community in-person! Learn about water wise gardening and landscaping practices to conserve water.
For more information check the WSU Chelan/Douglas County Master Gardeners Facebook Page. For additional questions email chelanmastergardeners@gmail.com

Adaptive Cycling
2021-07-17 11:00 - 15:00
Adaptive cycling event on Saturday, July 17, from 11:00 to 3:00 at Pybus Public Market. Outdoors for All will be providing a wide variety of adaptive bikes including handcycles, trikes, recumbents and tandems.
This event is free and open to everyone in our community ages 5 to 105+ with cognitive, physical, and/or sensory impairments. Participants can ride the bikes on the Loop Trail anywhere between Pybus and Walla Walla park. We will not be scheduling specific appointments so participants can walk-up at any time during event hours.
Questions? Email NCWAdaptive@ gmail.com

Corvids Mythology: From Ancient Greece to Today's Salish Sea
2021-07-20 19:00 - 20:30
Hosted by the North Cascades Institute
Instructor Kaeli Swift
Class Tuition $15
Whether you are keen on them or not, crows, ravens and other corvids are often daily parts of our lives. They live and nest throughout the human world from cities to rural communities, exploiting our resources and watching us perhaps even more closely than we watch them.
But our relationship to these intelligent and sociable birds extends far beyond our contemporary experiences with them, reaching as far back as humans have been telling and recording stories.
Ravens are associated with Apollo in Greek mythology. In the Book of Genesis, Noah releases a raven from the ark after the great flood to test whether the waters have receded. In Norse mythology, Odin is accompanied by two ravens – Huginn and Muninn – that serve as his eyes and ears: huginn meaning “thought” and muninn meaning “memory.” The depiction of a three-legged crow is prevalent in various mythologies and arts of East Asia, while in China magpies are associated with children and marriage.The Kingdom of England will fall, according to legend, if the ravens that live at the Tower of London are removed. And, closer to home, ravens play a prominent role in the stories of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, including the Tsimishians, Haidas, Heiltsuks, Tlingits, Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish.
Join us online as Dr. Kaeli Swift walks us through the various mythology that surrounds corvids from their symbolism in ancient Greece to the creation stories of the Coast Salish people, and how we can use best practices to celebrate the role of corvids in the cultures of others.
For more information click here.

Don't Let it Loose! Aquatic Invasive Species
2021-07-22 18:00 - 20:00
Title: Don’t Let it Loose! A Red Barn Event about Aquatic Invasive Species
Time: July 22 6-8pm
Place: Wenatchee River Institute
Come learn about aquatic invasive species that threaten our waters! The Northern Pike is a highly invasive predator threatening our native salmon species, posing a possible economic loss of $12 million! Join 6 different organizations at WRI to see a full-size taxidermized pike, fishing boats, and learn how to make money off of pike heads!
For more information: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2021/07/22/don-t-let-it-loose-a-red-barn-event-about-aquatic-invasive-species/341782

Yoga in the Gardens
2021-07-26 17:30 - 18:30
YOGA IN THE GARDENS
The perfect setting: under the trees, next to a waterfall. So peaceful.
A one-hour class every Monday & Wednesday at 5:30pm, beginning June 2nd, throughout the summer. Bring your own mat or borrow one of ours. $10.
Come early and tour the Gardens before the class for the discounted admission of $5 (regularly $8).
Sponsored by WORX.

For more information click here.

Birding at Mountain Home Preserve
2021-08-02 07:00 - 11:00
Date Mon, 08/02/2021

Time 7:00am-11:00am

Location
Mountain Home Preserve

Mountain Home Preserve eBird Monitoring Project
Would you like to spend a weekday morning hiking, viewing wildlife, wildflowers, and snow-capped mountains, while being part of a small team collecting bird species data? Community Science Projects are collaborations between scientists and volunteers that expand opportunities for scientific data collection and help answer real-world questions.
Learn more about becoming a CDLT citizen scientist volunteer by contacting Conservation Fellow, Susan Ballinger at susan@cdlandtrust.org or call 509-667-9708.
Dates: Wednesday May 5, Monday June 7, Tuesday July 6, Monday August 2. (September through November dates TBD.)
Meet at 7:00 am at the entrance to the Preserve. We walk a 2.2-mile route, stopping at 5 points to conduct 10-minute counts.
Please note: contact Susan by cell phone 24-hours ahead (509-669-7820) to confirm, because changing weather conditions can result in canceling the route.

Alpine Rippers
2021-08-02 09:00 - 2021-08-06 12:00
Calling all kids ages 8-12!
Come join us for a 5-day, 3 hours a day, mountain bike camp. The class will continue to develop more specific skills such as track stands, front and rear wheel lifts, and wheelies. We will also introduce rollers, drops and beginning jumping. Be ready to ride trails, play some games, and have fun on your bike.
Each student will be responsible for supplying their own working bike and a helmet. This class is geared towards 8-12-year-olds. Scholarships and bikes are available for those who need help. Please fill out the scholarship application to apply.
With questions please email education@cwevergreenmtb.org.
Prerequisites: Students are required to have attended a prior Evergreen camp or have been riding singletrack for 2+ years to enroll in this class.
For more information click here.

National Parks Free Admission Day!
2021-08-04
To celebrate the Great American Outdoors Act the National Parks are offering a free admission day!
This landmark conservation legislation will use revenues from energy development to provide up to $1.9 billion a year for five years to provide needed maintenance for critical facilities and infrastructure in our national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, recreation areas, and American Indian schools. It will also use royalties from offshore oil and natural gas to permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund to the tune of $900 million a year to invest in conservation and recreation opportunities across the country.
National parks host more than 325 million visitors every year, and the infrastructure cannot keep up without significant repairs. The network of roads, trails, restrooms, water treatment systems, and visitor facilities are aging, and many are exceeding the capacity they were designed to support. The National Parks and Public Lands Restoration Fund will provide funding for priority projects that address the maintenance backlog at NPS facilities, including campgrounds, picnic areas, roads, trails, and other critical infrastructure. Specific projects to be funded will be announced in the future.

Northwest Pollinator Diversity
2021-08-07 10:00 - 16:00
Hosted by the North Cascades Institute with this class taking place in Wenatchee
Location: WSU Northwest Research and Extension Center
Instructor: Bob Gillespie
Class Cost: $110
So, what’s all the buzz really about? Have you ever wondered what keeps bees so busy? The answer is simple and practical: pollination. Bees, as well as many other small creatures on the wing, have a very important job to do.
According to pollinator.org, “Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food. They also sustain our ecosystems and produce our natural resources by helping plants reproduce.
Pollinating animals travel from plant to plant carrying pollen on their bodies in a vital interaction that allows the transfer of genetic material critical to the reproductive system of most flowering plants – the very plants that

bring us countless fruits, vegetables, and nuts,
½ of the world’s oils, fibers and raw materials;
prevent soil erosion,
and increase carbon sequestration

This nearly invisible ecosystem service is a precious resource that requires attention and support”
Dr. Bob Gillespie has worked with pollinators and taught at Wenatchee Valley College for many years. He brings his expertise and enthusiasm for this life-sustaining group of creatures to a day-long workshop. And thanks to Bob’s networking, we’re highly fortunate to be hosted at the Washington State University’s Northwest Research and Extension Center.
This location features 10 acres of gardens maintained for research and education, as well as an apiary and a pollinator garden. There couldn’t be a more ideal location to learn about pollinators!
Come along with the Institute as Bob shows us the diversity of pollinators as they buzz about. We’ll learn how to capture pollinators in a net and transfer them to a vial for identification. And Bob has offered a really special opportunity for this workshop: viewing his legendary pinned pollinator collection!
For more information click here.

Cascade Medical Foundation Garden Tour
2021-08-07 12:00 - 15:00
Come enjoy 8-10 diverse gardens in the Greater Leavenworth area. In addition to gardens, there will be fantastic local art, wine tastings and a chance for treats at a food truck and coffee cart.

Tickets are only $20 and support our important campaign for Ambulance Safety Equipment.
More info: https://cascademedicalfoundation.org/fun…/home-garden-show

Tickets: cascademedicalfoundation.org/fundraisers/home-garden-show

The Oceans of Mars: My Five Decades of Mars Research
2021-08-10 19:00 - 20:30
The Wenatchee Valley Erratics, Ice Age Floods Institute’s next Zoom program will be on Tuesday, August 10 at 7:00 PM. Dr. Vic Baker, Professor of Planetary Sciences and Geosciences, University of Arizona, will discuss The Oceans of Mars: My Five Decades of Mars Research.
A slew of international Earthling robots are now exploring Mars: 3 rovers on the planet, 8 orbiting craft, one stationary lander, and a small helicopter.
All are yielding data about the geological history of very ancient water-related events on the surface. This has been a topic of Dr. Baker’s scientific research since NASA’s Mariner 9 Mission of the early 1970s, with the discovery of ancient megaflood channels on Mars. He recognized these channels were caused by processes similar to what had formed the Channeled Scabland and other megaflood landscapes of the northwestern U.S. (our backyard!).
Later Mars surveys have revealed that massive flooding was associated with an immense ocean that covered much of the northern half of the planet. This ocean was key to conditions that made the surface of Mars habitable prior to 3 billion years ago.
This talk will provide an overview in light of current mission results.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84580481866

Paint 'Desert Bloom' in Watercolor
2021-08-20 18:30 - 21:00
Event by Class with a Glass
Learn to create your own “Desert Bloom” with watercolor and ink during this step by step class taught by Andrea Rogers. Beginners welcome! Beverages from the bar are available for an additional purchase.

Class with a Glass is an art studio offering in-studio art classes, wine bar, art gallery, art supplies, online acrylic painting and mixed media art classes for all ages, with step by step instruction. Art for all ages, connecting community through creativity.

Location: 134 North Mission Street Wenatchee, WA 98801
