Wenatchee Outdoors

Ridge to River
2025-10-05 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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Bead-Your-Own Lanyard Workshop with Amanda Keewatinawin
2025-10-06 17:30 - 20:00
Join Wenatchee River Institute for an evening filled with creativity and learning. Local Indigenous artist and owner of Mystic North Jewelry, Amanda Keewatinawin, will be leading a workshop on the Indigenous art form of beading. She will be sharing knowledge on the history of Indigenous beadwork and how to create your own beaded lanyard.
Check Their calendar or E-News again soon for information on a Beaded Earring workshop, also with Amanda!
Amanda Keewatinawin is a Nêhiyaw (Cree) woman and an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe in Rocky Boy, Montana. She is a mother of twins and a lifelong resident of the Wenatchee valley. She is a local Indigenous artist and entrepreneur who has enjoyed making wearable art for her business, Mystic North, here in the valley for about 10 years. Her work is inspired by the beauty of NCW and the surrounding areas. She is passionate about the preservation of Indigenous art, language, culture, and land. When she’s not busy making jewelry for her business, Amanda enjoys spending time with her daughters, beading for loved ones and hiking with her dog.
Registration includes your own curated kit and instructions to be used during class.
Limit: 15 participants
Ages: 12 and up. Ages 12-17 need to attend with an adult.
Four tickets are reserved for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to create equitable access to this program.
Pricing and Discount Code
We offer a Pay What You Can model for most of our workshops in recognition that paying for education programs looks different for everyone. For this workshop, we are offering participants a choice of payments based on the costs to WRI to put on this program. We are happy to support a local, Indigenous artist and business owner to share her art, her knowledge, and her experience.
The cost for this workshop is $65/person. Anyone may use the code BEADIT for $10 off. If this presents a hardship but you would still like to participate, please email our Community Programs Educator at the email below to discuss options. If you would like to add a donation to your fee, please feel free to do so, knowing that this is how we support our Pay What You Can model and discount codes.

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CONTACT INFO
Virginia Shoup
vshoup@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0182, ext 5

Native Plants and Vegetation Zones of the Olympic Peninsula
2025-10-06 19:00 - 20:00
Wenatchee Valley Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society will be hosting the distinguished speaker of the Olympic Peninsula Chapter on Monday, October 6th from 7-8pm at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center.
Native Plants and Vegetation Zones of the Olympic Peninsula
Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is home to a number of endemic species as well as a large variety of native plant communities that live on the Peninsula’s sea shore, forest, prairie, wetland, rain forest, subalpine and alpine habitats. We will see how factors like aspect, elevation, soil, moisture, and temperature shape each vegetation zone of the northwest corner of our state and gain an appreciation for the variety of native plant species that live in this diverse area.
About the speaker:Dr. Fayla Schwartz earned her Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Washington with a specialty in plant taxonomy. She taught biology and botany at Everett Community College until retiring to the Olympic Peninsula in 2017. She is the Chair of the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society and can be found frequently on the trails with WNPS as well as in the classroom with her springtime native plant taxonomy students.

Field Work Party- VOLUNTEER!
2025-10-07 12:00 - 15:00
Come join Chelan Douglas Land Trust for a hands-on volunteer work party focused on trail and habitat restoration!

You will help plant native species to improve the health of our local lands. You may also prepare sites for planting, mulch around new plants, or help with general trail maintenance.

We will provide all the tools, gloves, and gear you’ll need, along with water and snacks before and after the event.
Please wear sturdy work clothes and closed-toe shoes that are good for hiking and working outdoors.

! Meeting Location: We will meet at the Jacobson Trailhead at 12pm (Address: 1811 Skyline Dr, Wenatchee, WA 98801) and will walk up 1 mile to our work location, Saddle Rock East trail.
Registration is required! When you register, you will get event reminder emails and updates. Please register below.
Accessibility: The Land Trust is working to make all of our events as accessible as possible. Please let us know at least one week in advance if there is something we can do or provide to support you in participating in this outing to the fullest, and we will accommodate as possible.
Event Link
Questions? Please contact Ayla Medina Ulloa, Community Inclusion Coordinator, at ayla@cdlandtrust.org or (509) 667-9708

Field Work Party- VOLUNTEER! (Event 2)
2025-10-08 16:00 - 18:00
Come join us for a hands-on volunteer work party focused on trail and habitat restoration!
You will help plant native species to improve the health of our local lands. You may also prepare sites for planting, mulch around new plants, or help with general trail maintenance.

We will provide all the tools, gloves, and gear you’ll need, along with water and snacks before and after the event.
Please wear sturdy work clothes and closed-toe shoes that are good for hiking and working outdoors.

! Meeting Location: We will meet at the Jacobson Trailhead at 4pm (Address: 1811 Skyline Dr, Wenatchee, WA 98801) and will walk up 1 mile to our work location, Saddle Rock East trail.
Registration is required! When you register, you will get event reminder emails and updates. Please register below.
Accessibility: The Land Trust is working to make all of our events as accessible as possible. Please let us know at least one week in advance if there is something we can do or provide to support you in participating in this outing to the fullest, and we will accommodate as possible.
Event Link
Questions? Please contact Ayla Medina Ulloa, Community Inclusion Coordinator, at ayla@cdlandtrust.org or (509) 667-9708

Wenatchee Run Club
2025-10-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-15 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Pybus, 3 N Worthen St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
This event is hosted by the Wenatchee Run Club

Event Summary: Wednesday night weekly

Description: Come join us from 5-7 pm at the Taproom by Hellbent at Pybus for check in. We will have a 5k group start run at 5:30pm or you can run on your own.
Stay and hang out! Hellbent will be offering 10% off after the run for all participants.
Location: The Taproom at Pybus
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556162716960

Curtis Roy Moore at the Leavenworth Ski Hill
2025-10-08 18:00 - 20:00
Leavenworth Winter Sports Club hosts: Singer, Songwriter & Storyteller Curtis Roy Moore’s unique voice infuses, American, folk, country and blues creating a unique experience full of stories from his life that will may you laugh and cry.

Born in Pensacola, Florida, Curtis Moore is the son of a Navy Chief and has traveled and lived in several countries. He has worked as a crab fisherman in Alaska, a shrimper in Florida and worked heavy civil construction in Northern Canada and the US.
Curtis began playing guitar when he was in elementary school in Belgium when his father bough him his first guitar in 1973. After living in Europe his family moved to Leavenworth, Washington where he was active in several music projects.
He has played in venues ranging from the bars of Key West, Florida in the 80s to the coast of Canada where he was a founding member of the well-known rock and roll band, Pacific Disturbance, which played all over British Columbia and Alberta.
Today Curtis Moore has developed into a powerhouse solo performer and a masterful front man who engages audiences with an authentic love of his craft. He spreads his love of music through his songs, performance, and his heartfelt connection with the audience. Once you have heard and seen Curtis Moore, you will never forget him.
His first two influences were from a sailor in Europe who turned him on to what’s known as classic country and from a Scottish soldier who taught him how to rock and roll.
His major musical influences come from many artists, mainly Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jimmy Buffet, John Prine, Jason Isbell, John Hiatt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt and all things Americana.
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Wenatchee Bird Walk
2025-10-09 08:00 - 10:00
Thursday, October 9, 2025
8:00 am-10:00 am

Meet at Walla Walla Point Park’s North parking lot (near the bathrooms)

Go birding with staff from the Wenatchee River Institute by the Columbia River! All birding skill levels are welcome. Need binoculars? We have loaner binoculars that you can borrow.
We will enjoy birding this spring in Wenatchee on the second Thursday and in Leavenworth on the last Thursday of each month.
Trail difficulty level: beginner. Walk will be on paved and grassy level pathways. We will travel up to 1 mile round trip at an easy-going pace with frequent stops.
Bathrooms available at the start and end of the walk
Meet at Walla Walla Point Park at the North parking lot near the bathrooms at 8am and plan to be finished by 10am.
This is a FREE event and no registration is needed.
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CONTACT INFO
Virginia Shoup
vshoup@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0181 ext 5

Bumblebee Habitat Restoration Day
2025-10-09 10:00 - 14:00
Thursday, October 9, 2025
10:00 am-2:00 pm

Wenatchee River Institute
347 Division St
Leavenworth, WA 98826

The Wenatchee River Institute is receiving a gracious donation of 500 native plants from the Xerces Society and Derby Canyon Natives to help build habitat for endangered bumblebees. These donated native plants provide meaningful forage and nesting opportunities where bees are struggling. By helping plant, you’re directly contributing to the recovery of at-risk bumblebees in the region! This is a fabulous way to support pollinators and continue to build resilient native plant habitat on the WRI campus.
Starting on Saturday, October 4th, we will be having recurring volunteer opportunities each Saturday and Thursday through Thursday, October 16th to get these plants in the ground. Please RSVP for this date at the red button above to let us know you’re coming! Find other dates to RSVP for here: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/support/volunteer.html.
This is a family friendly volunteer event! WRI will have the materials and hand tools available for the work. The more the merrier! Holes will be pre-drilled to make planting easier for all.
Feel free to park at Wenatchee River Institute (for free). You will meet Tiffa Theden, WRI’s Land Steward, at the Outdoor Classroom at 10am, and walk to the planting site together.
Event Link to RSVP

CONTACT INFO
Angela Crampton
acrampton@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0181 ext. 7

Red Barn Event: Fish War
2025-10-09 18:00 - 20:00
Thursday, October 9, 2025
6:00 pm8:00 pm
HYBRID EVENT: WRI’s Red Barn 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA 98826 or livestream via our YouTube Channel

Streaming link: https://youtube.com/live/a9BhTXF-5GE?feature=share (this event will be livestreamed, but not posted to our YouTube channel after the event)
Please note the EARLY START TIME for this Red Barn Event. No registration required, but RSVP below to receive email reminders and updates about this event!
Doors open at 5:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The film will start at 6:00pm. After a 79 minute run time, there will be time for discussion and questions.
About the film:
When the state of Washington started arresting Indigenous tribal fishers, it was a declaration of war. Scores of legal battles culminated in a landmark Supreme Court case that was meant to put an end to the violent Fish Wars. Fifty years later, the fight for salmon continues.
Produced by North Forty Productions and Northwest Treaty Tribes Media.
Have 5 minutes before this Red Barn Event? Watch the companion video, Salmon Warriors, to learn how to take action now to protect salmon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wA7AYuHSEU

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CONTACT INFO
Virginia Shoup
vshoup@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0181, ext 5

Final Hike for Health
2025-10-11 10:00 - 12:00
Connecting with nature aids our physical, mental, and emotional health. Join CDLT and CVCH on our final Hike for Health on Saturday, October 11th.
This is the final event of the Hike for Health Series, at the iconic Saddle Rock Natura Area. After the walk, we will have FREE food, music, and activities for the whole family. We will begin the raffle for outdoor prizes at 11:00am.
This walk will be 2 miles with 800 feet of elevation gain. Registration is not necessary to participate, but it is appreciated. Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email.
Event Link and to Register
✨Questions? Contact Ayla Medina Ulloa, Community Inclusion Coordinator, at ayla@cdlandtrust.org or 509-667-9708.

Bumblebee Habitat Restoration Day
2025-10-11 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-16 10:00 - 14:00
The Wenatchee River Institute is receiving a gracious donation of 500 native plants from the Xerces Society and Derby Canyon Natives to help build habitat for endangered bumblebees. These donated native plants provide meaningful forage and nesting opportunities where bees are struggling. By helping plant, you’re directly contributing to the recovery of at-risk bumblebees in the region! This is a fabulous way to support pollinators and continue to build resilient native plant habitat on the WRI campus.
Starting on Saturday, October 4th, we will be having recurring volunteer opportunities each Saturday and Thursday through Thursday, October 16th to get these plants in the ground. Please RSVP for this date at the red button above to let us know you’re coming! Find other dates to RSVP for here: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/support/volunteer.html.
This is a family friendly volunteer event! WRI will have the materials and hand tools available for the work. The more the merrier! Holes will be pre-drilled to make planting easier for all.
Feel free to park at Wenatchee River Institute (for free). You will meet Tiffa Theden, WRI’s Land Steward, at the Outdoor Classroom at 10am, and walk to the planting site together.
Event Link

CONTACT INFO
Angela Crampton
acrampton@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0181 ext. 7

Outdoor Photography Workshop: Icicle Gorge
2025-10-12 08:30 - 13:30
Wenatchee River Institute Presents a workshop to improve your photography skills and see the world in a new way.
Step outside and into the natural world—ready to see, frame, and capture! This outdoor photo field trip will train your eye and spark your creativity. Learn how to observe your environment like a photographer, compose dynamic shots using natural light, and create a mini nature photo story. You’ll walk, explore, shoot, and reflect—all in one immersive outdoor experience. Join us at Lake Wenatchee on September 28th and/or Icicle Gorge on October 12. Participants can sign up for a single workshop or register for both for deeper growth.
These workshops are geared toward beginner / intermediate- level photographers, but all are welcome to enroll. Any type of capture device may be used including cell phone, point and shoot, mirrorless and DSLR cameras.
The instructor for this course, Linda Lyons, is a passionate and dedicated educator, artist and facilitator of community. She is a nature enthusiast, avid trail runner, novice climber and lost-dog magnet. Linda has extensive experience in darkroom, antique processes and digital photographic practice and instruction. She has exhibited her art nationally and internationally and has been published in print and web-based periodicals. Linda is currently a photography instructor at Indiana University South Bend and Wenatchee Valley College. Linda is committed to creating welcoming, inclusive learning spaces and is a LGBTQ+ advocate. She considers life an art adventure and enjoys supporting others’ creative endeavors. She encourages her students to consider themselves storytellers, image-makers and artists.
Group size: 13 participants
Hiking: Expect between 2 and 4 miles of walking on trails at a photographer’s pace: slow and with extended breaks!
Ages: 15 and up. Participants under 18 must attend with a registered adult.
Transportation is provided from WRI to the trailhead.
Bring your own camera, even if it’s “just” a cell phone!
Cost is Pay What You Can. We offer the Pay What You Can model in recognition that paying for education programs looks different for different people. The options here are provided as suggestions, based on the costs to WRI to put on this program. If you want to attend this program, we want you to be there. Use the options below as a guideline upon registration. Please choose an amount that fits within your budget to attend this event, even if that is lower than the suggested amount. We want anyone who is interested to be able to attend!
$65/person
This option may be for you if you are excited to attend this program and are able to pay a little extra so a neighbor can attend at a lower cost.
$55/person
This option may be for you if you are excited to support WRI, and attending this program doesn’t put a strain on your weekly budget. This amount is the actual cost to WRI to put on this program.
$40/person
This option may be for you if your budget is tight, but still really want to attend this program and support WRI.
Event Link

CONTACT INFO
Virginia Shoup
vshoup@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0181, ext 5

Field Work Party- VOLUNTEER! (Event 3)
2025-10-14 12:00 - 15:00
Come join us for a hands-on volunteer work party focused on trail and habitat restoration!
You will help plant native species to improve the health of our local lands. You may also prepare sites for planting, mulch around new plants, or help with general trail maintenance.

We will provide all the tools, gloves, and gear you’ll need, along with water and snacks before and after the event.
Please wear sturdy work clothes and closed-toe shoes that are good for hiking and working outdoors.

! Meeting Location: We will meet at the Jacobson Trailhead at 12pm (Address: 1811 Skyline Dr, Wenatchee, WA 98801) and will walk up 1 mile to our work location, Saddle Rock East trail.
Registration is required! When you register, you will get event reminder emails and updates. Please register below.
Accessibility: The Land Trust is working to make all of our events as accessible as possible. Please let us know at least one week in advance if there is something we can do or provide to support you in participating in this outing to the fullest, and we will accommodate as possible.
Event Link
Questions? Please contact Ayla Medina Ulloa, Community Inclusion Coordinator, at ayla@cdlandtrust.org or (509) 667-9708

Expansion of Early Roads in the US West
2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:00
On Tuesday October 14, Dr. E. F. Cater, Director of the Douglas County Historical Museum in Waterville, will present a talk, “Expansion of Early Roads in the US West.” The program starts at 7:00 PM, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 127 South Mission, in Wenatchee. Zoom link for those who cannot attend in person: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8185554795 Meeting ID: 818 5554 7958
Western roads developed by push and shove. Business people and shippers built some of the first usable roads. They needed to get wares to market. Others built ways to get to town to buy those goods.
Building new roads, and connecting roads, was difficult and expensive. No entity wanted to do that. Not the Federal government, nor the states, not the counties. They got pushed into road-building. What happened?
Around 1912, the introduction of the automobile, especially the Model T, spurred the United States into building auto-routes adequate for travel. There were no transcontinental highways. Many states didn’t even connect with one another.

Locally, the Yellowstone Trail eventually passed through Waterville, Wenatchee, Monitor, Cashmere, and over Blewett Pass. We will learn about that road.
Click the link below to see the first 3 minutes of the presentation:
https://youtu.be/Htov6YXW6L8?si=ixgoJkN63zfs1mWi
The program is free and open to the public.

Switchbacks on Blewett Pass, 1910
Contact information:
Ken Lacy
Wenatchee Valley Erratics’ Program Chair
1geospiracle2@gmail.com
(509) 787-9755

Darnell Scott at the Leavenworth Ski Hill
2025-10-15 18:00 - 20:00
Leavenworth Winter Sports Club presents Darnell Scott is a one of a kind musician and a man who is making his mark in the world of Blues, R&B, and Soul.
As a youngster, he enjoyed the music of such artists as Al Green, Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, just to name a few. Even though Scott has never had any formal training to play the guitar or sing, he is a natural and a force to be reckoned with. Rooted deep in soul, his music is exciting and fresh.
You will notice it all comes together and is evident in the way the music speaks to you. His command and style is unique and captivating. He delivers a song with mesmerizing originality. Enhancing the talent of Scott are musicians chosen for their professional command of their instruments. Their presence and knowledge of dynamics is evident in the way they captivate the spirit of the music.
Event Link
Darnell’s Website

WRI’s Red Barn Event-screening of Ridge to River
2025-10-17 19:00 - 20:00
Streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLvrqGFDLMs&list=PLjATQxBXvvgXSiC_qr24e5jmPS-LyJ5T9&index=33
No registration required, but RSVP to receive email reminders and updates about this event!
Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.
This event features new film “Ridge to River” created by Cashmere resident and Emmy-award winning videographer Steven Gnam. After the film, Friends of Mission Ridge (FOMR), a Wenatchee-based, grassroots non-profit, will host a Q&A session with the audience.
A developer proposes a 7,812-bed luxury resort near the top of Mission Ridge, adjacent to the Mission Ridge Ski Area. Orchardists, skiers, hunters, birders, and Tribes are concerned about the impacts that this development would have on the ecology and culture of the region.
Mission Ridge was an oasis during the last ice age, while the surrounding terrain was buried under thousands of feet of glacial ice or scoured by cataclysmic floods. The mountain became a refuge for plants, animals, and early humans, evidenced by the fact that it has one of the highest occurrences of endemic plants in the region, and continuous human habitation going back before the building of the pyramids in Egypt. The film, Ridge to River, follows locals as they trace lines across the mountain, following the migrations of the Colockum elk, chasing ski turns, and growing food at its base. Ridge to River is a love letter to this landform that stretches from Mission Peak to the Columbia River.
About the presenters:
Steven Gnam is a FOMR board member, National Geographic photographer, Emmy-award-winning videographer, and author of the book, Crown of the Continent, The Wildest Rockies. Steven lives with his wife and daughter in Cashmere, WA, with their four ducks.
Mike Rolfs is Friends of Mission Ridge’s executive director. Mike has skied on Mission Ridge for 50 years. Mike builds custom skis at COOP Ski Works. You can find Mike on Mission Ridge nearly every day of the year, on skis or on foot.
The opinions expressed in this presentation are solely those of the presenters and not necessarily those of Wenatchee River Institute.
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CONTACT INFO
Virginia Shoup
vshoup@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0181, ext 5

Field Work Party- VOLUNTEER! (Event 4)
2025-10-18 09:00 - 11:00
Come join Chelan Douglas Land Trust for a hands-on volunteer work party focused on trail and habitat restoration!
You will help plant native species to improve the health of our local lands. You may also prepare sites for planting, mulch around new plants, or help with general trail maintenance.

We will provide all the tools, gloves, and gear you’ll need, along with water and snacks before and after the event.
Please wear sturdy work clothes and closed-toe shoes that are good for hiking and working outdoors.

Meeting Location: We will meet at the Horse Lake Trailhead at 12pm. At Horse Lake Trailhead, the project site is right at the parking area, so no hiking is required.
Registration is required! When you register, you will get event reminder emails and updates. Please register below.
Accessibility: The Land Trust is working to make all of our events as accessible as possible. Please let us know at least one week in advance if there is something we can do or provide to support you in participating in this outing to the fullest, and we will accommodate as possible.
Event Link
Questions? Please contact Ayla Medina Ulloa, Community Inclusion Coordinator, at ayla@cdlandtrust.org or (509) 667-9708

Spring Prep Starts in the Fall
2025-10-18 13:00 - 15:00
WSU Chelan Douglas Master Gardeners presents Spring Prep Starts in Fall
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FALL GEAR SWAP 2025 at the Leavenworth Ski Hill
2025-10-19 12:00 - 15:00
Leavenworth Winter Sports Club Fall Gear Swap. Fall is around the corner and it’s time to dig out that gear! Although most people are thinking about Winter and Fall gear, all gear is welcome (think Spring/Summer too) from skis/boards to bikes and paddle boards.
Get into your gear closet and go out to your garage. Try on all the things. And then come to the Gear Swap to fill in gaps or get rid of redundancies!
The gear swap will be at Alpine Lakes covered area.
Sunday, October 19th
12pm-3pm Admission: Free
Do you want a 10×10 space to sell your gear? It’s only $10! ($25 for commercial sellers). All money goes to support the Leavenworth Winter Sports Club. If you are a seller and you have access to a 10×10 and weights (we may be able to assist with weights) to secure it and would be willing to have your space outside the covered area please note this on the application. Last year we had so many folks selling that we overflowed out of the covered area! If the weather is good it’s not a problem, but we want to be prepared!
The LWSC ski team will also have a booth that you can donate any of your items to to be sold that will directly benefit the LWSC Nordic and Alpine teams. If you don’t have enough gear for a single booth or just want it out of your house, this is a great option and helps raise funds for the kids upcoming season. Drop off for this booth starts at 11am. We do not currently have a setup to help collect gear ahead of the event for the ski team and will accept it at 11am on that day.
*No early bird sales* Doors and sales start at 12pm first come, first served. Thank you!
Sign up for your space HERE!
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Field Work Party- VOLUNTEER! (Event 5)
2025-10-21 12:00 - 15:00
Come join us for a hands-on volunteer work party focused on trail and habitat restoration!
You will help plant native species to improve the health of our local lands. You may also prepare sites for planting, mulch around new plants, or help with general trail maintenance.

We will provide all the tools, gloves, and gear you’ll need, along with water and snacks before and after the event.
Please wear sturdy work clothes and closed-toe shoes that are good for hiking and working outdoors.

Meeting Location: We will meet at the Saddle Rock Trailhead at 12pm and will walk up to 1 mile to our project site, Saddle Rock East trail.
Registration is required! When you register, you will get event reminder emails and updates. Please register below.
Accessibility: The Land Trust is working to make all of our events as accessible as possible. Please let us know at least one week in advance if there is something we can do or provide to support you in participating in this outing to the fullest, and we will accommodate as possible.
Event Link
Questions? Please contact Ayla Medina Ulloa, Community Inclusion Coordinator, at ayla@cdlandtrust.org or (509) 667-9708

Red Barn Event: Chimpanzees in Cle Elum?!
2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:00
Wenatchee River Institute Presents

Streaming link: https://youtube.com/live/fwrxfKtocR4?feature=share
No registration required, but RSVP to receive email reminders and updates about this event!
Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.
Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest is part retirement home, part rescue, part educational facility. Learn how this unique organization cares for chimpanzees who have been used in the pet, entertainment, and biomedical industries and how the sanctuary has grown over the last seventeen years. Learn about the plight of chimpanzees and other primates and hear stories that illustrate the big personalities, intelligence, and resiliency of the sanctuary residents. Find out from a behind-the-scenes perspective what it takes to care for chimpanzees in captivity and what the future may hold for them and others like them.
About the presenter: Diana Goodrich has been with Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest since the first group of chimpanzees arrived in 2008, beginning as the sanctuary’s Director of Outreach. She and her husband J.B. took on the roles of Co-Directors in 2013. Diana has an MS degree in psychology from Central Washington University, where she worked with the chimpanzee Washoe and her family, and an MS in animals & public policy from Tufts University. In her role as Co-Director, she oversees all fundraising as well as marketing and communications. Diana loves directly caring for the chimpanzees and connecting with individual supporters.
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CONTACT INFO
Virginia Shoup
vshoup@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0181, ext 5

Hatchery Star Party
2025-10-23 20:00 - 21:00 | Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery(12790 Fish Hatchery Rd)
This is WVAC’s flagship event. This event is for the whole community; members and non-members; those just curious and advanced amateurs. No registration is required, come on out and show up.

Have a telescope but don’t know how to use it? or want some pointers? this is an opportunity to get to know your telescope.

No telescope? No problem! Astronomy is for sharing. Members will have red lanterns below their telescope. Come on up and see what we are looking at. Every member will have a different telescope and looking at something else. The secret password is “Whatchya Looking at?” This is a place for exploration of the curious and answering any questions you have from deep cosmic questions to what type of telescope you should get.

Have a telescope and know what your doing? Great! Come on out and meet our members. This is an event for astronomers of the community. This event allows all of us to connect to one another and to our cosmos.

Every person will be greeted by a WVAC member so new-comers know where to start and how the event works. Come on out and we can all enjoy the stars together in a comfortable environment.
Bathrooms will be made available on nights that USFWS staff is available in the main building.
Program Rules

During the program, please avoid the use of white light, red lensed lights are allowed. White lights are allowed for emergency use.
Please dress appropriately for the weather and possible wind; insect repellant may be necessary.

Location
We all will park at the USFWS Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Parking Lot just outside of the gate. The gate will be half closed, but please do not drive beyond the gate.
The Telescope Area is just beyond the main building, about 50 yards from the parking lot. Walk beyond the gates and follow that main roadway straight until you see our red illuminated light sign board.
How to Sign Up
No registration is required. No need to sign up, just come on out and show up. Stay as long as you would like. But please arrive on time, so we can start introductions and explain how the event works.
Cost
While the event is free, donations are gladly accepted. All donations go to Friends of the Hatchery non-profit organization where they will use the proceeds to install a Sky Quality Meter to quantify light pollution growth.
Google Map Location Hyperlinks:Parking Lot Telescope Area

Make a Difference Day with WRI
2025-10-25 09:00 - 13:00
Wenatchee River Institute presents make a difference in your neighborhood and community! WRI will be participating in this year’s Make a Difference Day. We will be working in the E. Lorene Young Community Garden for this year’s project.
For the last two Make a Difference Days, WRI has worked with dedicated volunteers to dismantle and replace old planter boxes and replace them with new cedar ones built onsite. Now, there are only 12 boxes left to replace, and we need your help to finish this project! These new boxes will serve community members for the next decade of fruit, vegetable, herb, and flower growing.
This is a family friendly volunteer event! WRI will have the materials and hand tools available for the work. We hope for 10 volunteers to come! The more the merrier.
Join us on Saturday, October 25th at WRI if you’d like to participate! Please let us know you’re coming by clicking the red “RSVP Here” button above.
Feel free to park at Wenatchee River Institute (for free). We can meet there and walk together over to the E. Lorene Young Community Garden (corner of 12th St and Commercial St). There is also limited street parking available at the E. Lorene Young Community Garden.
Event Link

CONTACT INFO
Angela Crampton
acrampton@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org
509-548-0181 ext. 7

RESCHEDULED-Foothills Fest
2025-10-25 12:00 - 14:00
SAVE THE DATE for Chelan Douglas Land Trusts 2nd Annual Foothills Fest Celebration at Saddle Rock on October 25, 2025 from 12:00pm -2:00pm.
This year, CDLT is celebrating 40 years of the legacy, commitment, and incredible generosity of the Wenatchee Community, who helped protect the Foothills and other local natural spaces.
Join us for a fun, community-centered celebration! We will have:

FREE tacos
Speakers
Activities for the whole family
And more

This event is open to the public and to all ages.
Accessibility:
The event will take place at the Saddle Rock trailhead and shelter. There is an ADA path up to the shelter that is made of loose gravel. The shelter has shade and several picnic tables. The food truck will be parked near the bus stop, and the speakers will be at the amphitheater near the native garden.
The Land Trust is working to make all of our events as accessible as possible. Please let us know at least one week in advance if there is something we can do or provide to support you in participating in this outing to the fullest, and we will accommodate as possible.
Event Link
Questions? Contact Ayla Medina Ulloa, Community Inclusion Coordinator, at ayla@cdlandtrust.org or 509-667-9608.

Leavenworth Ski Hill Volunteer Work Day 2025
2025-10-26 10:00 - 16:00
Leavenworth Winter Sports Club invites you to come up for a couple of hours or stay all day.
Objective: Prepare Ski Hill for Winter Operations and the ability to open Tubing, Nordic and Alpine operations on a minimal amount of snow.
A free lunch will be served to all volunteers!
(did someone say Yodelin?? Bosket Bread!? and your Lodge favorites!)

TASK LIST
Base Area & Slopes

Brush, lop and weed-eat the island behind the Little Tow
Brush and clean ½ culvert behind the Little Tow
Pile limbs and brush to be chipped
Weed-Eat / Buzz a 10’ radius around all buildings
Weed-Eat / Buzz a 10’ radius around the well-head across from Big Tow
Weed-Eat / Buzz the Tubing Hill and berms
Remove any objects that could damage mowing or grooming equipment
Pick-up trash
Mow

Lodge

Clean Lodge concession area, restrooms, common areas & storage areas
Wash windows
Close, seal and block all voids in foundation, siding and doors
Kick the rodents out (yes, even the squirrel)

Ski Jump

Mow and weed-eat the jump hill
Weed-eat the ski jump tow path and judges stand

Nordic Trails

Remove overhead branches
Remove brush from around trail lights
Remove debris from trails
Mow

Parking Lot

Mow and weed-eat around rocks and light poles, including the outer perimeter

Things you can bring

yourself
a friend
work clothes
work gloves
pruners
loppers
weed eaters
rakes
hand saws
chainsaws
fuel
hearing & eye protection
PPE
water bottle
a great work attitude

Event Link
Please email events@skileavenworth.com if you have any questions.

Event Sponsors: Bosket Bread and YODELIN

Wenatchee Witches & Warlocks Community Costume Paddle
2025-10-26 14:00 - 15:00
Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club Presents Wenatchees Witches and Warlocks Community Costume Paddle
Oct 26, 2025, 2:00 PM
Confluence State Park Wenatchee, 333 Olds Station Rd, Wenatchee, WA 98801
Bring a costume your boat, and some Halloween spirit!! SUPs, kayaks, canoes and rowing shells are all welcome! We’ll meet at the swim/boat launch area of Confluence State Park at 2:00pm and paddle down to Pybus Market. The WRPC boat trailer and a Link Transit Bus will be available at Pybus.
For more information and to RSVP click the link below.
Wenatchee Witches & Warlocks Community Costume Paddle – 5th Annual
