Wenatchee Outdoors

Chelan-Douglas Bicycle Meeting
2022-06-01 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | WA
Location: Pybus Public Market Wenatchee
Chelan-Douglas Bicycle Forum (formerly the Regional Bicycle Advisory Committee) is meeting for an informal community discussion platform for all things related to bicycle transportation.They are holding their first in-person meeting in two years at the Pybus Market Board Room, Wednesday June 1, from 5:30 – 7:30 PM.
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Contact Riley using the information below if you have questions.
Riley Shewak | Senior Transportation Planner | Chelan-Douglas Transportation Council
O: (509)663-9059 | www.chelan-douglas.org/

Weed Warrior Knapweed Pulling
2022-06-01 17:30 - 19:30
Are you looking for a hands-on way to positively impact our lands in just two hours? Do you like to get outside in the company of other like-minded folks? Consider signing up to join the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust for our Weed Warrior knapweed pulls this spring, listed below. We will be following COVID-19 safety protocol, which you can read about here.
What & Where – A weed hand-pulling volunteer project at our newly acquired Lower Sleepy Hollow Preserve. Sign up for one or more work party dates and times. We will cross dry river channels with 3-5 ft. sloped banks, then walk on uneven ground across former pastures and a dry riverbed with large rocks, and on uneven forest paths to get to the river’s edge-about ¼ mile from the parking lot. If you use hiking poles for hiking, bring them.
Why – Our goal is to hand-pull knapweed as one element of a larger habitat improvement plan. By pulling the weeds before they flower and set seed, we can leave the plants on-site with no need to bag them.
Will it be fun? – Conversations can flow as we work in the shade of cottonwood trees, listening to birdsong along the Wenatchee River. Consider inviting your friends or family members to join you for one or more of these outdoor work parties. Our time on-site will be limited to 2 hours.
How- To sign up, email Susan Ballinger (susan@cdlandtrust.org) She will send you a confirmation email with full logistic details.

Washington State's Endangered Tufted Puffins
2022-05-25 19:00 - 20:30
Washington State’s Endangered Tufted Puffins
Hosted by the North Cascades Institute
Instructor: Amanda Colbert
Cost: $10
To register for this event click here.
“Tufted puffins are striking birds in the auk family,” explains the UW’s Puget Sound Institute. “With their two congeners, the horned and Atlantic puffin, they are sometimes called sea parrots, or the clowns of the sea. The sea clowns, alas, have become increasingly rare of late… all up and down the West Coast. In Washington, tufted puffins were once common in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and along the outer coast, with 25,000 birds spread among 44 known breeding colonies in the early 1900s. Those numbers stayed stable for the next several decades; surveys in the 1970s and 1980s estimated more than 23,000 birds bred at 35 known colonies. Then the bottom started to fall out. By 2009 biologists estimated that fewer than 3,000 puffins bred in Washington, and the number of known colonies had fallen to just 19. Counts since then have only gotten worse.”
The Salish Sea School is on a mission to help save Washington State’s endangered Tufted Puffin population. By empowering students to help with data collection at Smith Island (one of the last breeding colonies in the Salish Sea) and promoting stewardship through experiential marine conservation programs and public presentations, the aim is to increase public awareness of this population and provide ways to help recover these imperiled seabirds.
Join us as we share the natural life history of the Tufted Puffin and discuss the state status of this iconic seabird. We’ll take you on a journey of discovery, sharing what we have seen on the water and learned through our own observations over the last two seasons. We’ll also provide ways you can help these iconic seabirds!

Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest
2022-05-19 - 2022-05-22
Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest
May 19th-22nd, 2022
Join the Wenatchee River Institute and NCW Audubon Society for the 20th annual Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest! This year marks 20 years of celebrating the connections between people, birds, and the natural world. Come celebrate with us and discover the natural beauty and wonders of North Central Washington as we welcome the return of migratory birds. Enjoy the excitement by joining in on a birding field trip, workshop, event, or activity! Bird Fest is back to fully in-person programs with some virtual and hybrid options. This is a family-friendly festival open to all experience levels. There will be beginner birding activities happening the week leading up to and during Bird Fest as well as several bilingual events.
Registration is currently open for all field trips! All current information and details can be found at: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/education-programs/community-programs/bird-fest.html.

Monthly eBird Surveys at WRI
2022-05-18 08:00 - 09:30
Monthly eBird Surveys at WRI
The eBird Surveys 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!
To learn more about our monthly eBird walks, visit: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/education-programs/community-programs/seasonal-nature-walks.html

Matters of the Heart
2022-05-14 10:30 - 12:30
Hosted by the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
Join us for Matters of the Heart on Saturday, May 14 at 10:30 AM. Students 4th grade and up will join a team of local medical professionals to conduct an exploration of hearts in this dissection lab! This is an incredible opportunity to expose students to science in a hands-on class with noted professionals.
Cost is $30 per person. Registration is required and limited.
For more information click here.

Noxious Weed ID Training
2022-05-13 10:00 - 11:00
Noxious Weed ID Training
Friday, May 13th 10-11am @ WRI
Join WRI (Wenatchee River Institute) and Jenna Medlar from Chelan County Noxious Weed Control Board to learn how to identify common noxious weeds of the area. This is a free training, but registration is required. Learn more and register here: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2022/05/13/noxious-weed-id-training/378367

Spring Saunter
2022-05-12 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-06 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-05 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-29 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-28 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-22 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-21 10:00 - 12:00
Spring Saunter
Thursdays and Fridays in April & May from 10am-12pm (April 14&15, 21&22, 28&29, May 5&6, 12)
Join the Wenatchee River Institute for a spring nature walk as the flower buds start to show and wildlife shake off the cold of winter. You will learn about the natural and cultural history of Leavenworth and the surrounding land with one of our knowledgeable naturalists. Registration is required beforehand.
Visit the website for more information and registration: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/education-programs/community-programs/seasonal-nature-walks.html

Wilderness Alps: Conservation in the North Cascades
2022-05-11 17:30 - 19:00
Wilderness Alps: Conservation in the North Cascades – and What’s Left to Do
Hosted by the North Cascades Institute
Instructor: Phil Fenner
Class Tuition: $10
Click here to register for this event.
There was a time when commercial interests treated the forests, rivers and mountains of the North Cascades as a limitless resource bank of timber, minerals and hydropower. These industries faced little resistance until the North Cascades Conservation Council came along. Founded in 1957 by now-legendary conservationists like Polly Dyer, Patrick Goldsworthy, Phil and Laura Zalesky and David Brower, the all-volunteer organization lobbied for conservation in the North Cascades — a full decade before the environmental movement took hold across the country.
“Turning out members for hearings, going to court, deploying hiking guides and picture books, (NCCC) has helped preserve 2.21 million acres in Washington state between Stevens Pass and the Canadian border as parks, recreation areas, and wilderness areas,” explains HistoryLink.org.
An early conservation success occurred when the Forest Service designated the Glacier Peak Wilderness area in 1960. In 1961, NCCC decided to advocate for a full-fledged North Cascades National Park, and initiated a series of studies, surveys and imaginative efforts to grow public support. A long road was ahead of them but the group and their friends persevered and on October 2, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the park into law just weeks before his term of office ended.
Phil Fenner, the current president of NCCC, and other NCCC board members will share a program that will take you inside the personal accounts of the individuals who fought this battle and others,, including the many notable women who played crucial roles and the innovative tactics they developed to sway the public. He will also touch on how this region’s tribal peoples played a role in conflicts over resources.
Aside from working to establish the North Cascades National Park Complex, NCCC was a central force in establishing the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center during the Seattle City Light Skagit Hydropower Project’s re-licensing process 30 years ago. The Institute now calls the Learning Center home and our relationship with NCCC continues.
But the story of conservation in the North Cascades doesn’t end there. Recently, a plan for an mining in the headwaters of the Skagit Valley was, thankfully, halted with NCCC’s help, but the threat may return until the area is permanently protected. Today, the impacts of climate change and wildfires have revived the idea of large-scale logging of our National Forests. The conservation effort must continue, with large swaths of unprotected land in the Cascades at risk of industrial damage.
The program will conclude with Fenner sharing how we can take inspiration from NCCC’s early efforts and determination and suggest what we can do now to help protect these lands we love.

Early Morning Birding
2022-05-11 06:00 - 10:00
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. Please note contact Susan by cell phone 24-hours ahead (509-669-7820) to confirm, because changing weather conditions can result in cancelling the route.
CDLT is recruiting volunteers to help with two once/month bird monitoring projects.

Mountain Home Preserve eBird Monitoring Project, prior and after forest health thinning projects designed to restore open ponderosa-pine forest and to reduce future wildfire risks. Meeting at the Safeway store in Leavenworth, or Susan will pick up carpoolers in Wenatchee at the Penny Road Park and Ride. We walk a 2.2-mile route, stopping at 5 points to conduct 10-minute counts. 2022 Dates: March 28 (7:00am-11am), April 20 (6:00am-10:00am), May 11 (6:00am-10am), June 8 (6:00am-10:00am). July-October dates To Be Determined.
Independent volunteers are invited to do the CDLT eBird monitoring project at Horse Lake Preserve, and then share data with CDLT. Contact Susan Ballinger (susan@cdlandtrust.org) to learn more. The project goal is to learn about bird use with a variety of habitats that included areas burned in 2012 and 2015 wildfires.

Miles for Monarchs
2022-05-09
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!

Twilight Criterium!
2022-05-07 15:00 - 22:00
Come watch Nascar on 2 wheels as the best bicycle racers in the PNW compete for cash and the coveted Belt Buckle! Wenatchee Valley Brewing will be pouring deliciousness! Must be 21 to attend (ID for everyone! ) Cash is preferred! We will have food trucks as well!
For more information click here.

Adaptive Cycling
2022-05-07 14:00 - 18:00
Location: Pybus Public Market-3 North Worthen Street Wenatchee, WA 98801
These events are FREE and open to everyone in our community ages 5 to 105+ with cognitive, physical, and/or sensory impairments. Outdoors for All will be providing a wide variety of adaptive bikes including handcycles, trikes, recumbents and tandems for participants to ride on the Loop Trail between Pybus and Walla Walla park. We will not be scheduling specific appointments so participants can come at any time during event hours.
These events are sponsored by the Confluence Health Foundation and are part of our new local adaptive cycling program.
Questions? Email NCWAdaptive@gmail.com

Apple Blossom Run 2022
2022-05-07 09:15 - 11:00
Apple Blossom Run 2022
Be a part of the Apple Blossom Festival in Wenatchee, WA
Join us for this year’s Apple Blossom Run, a community event sponsored by Confluence Health and Ballard Ambulance for 30+ years to promote health and wellness in the community! The Apple Blossom Run is part of the annual Apple Blossom Festival in Wenatchee, Washington.
Registration:
Registration includes chipped timing and a fun commemorative shirt. Choose between the Kids 2K (grades 1-8), 5K Walk, or 5K/10K Runs. Commemorative shirt comes in unisex sizing (Small – XXL, & Youth Small – Large).

2K: FREE
5K Walk or 5/10K Run: $15 ($20 Race Day)

Packet Pickup:

Friday May 6, 9:00am – 6:00pm
Fuller Street drive-through near CWH Rehab entrance

Start Times:

All Races: Saturday, May 7, 9:15 am

For more information click here.

C.D.L.T. Plant Salvage
2022-05-07 08:00 - 10:00
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS – This Saturday, 8 am to 10 am, help us salvage native wildflowers prior to the construction of the new trailhead at Maiden Lane in Wenatchee. No registration is required, stop by any time between 8 am and 10 am. Thanks in advance!
For more information click here.

Envir. Film & Speaker Series: The Winter's Tale
2022-05-05 19:00 - 21:00
Join the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center on Thursday, May 5 at 7 PM for a viewing of “The Winter’s Tale” as part of their Environmental Film & Speaker Series. Warm your spirits with the epic storytelling of Randy Lewis who shares his traditional native Wenatchi stories alongside the geologic icons of our region. Randy, flutist Arnold Chambers, and geologist Nick Zentner will captivate the mind and soul in this presentation.

This documentary tells the stories of the Wenatchi Tribe through the legends, history, and geology of North Central Washington as told by Randy Lewis, and captured by North Central Washington film students. “The Winter’s Tale” is a directed film study program reaching across the Wenatchee Valley and across cultures.

This family friendly event has limited in-person seating. Please pre-register to reserve your spot. A livestream of the event will be available for those who cannot attend in-person. Cost is $15 for museum members and $20 for non-members.

REGISTER HERE to attend in-person
REGISTER HERE for the livestream

Wolves in Washington-Updates
2022-04-27 17:30 - 19:00
Wolves in Washington: Updates from WDFW and the Wolf Advisory Group
This event is hosted by the North Cascades Institute
Class tuition: $10
This is a virtual event.
In this follow-up to last year’s popular online program, biologists with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife will give an overview of the status of wolves in the state, provide updates on current wolf packs, and take questions from the public.
Participants will also learn how they can stay updated, get involved, and how the Washington Wolf Advisory Group is working to promote equitable, inclusive, and respectful dialogue and decision-making among diverse people to foster durable peace by transforming the root causes of social conflict and providing high quality recommendations on wolf recovery, conservation, and management.
This year’s program will feature the most recent information on wolves in Washington. If you attended last year, you can expect to learn new information this time around.
To register click here.

Earth Day Fair in Leavenworth!
2022-04-24
The 11th Annual Earth Day Fair in Leavenworth
Here’s just some of the things we have done in past years:

Lots of fun and educational booths
Hands-on activities for kids and adults
Food booths
Music by Recycled Rhythms and Friends
A Silent Auction where you can bid on a wide variety of items from local businesses, organizations and individuals
Electric vehicle display

For more information click here.

Science Saturdays: April Blooms
2022-04-23 10:30 - 15:30
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 23 is Recycled Blooms. Find new ways to create with recycled materials. This is one of the prettiest science experiments you will ever do! Using recycled plastic, CD’s, wire, heat and other recycled items, you’ll create a beautiful flower garden. Participants will be able to make between 2 to 3 flowers per registration.
Recommended age is 12 years old and each child needs to have an adult present. We will be using hot glue guns and lighters, so please be aware and careful. Preregistration is not required, but encouraged as there are a limited number of spots which will be filled first-come, first-served while supplies last.
Cost is $5 for members and $8 for nonmembers
This class will be offered at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM and 2 PM.
For more information click here.

Sustainable Wenatchee Earth Day Fair!
2022-04-23 10:00 - 14:00
Join us for the Sustainable Wenatchee Earth Day Fair outside of Pybus on Saturday, April 23rd, 2022.
10:00am – 2:00pm
Join us in celebrating the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day! Enjoy educational booths, take-home activities for kids, and shop local, eco-friendly goods. Check out a Link bus, several models of electric vehicles, and bring your pup to visit the Earthwise Pet van!
This FREE event at Pybus Public Market. Depending on Covid, we will have an hybrid indoor/outdoor event in the Event Center room, back patio (near the river) and the plaza on the south end of the building.
Sponsored by:
Chelan County PUD, Link Transit, The Nature Conservancy – WA, and Waste Management.
We urge those interested in our Earth Day Fair to stay home if they aren’t feeling well.

Caveman Roar n' Pour
2022-04-23 09:00 - 13:30
Cave B Estate Winery is a beautiful place located in Quincy, Washington, next door to the famous Gorge Amphitheatre overlooking the Columbia River Gorge. This trail run wanders through the Cave B Familigia Vineyards, through the sage dotted desert plateau and along the cliffs overlooking the Columbia River. It is an event for all levels: walker, joggers, runners – a fantastic training run, beautiful views and chance to get out and enjoy the majesty of the land and nature. The Caveman 5K Roar and Pour Trail Fun Run and Wine Tasting Event is now in its 8th year. This year we are supporting the Columbia Basin Allied Arts through sponsorships and a portion of registration fees. There is no other run quite like it with runners dressed as Cavemen & Cavewomen running through the vineyards and along the gorgeous gorge cliff edge. It is a ROARING good time with many amazing photo opportunities along your run (or walk). The run ends outside of our tasting room where we will praise your success and hand you a wine glass and tickets to sample four different delicious Cave B wines (our special 5K wine tasting ends by 1:30pm). Enjoy a picnic with a pre-ordered lunch from Friend’s Riviera Catering and enjoy live music on our Stage B Amphitheatre with the sounds of Older & Wiser. COVID restrictions will be in place. Please see more details on the registration page.
For more information click here.

SageFest!
2022-04-23 09:00 - 13:00
Join C.W.E.M.B.A. and the Chelan Douglas Land Trust for SageFest Saturday, April 23rd, from 9 am – 1 pm, and help us get the trails on the right track to start the biking season! We will have tacos, brats, and beverages to finish off to reward your volunteerism. Meet at the Horse Lake Trailhead at 9 am with gloves, boots, water, and whatever else you need until 1 pm. This event is a family-friendly work party.
For more information click here.

Discover Pass Free Day!
2022-04-22
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).
April 22nd is Earth Day.
For more information click here.

Earth Day Eve Spring Celebration
2022-04-21 17:30 - 19:30
Where: C.D.L.T. Jacobsen Preserve
When: Thursday April 21st (Earth Day Eve)
Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm -come at anytime
Parking: Along skyline drive and Number 2 Canyon Road
Description: English and Spanish speakers welcome
Families Welcome
Story Walk Wildflowers of the Foothills
W.N.P.S. Scavenger Hunt (1/2 mile loop trail)
Play I-Spy Find animals hiding in the sagebrush
