Week of Events
Retro Ski Days at Mission Ridge
Location: Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort Are you ready to get Radical? What better way to celebrate spring skiing and snowboarding than by throwing a socially distanced Retro day. Dress up in your favorite retro ski gear and take a picture at one or all of the designated locations, and then share it on Instagram tagging @missionridge and using #MissionRetro21 or on Facebook by posting the picture in the comments of the Retro Day post, on Saturday, March 20th […]
Mission Ridge Bomber Banked Slalom
This year's Bomber Banked Slalom will look a lot different than it has in past years but we are going to do it. We are still finalizing a few details and will post more information soon. For more information click here.
Native Planting 101 Workshop Series
Hosted by the Cascadia Conservation District Join us Mondays in March at 7-pm via Zoom to learn from our experts: March 22: Using Native Plants in Landscaping with Betsy Dudash RSVP at www.cascadiacd.org or by calling (509) 436-1601.
Indigenous Language Class
Join Annette Timentwa, Language Curriculum Coordinator for the Colville Confederated Tribes Language Department, for this 5-week basic introductory class on the nxaʔamxčín language. The class will be covering Moses-Columbian language history, phonetics/orthography, vocabulary and grammar. Each class will cover 5-10 words or phrases, along with some simple grammar concepts to try and make simple nxaʔamxčín sentences. Classes will cover family terms, colors, numbers, and feelings because Annette feels that these are lessons that can be used at home and daily. […]
The Ethical Photographer: A Wildlife Photographer’s Perspective
Hosted by North Cascades Institute Instructor Mukul Soman Class Tuition: $15 This is an online class. Mukul Soman manages to get some breathtaking shots of wildlife. Looking at his images you'd swear he was right there with the animals. But in fact Mukul works hard to acquire his images while impacting his subjects as little as possible, thereby preserving their wild way of life. And yet his photographs capture extremly evocative, dramatic, and beautiful moments. This presentation by the Seattle-based […]
Wild Ideas: Unbust the Crust: Restoring Unseen Desert Diversity
The Chelan Douglas Land Trust presents: Wild Ideas-Unbust the Crust: Restoring Unseen Desert Diversity This year for Wild Ideas, we are exploring the hidden aspects of our local ecosystems through short Zoom talks with experts on three Thursdays in March. Explore the fascinating world of biocrusts, hidden in plain sight. Biological soil crust (biocrusts) are the community of lichens, mosses, cyanobacteria, and more which bind together the soil surface in drylands. Often overlooked, biocrusts are an integral member of arid ecosystems and […]