Visit Chelan Ridge HawkWatch, Aug. 23-Oct. 27, 2019
Visit the Chelan Ridge HawkWatch International site to view and learn about migrating raptors. Continue Reading →
Register Now for Fall Wenatchee Naturalist Course
Registration is now open for the Fall 12-week Wenatchee Naturalist Course through Wenatchee Valley College Continuing Education Continue Reading →
Announcing the Wenatchee Area Field Guide
The Wenatchee Area Field Guide is light-weight, waterproof, and fits into your pocket. Use to help identify common native plants and animals Continue Reading →
Shrub-steppe Sprouts from a Forgotten Seed Cache
Forgotten seed caches sometimes sprout in the shrub-steppe. Rodents like deer mice, voles, and pocket gophers cache seeds from antelope bitterbrush and lupine that if un-eaten, sprout and grow in to the next generation of plants. Continue Reading →
John DeGraaf’s And Beauty For All
See John de Graaf’s film, Redefining Prosperity, at the Wenatchee Library on April 16 at 6pm. He will introduce “And Beauty For All” Continue Reading →
Eager Beavers – Meet Ben Goldfarb
Ben Goldfarb’s 2018 book, Eager The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter is a page-turned I couldn’t put down. His lilting descriptions knit together the complex story Continue Reading →
WENATCHEE NATURALIST STORIES: CHAPTER 15
East Wenatchee resident and Wenatchee Naturalist, Keith Minard, enrolled in the fall 2018 course as a retiree, wanting to rekindle his childhood habit of keeping a field journal. He dug Continue Reading →
WENATCHEE NATURALIST STORIES: CHAPTER 14
Last fall, three intrepid adults commuted from the north to take part in the 12-week Wenatchee Naturalist course: Darlene Schoenwald arrived from Withrop, Don France traveled from Manson, and Christy Nielsen Continue Reading →
WENATCHEE NATURALIST STORIES: CHAPTER 13
During the Wenatchee Naturalist course, each participant visits their own field site and makes weekly field journal observations. At the end of the course, each person creates a presentation, sharing Continue Reading →
WENATCHEE NATURALIST STORIES: CHAPTER 12
Throughout the seasons, the Wenatchee and Columbia River watersheds inspires so many of us with beauty and wonder. I’m pleased to share three perspectives of Wenatchee Naturalist class members, Jean Continue Reading →