Wenatchee Naturalist Stories: Chapter 17

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Susan Ballinger

Members of the 2019 class shared volunteer projects at our final session. Four people jumped right into community engagement in support of the program mission. Continue Reading →

Art-of-Community features Wenatchee Naturalists

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Susan Ballinger

In his Art of Community Wenatchee World Podcast, Rufus Woods explores creative ways to build community. Earlier this fall, several of us had the chance to visit with him about the Continue Reading →

USFS HawkWatch Coordinator, Janet Millard, showing the inner wing of a recently banded sharp-shinned hawk in Sept. 2018

Visit Chelan Ridge HawkWatch, Aug. 23-Oct. 27, 2019

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Susan Ballinger

Visit the Chelan Ridge HawkWatch International site to view and learn about migrating raptors. Continue Reading →

Wenatchee Naturalist class members Field explorations along the White River

Register Now for Fall Wenatchee Naturalist Course

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Susan Ballinger

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

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Susan Ballinger

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 →

A forgotten rodent cache, now lupine patch

Shrub-steppe Sprouts from a Forgotten Seed Cache

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Susan Ballinger

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 →

Eager Beavers – Meet Ben Goldfarb

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Susan Ballinger

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 14

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Susan Ballinger

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 →

Coyote paw print photo by Susan Ballinger

WENATCHEE NATURALIST STORIES: CHAPTER 13

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Susan Ballinger

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 →

Horan Natural Area . Photographer Bruce McCammon

WENATCHEE NATURALIST STORIES: CHAPTER 12

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Susan Ballinger

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 →