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 →

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 →

WENATCHEE NATURALIST STORIES: CHAPTER 11

I know you’ll enjoy meeting three class members who each applied their creative outlooks into projects.  Read on to meet Wenatchee Naturalists, Seiko Arakaki Betsy Dudash, and Julie Smith. Seiko Continue Reading →

WENATCHEE NATURALIST STORIES: CHAPTER 10

The 2018 Fall Wenatchee Naturalist class culminated with a lively December gathering where each person shared their own personal reflection about becoming a naturalist.  This is the first of several Continue Reading →

Desert Night Snake Discovered at Saddle Rock

Budding herpetologist*, Torsten Watkins, is a 6th grader at Orchard Middle School and he likes to spend his free time seeking out native reptiles and amphibians. He and his Dad Continue Reading →

National Habitat Network features Wenatchee Naturalist Lisa Robison

It was exciting to open the July enewsletter of the Habitat Network, a citizen science project offered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and see the lead article about  Wenatchee Continue Reading →