Join Week 4 – Naturalist Challenge
Welcome to Week 4 of our 10-week challenge, designed to encourage new naturalist discoveries as we continue to practice social distancing and wait for the coming vaccinations! Continue Reading →
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Join Week 3 – Naturalist Challenge
Welcome to Week 3 of our 10-week challenge, designed to encourage new naturalist discoveries as we continue to practice social distancing and wait for the coming vaccinations!
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Join Week 2 – Naturalist Challenge
Welcome to Week 2 of our 10-week challenge, designed to encourage new naturalist discoveries as we continue to practice social distancing and wait for the coming vaccinations! I invite you to rustle up a pair of snowshoes, shoe gripper/spikes, or cross county skis and head out to create your own adventure.
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Leaves are not Litter!
This week, my yard turned golden with maple and aspen leaf fall. It was perfect timing when my email in-box announced the The Xerces Society’s blog post “Leaves Are Not Continue Reading →
Curious About … Our Path Ahead?
I hope you’ll find something of interest in the Fall 2020 e-News that will provide joyful substance for your heart, mind and body. Life-long learning is like a map, guiding the hiker along rocky new paths to an unforeseen destination. Continue Reading →
Curious About … Osprey?
Osprey are large fish-eating bird-of-prey found not just in Wenatchee, but all around the world. Today’s blog serves to introduce this species, using spectacular shots by local photographer, Frank Cone. T Continue Reading →
Curious About … Liking Snakes?
Herpetologist Torsten Watkins explains how to tell rattlesnakes and gopher snakes apart. Continue Reading →
Curious About … American Goldfinch?
The American goldfinch are small social resident songbirds active in our neighborhoods. Watch for the lemon yellow male with a black cap and groups of birds flying together, calling “potato chip.” Continue Reading →
Curious About … Bird-friendly Coffee?
When you drink Bird Friendly® certified coffee, you brew a more biodiverse, sustainable world. Using Smithsonian conservation science, the Bird Friendly gold standard does more than other eco-friendly seals to protect habitat, which is often destroyed to make way for coffee growing. Bird Friendly coffees come from farms using a combination of foliage cover, tree height and biodiversity to provide quality habitat for birds and other wildlife. Continue Reading →
Curious About … Going Native In Your Yard?
Using native plants as home landscaping gardens can result in easy-care, beautiful displays that support native pollinators and use little water. Continue Reading →