Shrub-steppe Plant Adaptations
Compared to mobile animals, plants can’t walk away when the weather gets severe and water is scarce. Plants employ several strategies that allow them to cope with water shortage Continue Reading →
Tag: Eco-region
What’s in a Name: Why Our Region Has So Many Names for the Plant Communities
Depending on who’s talking, our landscape is called by many names: the Columbia Plateau, the Columbia Basin Eco-region, Arid Lands, the Shrub-steppe Ecosystem, or simply, the sagebrush grassland. Surprising, all Continue Reading →
Golden October
Have you made time to go “larching?” The word is a bit silly, but gaining popularity in Washington as more and more of us anticipate the turn-of-season by our two species of deciduous conifers. 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 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 →
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Coastal Plain – A Visual Conversation
Join North Central Washington Audubon members, Susan Ballinger and Tim and Mary Gallagher, as they share stories and photographs of caribou, grizzly bears, birds, and plants from their adventures to Continue Reading →
Red Star Blue Star Defeats Spexman Book Release
Local historian, Bill Layman, invites us all to a book release party for Red Star Blue Star Defeats Spexman at the museum on December 19th, featuring author and Wenatchi/P’squosa Colville Continue Reading →