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 →
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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 →
Citizen Science Tools for everyone
We live in an exciting time where the internet has birthed a new field: Citizen Science. The Oxford English Dictionary recently defined citizen science as “scientific work undertaken by members Continue Reading →
Brendan Morrison’s Eclipse Journey
Meet Wenatchee native, Brendan Morrison – a photographer, designer, and videographer. I asked Brendan to share his recent journey to Idaho to see the Ecilpse in the path of totality. Continue Reading →
Citizen Science in action at CDLT’s Mountain Home Preserve
This morning, a 2017 Eastmont High School graduate and summer intern at the Wenatchee World, Hunter Brawley, came along on his first-ever bird-watching outing. He used his camera to capture Continue Reading →
Conifer cone harvest season
Time for birds and small mammals to harvest conifer seeds Late August means that a new crop of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) seeds are ripe. The seeds begin the grow Continue Reading →
Leavenworth Ski Hill in May– Bursting with Blooms and Birds
The snow is long gone at Leavenworth Ski Hill where formerly white ski slopes are blanketed with green thickets and splashes of color. Each week in spring, a new wave Continue Reading →
Gifts for Nature-Loving Friends & Family
Are you gift shopping for a nature-loving friend or family member? If so, adding a field guide to a naturalist’s home library is a great match. Locally, good places to Continue Reading →
New guide points out our native shrubs, trees
June in the Wenatchee Valley is peak bloom time for many native shrubs that form dense thickets in foothill ravines and alongside streams. Have you caught a whiff of sweet Continue Reading →