Cultivating awareness, understanding, and stewardship of the Wenatchee River region
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Chapter 7 brings three more stories of new deep connections to North Central Washington’s landscapes by three class members. Susan Douglas was our longest-distance commuter, driving 70 miles from Almira Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
I know you’ll enjoy this piece authored by Wenatchee Naturalist, Patrick Farrar. When I signed up for the Wenatchee Naturalist course, I was hoping to learn some things about Continue Reading →
Next week, plan to attend two dynamic workshops about weeds we want to stop in their tracks before they invade the Wenatchee Foothills. Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (CDLT), Chelan County Weed Continue Reading →
North Central Washington is filled with wildflowers, awaiting discovery. Here is a short list of identification tools you can carry with you into the field. 3 photo field guides in Continue Reading →