A One Act Tracking Tale
A winter tracking tale following coyote, bobcat, red squirrel, snowshoe hare, deer mouse, and weasel in an Eastside Cascades forest. Continue Reading →
Category: montane forest
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 →
Curious About … Plant Recovery After Fire?
Plants are closely attuned to the places they live, their habitat. Plant species differ in their ecological amplitude to respond to changes to their habitat. They grow successfully in places within their tolerance levels for environmental factors such as cold, shade, or drought combined with abiotic factors such as soil type and geographic locale. In addition to usual fluctuations in the growing conditions habitat can be altered, at times dramatically, by disturbances such as fire or flood. Continue Reading →
Curious About … Western Larch Green-Up?
Washington’s only native deciduous conifer is western larch. Each spring, new needles grow. “Gus” is the champion tree, largest of its species, growing near Seely Lake, Montana 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 →
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, What Native Species Are You?
Many local families have long traditions around the species of native conifer selected to be a Christmas tree. We annually purchase a USFS permit, make a ski trek, and cut down Continue Reading →
Major Vegetation Zone Classifications for Washington’s east-side Cascades
6 Viewpoints: Major Vegetation Zone Classifications for Washington’s east-side Cascades: Watchable Wildflowers: A Columbia Basin Guide: B.L.M. Woodland Park ZooWashington Wildlife Plants of Southern Interior B.C. & the 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 →