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: Columbia Basin
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 →
Curious About … Shrub-steppe Lithosols?
I wish we had a more endearing term that “lithosols” to describe Columbia Basin habitats of thin, rocky soils!. Here, the wind deposits has deposited bits of soil in-between a pavement of lichen-encrusted basalt rocks. Each spring, a diverse display of native wildflowers create splashes of color worth exploring. 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 →
Two Leading Natural History Authors Speaking in Wenatchee!
Next week, the Wenatchee Public Library is featuring two terrific Washington authors, Robert Michael Pyle and Jack Nisbet. Both are regionally and nationally acclaimed natural historians, gifted writers of award-winning Continue Reading →
Columbia Rolls On Event: Salmon Homecoming
Wenatchee Naturalist, Mara Bohman, invites us all to attend this free event on Nov. 15, 2018, at the Cashmere Riverside Center, 6:30-8:30pm They called them June Hogs, the largest and Continue Reading →
Oh, the surprises you’ll discover…even at your feet
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 →
Mara Bohman: Salmon Recovery in North Central Washington
Wenatchee Naturalist, Mara Bohman, shares her article, Salmon Recovery in North Central Washington, originally published in the Wenatchee World as an April 2017 four-part series on local salmon recovery efforts. Mara Bohman Continue Reading →
The Columbia River Rolls On – Wenatchee Naturalist Stories: Chapter 4
Wenatchee Naturalist, Mara Bohman, artfully combines her curiosity with research acumen, a keen photographer’s eye, and a fluid writing style to explore facets of our Columbia River watershed. Take a peek at 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 →