Demo Days at Plain Farmer’s Market
Plain Valley Farmer’s Market Local Botany, Wildlife & Geology July 23, 2016 | 10am to 12pm Susan Ballinger will be staffing a booth at the Plain Valley Farmer’s Market on July 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 →
Popular Walk-and-Talk Series Underway in Wenatchee Foothills
Last Thursday evening, a group of 12 valley residents gathered at the Saddle Rock Trailhead to take a trip back into time. Chelan-Douglas Land Trust is offering a free, 10-week Continue Reading →
Thursday “Walk and Talks” in the Foothills
Chelan Douglas Land Trust to Offer Walk & Talk Series Are you one of the many valley residents who haven’t yet had the chance to explore the Wenatchee Foothills? Maybe Continue Reading →
Wenatchee Valley wintering Anna’s Hummingbirds
Maybe your neighbor has told you about scrambling to build a heated nectar feeder in recent winters to serve hungry Anna’s hummingbirds. Ingenuity and cleverness are evident in the variety Continue Reading →
Wildfires affect on local landscape
Last summer on July 7, 2014, my husband and I landed in Fairbanks, Alaska after a 10-day wilderness river trip. We turned on our cell phones and found text messages Continue Reading →
Central Washington’s Rebounding Pygmy Rabbits
Situated north of Ephrata on state-owned lands in a sagebrush-covered coulee, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is successfully running an innovative, semi-wild pygmy rabbit recovery program, now in Continue Reading →
The Amazing Tale of Sagebrush Galls
If you’ve stopped trailside to look at a big sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata), it’s likely you’ve noticed grape-like growths attached to a leaf or stem. Some are round, smooth and reddish, Continue Reading →
Eco-tourism is at your backdoor
For me, the change of season to spring makes me want get to outside to explore new places and see wildlife, wildflowers, and expansive views. Similar to being a tourist Continue Reading →
Show some love for birds
Be a part of history in the making by counting birds for 15 minutes, wherever you are on Feb. 13-16, 2015. The Great Backyard Birdcount started in 1998 by the Continue Reading →