Category: Volunteers

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Wenatchee Outdoors Welcomes New Volunteers

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What is Wenatchee Outdoors? Our organization is a non-profit 501(c)3 agency focused on being a community hub for local non-profits and businesses related to nature and outdoor recreation. We help you save time to find the trail you are looking for whether that be for mountain biking, hiking, trail running and many more outdoor human powered sports. We have over 700 guidebook posts which you can filter based on ability level, family friendly, dog friendly, handicap accessible and by location. Continue Reading →

Snowy Owl on rock pile Photo: Marilyn Sherling

Sense of Place: Surveying Raptors on the Waterville Plateau

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This week’s guest post by Marilyn Sherling includes stunning photos taken this winter during monthly community science surveys on the Waterville Plateau. Marilyn and her daughter, Amanda, are monthly volunteers for the East Cascades Audubon Society’s Winter Raptors Survey Project. This winter, over 300 volunteers across five states participated, surveying 451 routes. Continue Reading →

Tweedy's lewisia (Lewisiopsis tweedyi)

Curious About … More Endemics, Still Happily Not Pandemics?

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Botanists call our region “The Wenatchee Mountains,” that has the highest concentration of endemic plants in Washington. 35 are state-classified as rare plants and 30 more are “just” endemics. Many rare plants are endemic, but not all endemics are rare! Continue Reading →

A curious 4th grade student studying mountain goat fur

Traveling Naturalist Program Launched!

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Volunteers needed for the Wenatchee River Institute’s Classroom Traveling Naturalist Program. This program serves 4th grade classrooms with high numbers of low-income and minority students across North Central Washington. Curriculum is focused on structure and function in the natural world and occurs in classrooms and on school grounds. Volunteers will work alongside trained instructors. Continue Reading →

Elisa Lopez

Wenatchee Naturalist Stories: Chapter 17

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Members of the 2019 class shared volunteer projects at our final session. Four people jumped right into community engagement in support of the program mission. Continue Reading →

Celebrating Volunteers!

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The annual all-Wenatchee Naturalist volunteer recognition social on Nov. 17th recognized 18 volunteers and awarded service pins. Guest science, Mark Oswood, talked about Alaska’s boreal rivers. Continue Reading →