Cultivating awareness, understanding, and stewardship of the Wenatchee River region
This weekend, the 19th annual Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest is underway! The Wenatchee Naturalist program is the proud sponsor of the newly minted “Founders’ Award,” created to honor volunteerism in support of festival. The award was inspired by the visionary team of people who came together in 2003 to launch the very first Bird Fest. Continue Reading →
The American goldfinch are small social resident songbirds active in our neighborhoods. Watch for the lemon yellow male with a black cap and groups of birds flying together, calling “potato chip.” Continue Reading →
Register now for “Birdwatching for Beginners” offered by Wenatchee Valley College in partnerhsip with NCW Aududon Society and the Wenatchee Naturalist program. Continue Reading →
Please join local Aududon Society members and share your opinion for the future of Horan Natural Area with Chelan PUD, either by taking a survey, writing a letter, or by attending a Nov. 6th workshop Continue Reading →
Join North Central Washington Audubon members, Susan Ballinger and Tim and Mary Gallagher, as they share stories and photographs of caribou, grizzly bears, birds, and plants from their adventures to Continue Reading →
The public is invited to attend the annual all-Wenatchee Naturalist volunteer recognition social on Sunday, Nov. 18 (2-4pm) at Wenatchee Valley College Campus Theater. Audubon Washington’s Christi Norman and NCWAS Continue Reading →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →