Tag: Wenatchee Naturalist

Looking N from Lake Wenatchee State Park

Join Week 6 – Naturalist Challenge

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Welcome to Week 6 of our 10-week challenge, designed to encourage new naturalist discoveries as we continue to practice social distancing and wait for the coming vaccinations! Continue Reading →

Ponderosa pines

Celebrating Volunteers- 2020 style

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Annually, Wenatchee Naturalists gather to celebrate volunteerism and to honor individuals who completed between 20-100 hours of conservation volunteering. Join me here in this blog to commend members of the class of 2019 who found themselves in a life circumstance that allowed for volunteering, despite the limits of a pandemic. Continue Reading →

View of Twin Peaks and Canyon Number Two, Wenatchee Foothills

Join our 10-week Naturalist Challenge!

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I’ve put together a 10-week challenge to encourage new naturalist discoveries as we continue to practice social distancing and wait for the coming vaccinations! Starting on Monday, Jan. 25, 2020 and running for ten weeks. Continue Reading →

May in Doulgas County, WA: shrub-steppe that experienced wildfire a few years prior. Notice the red-hued cheatgrass stitching together the native perennials

Curious About…Why Cheatgrass has changed everything?

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Before 1850, our shrub-steppe plant communities were adapted to frequent disturbance, such as wildfire. The resilient native long-lived shrubs, bunchgrasses, and wildflowers were adapted to either re-sprouting or re-growing from seed, in a decades-long predictable pattern of succession. However, with the introduction of non-native annual grasses, primarily cheatgrass, this pattern was dramatically disrupted. Continue Reading →

Cady Ridge trail's fall colors

Curious About … Our Path Ahead?

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I hope you’ll find something of interest in the Fall 2020 e-News that will provide joyful substance for your heart, mind and body. Life-long learning is like a map, guiding the hiker along rocky new paths to an unforeseen destination. Continue Reading →

Curious About … Northern Flickers?

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Northern Flickers are common across North America and using drumming and calling during the breeding season to communicate with mates. Continue Reading →