Naturalists on the River TOMORROW, June 27th & Wednesday, July 3rd 5:00PM-7:00PM |
Explore the natural world around you while floating the Wenatchee River on a paddleboard or kayak! WRI and Leavenworth Outdoor Center are excited to team up for another year of guided floats in Leavenworth. Registration includes watercraft rental and life jackets. Register online below. |
| Mind-Body Workshop Saturday, June 29th
9:00AM-12:00PM |
Frequenting high stress situations can lead to a variety of unexpected issues. This course, designed by instructors Aimee Huffman and Sasha Dingle, targets folks who frequent risk-inherent environments such as first responders and outdoor athletes. Everybody is welcome to attend this workshop. Connect with your mind and body through a variety of practices and build stress resilience. Register for this Pay What You Can class below. |
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Birding by the River Wednesday, July 10th
8:00AM-9:30AM |
Go birding with knowledgeable WRI staff around the WRI campus! All birding skills are welcome and we have loaner binoculars available. This is a FREE activity and no registration is needed. |
| Moths: Welcome to the Night
Friday, July 19th 8:30PM-10:30PM |
Moths are more than those things that eat your clothes. They have dazzling patterns, fascinating biology, and hold a diversity that put butterflies to shame. Bring your cameras, a flashlight, and curiosity to WRI for this exciting introduction to the world of moths with entomologist, David Droppers. Welcome to the night! |
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Pursuing the Butterflies of Leavenworth Saturday, July 20th 9:00AM-2:00PM |
Join WRI and entomologist David Droppers as we seek the colorful butterflies of the mountains surrounding Leavenworth! Using catch-and-release methods, we’ll observe butterflies up close (bring your camera!), improve our identification skills, and learn the unique life histories of each species. David will also demonstrate the many methods that Lepidopterists use to study butterflies. |
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Plant Foraging Series: Mullein Tuesday, July 30th
6:00PM-7:30PM |
Join WRI for a series of instructional evenings where instructors will teach about identification, harvesting, and medicinal uses of various native plants. This month's workshop will focus on Mullein. Instructor Sarah Michels will teach us about this plant from the Infuse Organics farm. These workshops fill up fast so register for this Pay What You Can class soon!
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You know summer has really begun when WRI Summer Camps start! Over the last 2 weeks, 50 students from Wenatchee came to WRI for Explorer Camp. These students just finished 2nd-5th grade, and many of them were also in WRI's After School Program.
In both of these camp sessions, students from Lewis & Clark and Lincoln Elementary schools visited WRI and Lake Wenatchee for a variety of activities. As part of a special lesson, campers worked on a trail stewardship project the trails for bikers and hikers with James Munly and Ben Harris from the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. Your involvement in WRI supports these programs teaching children about community and ecology
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Summer Camp Parents! Early Drop-Off Details Below. |
WRI offers a 9:00am drop off option for all camps that begin at 10:00am. For five day camps, the cost for 9:00am drop is $50/week. If you would like to sign your camper up for 9:00am drop off, email us at programs@wenatcheeriverinstitute.org, and we will add it to your registration. All WRI summer camps are currently full, but waitlists are open for all camps. |
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Welcome Summer Camp Educator Interns! |
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Olivia grew up running wild on the beaches of California’s central coast. Though she adores the Pacific deeply, she’ll always choose the mountains over the sea and her heart holds a fondness for the high desert. She received a degree in Environmental Humanities at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington State. Regenerative farming and living mindfully are Olivia’s passions, and she’s stoked to be learning all about the ecosystems of Chelan County and joining in the community here. In her free time she wanders, crochets, soaks up golden hour and goes on overnight trekking adventures. A child at heart, Olivia loves being immersed in the kids’ worlds while facilitating their curiosity at camp.
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Growing up in the Midwest, Sophia spent time outdoors learning about her local ecosystem and community through experiential education. She saw the value in learning by doing. When Sophia moved to the Wenatchee Valley she started exploring the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. In her free time she loves hiking, painting, and paddle boarding with friends. Sophia is currently a psychology student at the University of San Francisco minoring in child and youth studies. She has worked in various art and youth programs including theater classes, and while at school she works at a children’s art and STEM studio. Sophia is looking forward to sharing her love of art and spending time outdoors with the children she meets this summer. She feels that all youth should have the opportunity to explore and learn about the outdoors and have fun while doing it.
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Welcome Tiffany - WRI's New Land Steward (she/they) |
Tiffany (who also goes by Tiffa) is madly in love with native plants, lichen, and fungi in general. She has a BA in Environmental Studies/Biology from UC Santa Cruz (go Banana Slugs!) with plans to start on a master's degree in mycology/botany in the coming months. Tiffa's interests include rare plants, fungi, and lichens, as well as hiking, climbing, free diving, and any form of travel that can get her to remote places to meet all of the flora, fauna, and funga that live there. She serves on the board of the Wenatchee Valley chapter of WNPS, as an alternate board member of the Northwest Lichenologists, and does extensive design work for Fungal Diversity Survey. She is also a volunteer for Rare Care, monitoring populations of rare plants around Washington State. Tiffa is so excited to be the newest land steward at WRI, with hopes to increase native plant diversity and to bring more indigenous first food plants to the WRI landscape.
We wish our former Land Steward, Sean, the best of luck as he takes on new adventures around Leavenworth. |
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Thank You and Farewell, Lexine |
Farewell and well wishes to board member, Lexine Long as she moves on from her service at WRI. In her 5 years on the WRI Board, Lexine helped navigate the organization through COVID-19, a change in executive director, and the addition of the E. Lorene Young House to the WRI campus. She served on the DEI and Facilities committees and brought extra passion to the management of WRI's grounds. Thank you for your service and we wish you the best of luck in your next chapter, Lexine!
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Thank you to our donors from the past 2 weeks! |
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Rod and Teresa Gonian Tracy Brulotte - Sustaining Jeff Martin
Dave and Pat Notter - Sustaining Heather and Ole Bore - Sustaining Michele McKay Clare Morrison William Griffin
Puget Sound Mycological Society Nancy and Larry Leach Randy and Cici Asplund Bob Bugert and Carolyn Griffin-Bugert - Sustaining Gro Buer and Bruce Williams - Sustaining Marsha and Carl Sjoberg Deborah Giles and Charles Simrell Dave and Nancy Bartholomew - Sustaining Kurt and Celeste Peterson - Sustaining
Lisi Ott - Sustaining Jean and Russ Speidel Kevin and Sue Kane Nic Pottier and Stephanie Ogden Michelle and Eric Tiegel Suzanne Hartman and Barry Storer
Mara and Brian Bohman Tom and Barbara Wysham Terri Butler Christine Benita |
| Marty and Bob Fallon Scot Brower Stan and Robin Engler Ann and Gary Colley James and Rebecca Grandin Steve and Betsy Backstrom in honor of Arne Backstrom - Sustaining Marie DeJournette Jane and Alvin Lee
Russ and Marla Latimer Eric and Heidi Bard Christine and David Morgan Harold and Leslie Ann Kutz Jill LaRue and Tom Ettinger Mark Terranella and Lucy Petrucelli Lisa and Mike Bedard Mara Merritt and Adam Miller Katrina Rostedt Gina Westrich and Howard Clark Linda Sarratt
Paul Gustie Bill Deters and Cindy Luksus Mel and Christine Hartwig Martha Wyckoff Paul Sozio and Kelsey Howe Caroline Woolmington and Timothy Clement Alex Schmidt and Stacey Barnhill Clint and Julie Lougheed |
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