March 7th E-Newsletter

Programs

Trashion Show Team Registration Deadline

Friday, March 29th

There's still time to register your team to walk the Green Carpet at the 3rd annual Trashion Show! There are limited spaces in each category, so act fast! Register your team below.

Upcycle Here

Birding by the River

Wednesday, March 13th

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.

Bird Here

Science on Tap with Chris Sheridan

Thursday, March 14th

7:00PM-8:00PM

Join WRI at Ground Control in Wenatchee for an awesome opportunity to gather and learn about science from a member of your community. No prior science knowledge is necessary for this casual gathering. This month, we'll hear from Chris Sheridan about the development of a stage zero riparian restoration project.

Restore Here

Red Barn Event: Alpine Rising

Monday, March 18th

7:00PM-8:00PM

Join WRI, A Book for All Seasons, and author Bernadette McDonald for a captivating evening in the Red Barn. In her book "Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges," McDonald sheds light on the often-overlooked accomplishments of climbers local to the tallest mountains on earth. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about their crucial role in mountaineering history.

Climb Here

Community Seed Swap

Tuesday, March 19th

6:00PM-7:30PM

It's time to kick off the spring season by getting your garden planning started! Join us in the Red Barn learn about the community garden before registration for the 2024 garden season opens the following week. Hot soup will be provided free of charge courtesy of Sage Mountain Natural Foods. Bring your own bowl and spoon! Remember to bring your own container for seeds if you have one.

Swap Here

Red Barn Event: Deconstruction and Reuse

Thursday, March 28th

7:00PM-8:00PM

Have you heard? Up to 600 million tons of construction waste are produced in the US each year. How does Waste Loop fight against this waste? By reusing materials that already exist! Join us in the Red Barn for a transformative night shining a light on the wonderful opportunity that lies in their reuse center opening soon in Cashmere!

Rebuild Here

Intro to Wildlife Tracking Class

Saturday, April 13th AND Sunday, April 14th

Join us for a weekend introduction to the language of wildlife tracking. Throughout the weekend, you’ll gain a basic understanding of how to identify and interpret the commonly left tracks and sign of the birds, mammals, and insects of our region.

Track Here

Youth Programs

Summer Camp Registration Update

Invitations will be going out for campers who received camp spots through the Summer Camp Lottery by the end of the day on Friday, March 8th. WRI is committed to continuing the Pay What You Can structure for camps. How we are able to structure Pay What You Can is shifting with the new camp registration program. For more information about Pay What You Can this year, click here.

Spring Break Camp

Grades K-3

Spend spring break outdoors with WRI from April 1st-5th! Registration will open for Spring Break Camp (for grades K-3) this upcoming Tuesday, March 12th at 5:30PM. Find the registration link below.

Have Fun Here

Mid-Winter Break: A Week of Snowy Fun!

Camp isn't all fun and games...ok maybe it is. Lots of learning was done in the process though! Mid-Winter Break campers explored WRI, played games, recycled their tea bags into art projects, and introduced themselves to our new taxidermy specimens in the River Haus. What a great way to spend break!

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You've got mail!

Check your mailbox! WRI's Spring 2024 Field Notes Newsletter is officially live! It includes our annual report, new 5-year strategic plan, native plant knowledge, and more. Not signed up for mailings? No problem! Click the link below to view the online version. If you want to receive future Field Notes in the mail, email Mason here.

Read Here

We love having our partner organizations utilize our spaces! Join Cascadia Prescribed Burn Association in the Red Barn for a full day of prescribed burn writing education this Saturday. Register for the workshop at the link below.

Read Here

Native Planting 101

Wednesdays in March at 7:00PM

Learn how to incorporate native plants into your landscaping with this online workshop series hosted by our partner organization, Cascadia Conservation District. Local experts will present via Zoom and give locally-tailored know-how on cultivating native plants. Learn more, register, and check out last year's recordings at the link below.

Plant Here

Diary of a Land Steward - Entry #5

Coppicing trees….a brief explanation: Coppicing is when you cut a certain type of tree to its base and allow it to re-sprout. This often produces several vertical shoots that can be pruned to produce easily harvestable fence posts, firewood, animal fodder, mulch, and many other uses. I’ve been experimenting with coppicing several Black Locust trees, which grow quickly, fix nitrogen in the soil, and are exceptionally rot resistant and high BTU wood. You can take a very painfully thorny tree and make it into a regenerative resource. Local... and sustainable… and ecologically beneficial?!?!? Yes!

Entry by Sean Eriksen, Land Steward

Thank you to our donors from the past 2 weeks!

Hotel Pension Anna

Art Kidd

Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort

Mark and Dorothy Johnston

Lynn Dickinson - Sustaining

Puget Sound Mycological Society

Hillary and Chris Clark - Sustaining

Karen and Curt Haire - Sustaining

Christine Emmel - Sustaining

Laura and Greg Reichlin - Sustaining