JUNE 18TH E-NEWSLETTER

Summer Camps - They're On!

Summer camps are ON! You wanted in-person camps and we are delivering. Each week will be a different focus and feature a mix of activities, engaging in nature and the outdoors. Check out the options and sign up for one or multiple weeks.

Summer Sign-Ups Here

The Plant ID Mini-Series

The next two videos feature plants from the Wenatchee foothills: Big Sagebrush and Antelope Bitterbrush.

Other News

Virtual Field Trip with 1st Grade!

Before the end of the school year we hosted a virtual field trip with Peshastin-Dryden 1st graders! Students explored the world of maps. They walked away with an understanding of how maps can help them and learned strategies to make their very own map. Thank you PD 1st graders for being wonderful, engaged students!

Chelan PUD is now accepting applications for a FREE 2020 park pass. Apply online now and receive your pass in the mail.

All national parks, lands, and water accessible for FREE for all 4th graders!

Shout out to Icicle Brewing Company!

Icicle Brewing Company chose Wenatchee River Institute for their "Community Crowler" event, donating 20% of all to-go beer sales from the taproom. $1,100 was raised. Thank you for always supporting the Leavenworth community!

Neat Nature Notes: Wildflowers

Columbia Lily

Often referred to as Tiger Lily. This wildflower blooms June through early August. It can grow to be 4 feet tall. The petals are orange, with tiny dark spots, hence the common name of Tiger.

Columbine

This flower comes in many different colors, but the shape stays the same. Different pollinators are attracted to specific colors. The red-yellow combination of this area's flower attracts hummingbirds specifically.

Cougar Creek Fire - Washington State DNR

Wenatchee Valley is made up of fire-adapted ecosystems. Many of the plants that live around us are prepared for fire. Wildfires are a natural process and can have many benefits for this area. Watch the WRI staff made video and a couple others to connect with the wildfire world we live in.

Art

Our very own Chelan County Fire District 1 firefighters read a story aloud for the North Central Regional Library.

Listen Here

Science

Join WRI staff to discover what a fire needs to burn and how different plants have adapted to survive fire.

Discover Here

Connect

Less than 10% of firefighters are women. But what these women lack in numbers, they make up for in guts and inspiration.

Watch Here

Wenatchi Wear was started by Mary Big Bull-Lewis, a member of the Colville Confederated Tribe in Washington State - from Moses, Entiat, and Wenatchi bands. She is working to preserve Native American history & culture in North Central Washington through wearable art.

Read Mary's article about the history of the P'Squosa (Wenatchi) Tribe by clicking the button below.

P'Squosa History Here