Save the Date: Sunset and S'mores 2024 Wednesday, October 2nd
5:30PM-7:30PM |
I can't believe summer is almost over! Celebrate the coming of fall at Sunset and S'mores with us. Gather to explore WRI's campus, connect with your community, eat a delicious meal, and experience some bite-sized WRI programming. For the first time ever, this family-friendly friend-raiser will be Pay What You Can. Registration is required to attend. Your ticket comes with dinner from Ravenous Catering and a free drink. Register before Friday, September 6th, to get an extra drink ticket! Learn more at the button below.
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Birding by the River Wednesday, August 14th 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. |
| Nature Art Printing Saturday, August 17th
11:00AM-3:00PM |
Join us for an introduction to the creative art of Cyanotypes! Learn how to create blue photogram prints with this process. Utilizing found items such as leaves and flowers, participants will make their own cyanotype prints. Most supplies are provided. Register online below. |
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Plant Foraging Workshop: Yarrow Tuesday, August 27th 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 Yarrow. Brit Thurlow of The Plant Ally will be our instructor this month. These workshops fill up fast so register for this Pay What You Can class soon!
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| Hawk Watching Saturday, September 7th 8:30AM-2:30PM
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It's hard not to be captivated when you see a hawk or raptor soaring through the skies. Come observe these incredible predators as they migrate away from Leavenworth. Birders will embark on a small hike to a ridge where ornithologist, Neil Paprocki and a WRI bird expert will educate participants as they scan the skies for these iconic birds. Register online below.
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How do you like to be creative? Campers entering grades 1-3 explored this question at Creativity Camp with Icicle Creek Center for the Arts. Guest instructors, Mason Powers, Rhia Foster and Mary Big Bull-Lewis paid our campers a special visit and led activities to develop skills for creative self-expression through music, drawing, dancing, acting, and crafts.
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Great art needs great inspiration, and we think nature is the best muse out there. Campers entering grades 4-6 ventured into the great outdoors to hike, play, and get inspired. Guest artists, Mary Big Bull-Lewis and Amanda Northwind, helped campers channel their inspiration into art. Campers used their time outside to create art using different mediums and even explored how to use found natural items like leaves and flowers into their work. |
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2 groups of campers learned some outdoor survival skills over the last 2 weeks. How do you stay prepared in the wild? How can you use plants and things found in nature? How do you navigate in the outdoors? Campers entering grades 4-6 (session 1) and 1-3 (session 2) got to answer these questions by exploring the great outdoors. Wike Wyant and volunteers from Trout Unlimited taught campers about fishing. They also went on a tour of the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery and practiced archery.
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Thank You and Farewell, Rebecca |
Rebecca joined the WRI board in November of 2019. In her 5 year tenure, she served as Board Secretary, Board Vice President and Governance Committee Chair. She brought a great deal of non-profit leadership and professionalism into everything she did with WRI. Her direct and strategic voice will be missed on our board. We'll see you at BirdFest, Rebecca! Thank you for your years of service. |
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Come See the Fleidermaus (Bat) Haus |
Bats aren't "flying rats" like their German name suggests. They're essential to pollination, pest control, and are very clean critters. Come see our new bat house on the wildlife snag at the River Haus next time you visit WRI. Painted by Land Steward, Tiffa, we hope this Bavarian inspired design will show our flying mammal friends that WRI welcomes them! |
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Fairy Magic in Leavenworth |
If you've visited our trails recently, you may have noticed that some fairies have taken up residence in the willow tree near the parking lot entrance. Talk about prime real estate! This fairy house is part of the "Fairy Tale Trail," a scavenger hunt around Leavenworth. Find more information, and the digital guide, at the button below. Use discount code "trail40" for 40% off before August 31st. A portion of proceeds from the guide will support WRI and our mission. |
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Thank you to our donors from the past 2 weeks! |
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Jan Conner Jeff and Eileen Hambleton Lynn Dickinson - Sustaining Karen and Curt Haire - Sustaining Laura and Greg Reichlin - Sustaining Mall Boyd - Sustaining Skye Olson Christine Emmel - Sustaining Melissa Roe - Sustaining Lexine Long and Nate Hough-Snee - Sustaining
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I saw a mink in the river! What a treat :) |
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