Congratulations to the Bird Fest Youth Art Contest winner: Adele! |
After much deliberation, the WRI staff has voted a winner! Congratulations to 6th grader Adele! This illustration of a Calliope hummingbird will be featured on our 2024 Bird Fest poster, so keep an eye out! Thank you to everybody who submitted. We had so many amazing art pieces to choose from, and it was not an easy choice! You can view the entire Bird Fest Youth Art Gallery here.
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Wednesday Wenatchee Birding Wednesday, March 27th 7:30AM-9:30AM |
Go birding with knowledgeable WRI staff around Walla Walla Point Park and the Horan Natural Area in Wenatchee! All birding skills are welcome. This is a FREE event and no registration is needed. |
| 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!
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Plant Foraging Workshop: Arrowleaf Balsamroot Monday, April 8th 6:00PM-7:30PM |
Introducing a new workshop series: Plant Foraging! Join us for these instructional evenings where instructors will teach about identification, harvesting, and medicinal uses of various native plants. The first workshop, with local herbalist Kyra Skaggs of Balsamroot Botanicals, will focus on Arrowleaf Balsamroot and it's medicinal potential.
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| Red Barn Event: Glass Recycling to Infinity and Beyond Tuesday, April 9th 7:00PM-8:00PM |
If glass can be recycled infinitely, why have many communities (including our own) lost access to curbside glass collection? Join us in the Red Barn to learn more about the complexities of glass recycling and discuss exciting new initiatives around its reuse with Waste Loop and Washington-based start-up, ZEWA.
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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. |
| Trashion Show Friday, April 19th 5:30PM-7:30PM |
We're baaaack! Gather your lawn chairs, blankets, and snacks because it's nearly time to watch this year's assortment of environmental ensembles strut down the Green Carpet (the River Haus lawn). No registration required, just show up to join in on the fun. Be sure to bring a chair or blanket. Beverages will be available for purchase. |
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Eastmont School District - Traveling Naturalist in the Classroom |
Over the last 3 months, WRI's Field Educators visited 17 fourth grade classrooms in Eastmont School District. . We saw over 400 students! For our first year at Eastmont, we certainly hit the ground running. We visited each classroom once a month for a total of 3 lessons each. These lessons involved hands-on learning to teach about the natural world.
Our first lesson, Migrate, Hibernate, Tolerate introduces students to the strategies animals use to survive the cold of winter. After that, students learn about the bustling activity in the layers between snow and dirt in the Subnivean Zone lesson. They create a freestanding art piece to understand the layers in the snow. Finally, in our Fill the Bill lessons, students use the scientific method to explore how different bird bills are specifically adapted to eat certain foods.
Each of these classes also had an outdoor Field Day in addition to their classroom time. We look forward to continuing this program in the future! |
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Spring Break Camp Grades K-3 |
Spend spring break outdoors with WRI from April 1st-5th! Registration for Spring Break Camp (for grades K-3) is now open! We are trying out a new registration system. Visit the "Register Here" hyperlink on the camp information page linked below. |
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We are Hiring Summer Interns! |
We're hiring Summer Camp Educator Interns to join our team at WRI! Interns will work closely with experienced educators to plan and deliver engaging and fun camp activities to connect students to the natural world. This full-time seasonal position goes from mid-June to mid-August, with flexible start and end dates based on intern availability. Housing on the WRI campus is available. Visit the link below for application info. |
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Attention community members! Our incoming Field Educator, Jack, is on the infamous Leavenworth housing hunt. He has a $1000/mo budget and is looking to rent a room for himself and his well-behaved, 10 year old dog. If you have any leads, please email Rebecca with your information.
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Partner Organization Employment Opportunity |
Wenatchee Outdoors is looking for motivated people with a passion for connecting with the outdoor community to join their team and board! Visit their website to learn more. |
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It’s the undisputed, undeniable, universally-known best time of year. The leaves are springing forth! Flowers! Insects! Sunshine! Wind! Pollen! My goodness folks we’ve got ourselves a full on change of seasons. Take some time to make like a leaf - face south, spread your arms, soak up the sun (Sheryl Crow?). Plant some seeds, make some biochar, let that lawn become a garden!
Entry and photo by Sean Eriksen, Land Steward. |
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Thank you to our donors from the past 2 weeks!
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Annette Jouard and John Taylor - Sustaining Chuck and Candace Egner - Sustaining David Stoller and Diane Patterson - Sustaining Schocolat Kamuron Gurol - Sustaining Tracy Brulotte - Sustaining Dave and Pat Notter - Sustaining Heather and Ole Bore -Sustaining The Bubblery Gro Buer and Bruce Williams - Sustaining Bob Bugert and Carolyn Griffin-Bugert
Steve and Betsy Backstrom in honor of Arne Backstrom - Sustaining Dave and Nancy Bartholomew - Sustaining Kurt and Celeste Peterson - Sustaining Walleye Cards Syndicate Smith Rhein Haus Lisi Ott - Sustaining |
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