Non-CDLT

Come to the Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility for wildflower displays on guided hikes led by local naturalist. See the website for all the details!

Elevation gain:  1900’ feet over 1.7 miles                                                                     

Join Julie Sanderson for her annual walk to see what’s in bloom along the way to Clara Lake.  The walk is open to the public, but limited to 12 participants.  Call Julie (509-663-5261) to reserve your spot.  The hike is moderately strenuous with a steep pitch at the beginning, 3 mile total round trip distance with elevation gain of 900 feet over 1.5 miles.  Bring what you need to be comfortable in the outdoors for a few hours, layered clothing, lunch, water hand lenses and all the plant books you want to carry.

This joint WNPS and Bureau of Land Management hike will explore the spring wildflowers of an upland lithosol environment. There are great views of the Cascades and the Waterville Plateau.  Relatively flat hike, 2.5 miles total. Wear sturdy shoes for walking over rocky and uneven ground, bring a lunch and dress for the weather, it could be breezy.  Hike is open to the public but limited to 10 people. Please call or email Holly Eagleston to sign up and get details.  Phone: 509-665-2133 or email: heagleston@blm.gov

Come and enjoy a variety of shrub steppe wildflowers in season, including the ‘star of the show” the abundant hedgehog cactus in bloom.  About a 2 mile hike in all, the walk includes easy to moderately strenuous hiking with some on-trail and off-trail excursions.  Substantial hiking shoes recommended for rocky and uneven ground.  Weather most likely to be pleasant, but dress for the potential of hot or cold and breezy as well.  There are no restrooms, but there is a public rest stop 4 miles west of Quincy.  Bring water.

PSE will present a program starting at 9:00 AM at its Visitor Center on their wind farm about eighteen miles east of Ellensburg, with talks and slide shows by WNPS members and PSE personnel in the morning, and a hike on the wind farm in the afternoon to look for plants in bloom, such as Viola trinervata.  WNPS Central Washington Chapter will have a display at the Visitors Center.

PSE will present a program starting at 9:00 AM at its Visitor Center on their wind farm about eighteen miles east of Ellensburg, with talks and slide shows by WNPS members and PSE personnel in the morning, and a hike on the wind farm in the afternoon to look for plants in bloom, such as Viola trinervata.  WNPS Central Washington Chapter will have a display at the Visitors Center.

Washington Native Plant Society Wenatchee Valley Chapter hosts David G. James, co-author & photographer of the new field guide, Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies. David’s talk will feature his stunning close-up digital photographs. Virtually all of the 158 butterfly species occurring in southern British Columbia, Washington, northern Idaho, and northern Oregon are included in the book. Color photographs of each stage of life—egg, every larval instar, pupa, adult—accompany information on the biology, ecology, and rearing of each species.

Come visit CDLT's owl pellet station at WVMCC's exciting Saturday program!