News & Press

About 20 volunteers showed up to get the Horse Lake Trailhead ready to open.

April Fools’ jokes aside, April 1 is the day the Wenatchee Foothills trails re-open for recreation and public access.

The Land Trust is seeking volunteers to help carve the new, two-to-three mile “Stuart View Trail” along the reserve’s northwestern edge in the Wenatchee Foothills.

This article originally ran in The Wenatchee World in November 2016.

What living thing weighs more than 35 blue whales, but you could walk right over it without knowing? Yep, a fungus – specifically, a honey mushroom in Oregon that is larger than 1,600 football fields and thousands of years old.

This article originally ran in The Wenatchee World in October 2016.

It’s officially fall! Kids are back in school (those who are old enough, anyway), the orchards are almost all picked, and the leaves are changing. At the Land Trust, we’ve been having great fun on our Fall Family Day Hikes in partnership with the City of Wenatchee.

This article originally ran in The Wenatchee World in July 2016.

Summer is finally here in full force, and it’s led me to spend more time in the shade of big trees. When I see a big tree, I feel a sense of wonder just like I did when I was a kid. Trees hold the title of some of the biggest, oldest, and most beautiful living things in the world.

But any tree can help your children develop a love of nature and can teach many things – patience, observation, sorting skills, and creativity. Here are a few ways to get your kids exploring trees in a hands-on way!

Land Trust Conservation Fellow explains the benefits of becoming a citizen scientist.

Wenatchee area high school students learn about mule deer by taking part in scientific research.

Find out how to help your kids connect with birds with the February installment of our monthly Kids & Nature column.

Helicopters will be seeding areas of the Foothills badly burned in the Sleepy Hollow Fire between 1/27 and 1/29.

The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust received a $2,000 grant to help repair damages to the Horse Lake Reserve trailhead from the Sleepy Hollow Fire last summer.

Ballinger hopes to teach volunteers to identify birds monthly on three Land Trust properties.