Red Barn Event – Tales from the Saddle

Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

With over 45 years of bicycle touring experience, Bob and Carolyn have some biking stories to share! They have ridden through cyclones, snowstorms, and mud wallows; with a baby, three teenagers, and with many families; on single bikes, on a tandem and on mountain bikes; as newlyweds, parents, and retirees; in campgrounds, wilderness, youth hostels and guesthouses; with laughter and with tears.
Join us for an evening of storytelling through photos and reflective memories highlighting how their touring has changed over the past four decades. They’ll share a bit about gear, how to take a bike on planes, trains, boats, escalators, and elevators, and bike touring resources to know about. If the snow’s not too deep, they’ll bring their loaded tandem.

Red Barn Event: Grizzly Bear Restoration

Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

Streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZVMVlkbTRk

Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

Grizzly bears roamed the North Cascades region for thousands of years as a key part of the ecosystem. They distributed native plant seeds and kept other wildlife populations in balance. Since then, populations declined primarily due to direct killing by humans. The last confirmed sighting of a grizzly bear in the U.S. portion of the North Cascades ecosystem was in 1996. In April 2024, the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) decided that restoring grizzly bears to the North Cascades ecosystem (NCE) would be undertaken by relocating grizzly bears from other ecosystems. National Park Service Wildlife Biologist Dr. Jason Ransom will discuss the ecology of grizzly bears in the NCE, what the restoration process looks like moving forward, and best practices for coexisting with both black bears and grizzly bears in the Cascades.

 

Red Barn Event – Big River

Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase

Big River: Resilience and Renewal in the Columbia Basin

In BIG RIVER, award-winning photographer David Moskowitz and writer Eileen Delehanty Pearkes illuminate the natural history, hydrogeology, beauty, and human activity on the Columbia River, while also highlighting the challenges facing the region and the people working on sustainable solutions.

The culmination of Moskowitz’s many years of photographing the river and exploring its watershed and Eileen’s decades of research, Big River seeks a path forward for the Columbia River Watershed, balancing the demands around water, salmon, agriculture, energy, and climate with the fundamental need for a sustainable living river.

 

Red Barn Event – The Return of Wápupxn (Canada Lynx)

Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

Streaming link: https://youtube.com/live/Y3AbqeQaUl0?feature=share

This is a FREE event with a donation basket at the door.
Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Conservation Northwest, the Okanogan Nation Alliance, the Province of British Columbia, Okanogan Region Trappers and a team of dedicated individuals have begun implementing a five-year project that will restore wápupxn, one of our brothers, back to their ancestral lands. Our high mountain ecosystems have been out of balance since the disappearance of wápupxn in the 1980s when they vanished from the landscape.

 

Red Barn Event – Mind-Body Training

Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

Streaming link: https://youtube.com/live/d4mzUuX_31o?feature=share

This is a FREE event with a donation basket at the door.
Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

Are you someone who frequents risk-inherent environments like the mountains? Join us for a community engaged mental health discussion in the Red Barn. Instructors, Aimee Huffman and Sasha Dingle, will explore the power of mind-body training like breathwork, yoga, meditation, and nervous system regulation exercises. We’ll talk about how these practices can impact stress resilience and improve performance and help first responders and outdoor athletes recover from traumatic events.

 

Bird Fest Keynote with Rebecca Heisman

Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

Wild Stories from the History of Bird Migration Research. This event is hybrid! Attend in-person or via livestream. Register for either version at the event website!

We’ve all heard amazing facts about bird migration—the long distances that birds travel, the ways that they navigate, etc. But did you ever wonder how we figured all of this out? While working for the American Ornithological Society, Rebecca Heisman became fascinated with the varied and creative techniques that scientists have used to study bird migration, and this eventually became the basis for her book Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration.

This event is supported by A Book For All Seasons. Heisman’s book will be available for purchase at the event.

Registration for the Keynote, as well as field trips, will open on March 26th.

Red Barn Event: Fish are Friends

Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

This is a FREE event with a donation basket at the door.
Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

Join Wenatchee River Institute and the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery for an update on the many projects occurring on and around their campus. You may have seen the major work on the Icicle River or heard of the new partial reuse aquaculture system that is being tested for more efficient use of water. Don’t miss this chance to hear more about these projects.

Red Barn Event – Glass Recycling: Infinity and Beyond

Red Barn at Wenatchee River Institute 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA, United States

Streaming link: https://youtube.com/live/LtsLjeEFi8E?feature=share

This is a FREE event with a donation basket at the door.
Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

If glass can be recycled infinitely, why have many communities (including our own) lost access to the curbside collection of this resource? Join us to learn more about the complexities of glass recycling and discuss exciting new initiatives around recycling and reuse with local nonprofit Waste Loop and Washington-based start-up, ZEWA.

Go to Top