Earth Day in Cowiche Canyon

A family-friendly tour of Cowiche Canyon. Learn from an amazing community of educators about the science and beauty of our place on earth.

Distance: variable
Difficulty: Packed Gravel, even terrain

Topics and Educators Include:

Butterflies – David James (Washington State University) will display the diversity of local butterflies and their remarkable life stages, along with books, handouts, and photographs for show and tell.

Canyon Geology – Suki Smaglik and Katharine Solada (Yakima Valley College) will show and tell about local volcanoes – present and past. There will be lots of rocks to observe, feel, and talk about.

Birds – Jerred Seveyka and Yakima Valley College students will help you observe bird life in Cowiche Canyon, from small wrens and sparrows to large birds of prey like hawks and owls.

Trees – Sean Tait (Leaf on the Wind) will help interpret tree and plant sensibilities like communication, decision making, learning, and memory.

Native Bees – Volunteers with the Washington Bee Atlas will focus on the powers and uniqueness of native bees. Check out bees up close – via microscope – and learn how to safely observe and identify them.

Native Plants – Keyna Bugner (WA Native Plant Society) will teach plant identification strategies and show how plants are essential to our ecosystem.