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Aug
1
Mon
WNPS Field Trip: Heather Meadows Wildflowers and Bumble Bees @ Heather Meadows Visitor Center
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Aug 1 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
WNPS Field Trip: Heather Meadows Wildflowers and Bumble Bees @ Heather Meadows Visitor Center

The Koma Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society regularly holds educational field trips, meetings, and webinars–typically free and open to the public! Registration is required for this event. Please see below for details.

Date: Monday, August 1
Time: 10 am to 2 pm
Location: Meet at the Visitor’s Center parking lot in Heather Meadows (MP 56 on Mt. Baker Hwy) near the Mt. Baker Ski Area at 10 am.
Participants should bring warm clothes/layers (just in case), sun protection, lunch, and adequate water.

Volunteers from the Koma Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society monitored wildflower phenology (when plants bloom) and bumble bee foraging from spring snow melt to the first snowfall for five years in Heather Meadows. This hike will visit some of the areas that were monitored to see subalpine wildflowers at their peak and learn about how native plants and bumble bees interact to assure pollination and the profusion of wildflowers at Heather Meadows.

We will start the hike at the Visitors Center parking lot and tour three of the transects we monitored at that elevation. We will then drive to the Artist’s Point parking lot and visit two additional transects at higher elevations. This will be about a three-mile hike with about 300 feet of elevation gain. For those who need the exercise, there will be an option of walking up the Wild Goose Trail from the Visitors Center to the Artist’s Point parking lot (add about 1.6 miles and 500 feet elevation gain to the hike).

***Pre-registration with the event organizer is required as the hike will be limited to 12 participants. For more information, please visit our calendar at the link provided.

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Categories: Education Local History Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: Bumble bees ecology environmental education heather meadows Mt. Baker Native pollinators outdoor education Washington Native Plant Society
Jun
10
Sat
Fungi Field Trip – Snowmelt Species! @ Mt. Baker Snoqualmie NF
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Jun 10 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Fungi Field Trip - Snowmelt Species! @ Mt. Baker Snoqualmie NF
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Categories: Education Outdoor Recreation Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: Fungi Mt. Baker Mushrooms Nature outdoors
Aug
5
Sat
BIGFOOT FESTIVAL @ Maple Falls
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Aug 5 all-day
BIGFOOT FESTIVAL @ Maple Falls

Bigfoot Festival 2023 is an all local FUNdraising event with local arts and crafts vendors, live music, food & beverages, with amusement and fun for all ages! Come out to celebrate community and all things bigfoot! This is the 4th Annual Bigfoot Festival hosted by the Maple Falls Park Group. It’s a fundraiser for the Maple Falls Community Park located at 7470 Second St. Maple Falls WA 98266. Funds raised at the festival go to the improvement and regular maintenance of the park.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos & Parades Food & Beverage Music Concerts Non-Profit Fundraising Events Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: #All Local #arts&crafts #bigfoot #free concert #Local Makers #localart #LocalArtists #localgoods #locallymade #localmusic #LocalVendors #makersmarket #mtbaker #sasquatch #summertime #yeti Art Mount Baker Mt. Baker
August 2022 – August 2023 Aug 2022 – Aug 2023