Summer picnics at McCartney Creek Preserve announced
Public invited to enjoy an evening in Moses Coulee
Wenatchee, WA — June 20, 2007 — The Washington chapter of Nature Conservancy is sponsoring three picnics at the McCartney Creek Preserve in Moses Coulee this summer where naturalists and neighbors will share information and stories related to the natural and cultural history of the area. Participants will also have an opportunity to explore the McCartney Creek Meadow site through short-guided walks, and to learn more about the Conservancy’s efforts to restore habitat and develop a regional learning center along McCartney Creek.
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Picnickers enjoying an evening at the McCartney Creek Preserve
Photo © Jeff Compton/TNC |
The picnic series is free and open to the public.
Nancy Warner, North Central Washington Program Director for the Conservancy, is also hoping that local residents will bring any historical photos they may have of the region along with their own stories about the area. “We’re interested in everything from the early 1900s to more recent times including that period during the development of Rimrock Meadows,” Warner says. “All of this information helps us understand what we see on the land today.”
Evening picnics are scheduled from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 27, Thursday, July 26, and Wednesday, August 22.
June 27: The speaker for the June 27 evening picnic will be Jay Kehne, a soils scientist with the Natural Resource Conservation Service based in Okanogan. Jay will give a talk highlighting work he did in the 1980s mapping soils at Sagebrush Flat in Moses Coulee entitled, “Soils, Rabbits, and You: How Do They All Connect.” For more information and to RVSP please call 509-665-9737.
The Nature Conservancy on the Web at www.nature.org.
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