Programming

Barn Beach Reserve Programming

For a current list of events, please see our Events Calendar located at "Events."

TRIPS & TOURS

Guided field experiences and tours explore the Reserve, nearby natural areas, regional environmental learning centers, and art and cultural history sites. Activities include guided walks, off-site tours, and birding events. We will lead bird walks (including late night owl walks) for you and your group by appointment--donations gratefully accepted.

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS

Art classes and other art-focused activities are hosted in collaboration with Icicle Arts. Lectures and video presentations provide interpretation of the environmental, artistic, and cultural heritage of Barn Beach Reserve and the Greater Wenatchee Valley. Activities include issue-oriented environmental programs and book discussions.

FOR TEACHERS

Hands-on, inquiry-based educational activities-both inside and outside-that correlate with State of Washington Science Standards (2009) and local school districts' curricula have been developed for grades three, four, and five. See "Field Days" (below) for details on various field day programs that have taken place since 2007.

If you are interested in bringing your elementary, middle school, or junior high school class to BBR for a field day, contact Jody Marquardt, Education Coordinator, 509.548.9362 for details on cost, available curricular activities, and scheduling.

FIELD DAYS

In the spring, 3rd graders from Osborn Elementary School in Leavenworth and Vale Elementary School in Cashmere come to BBR for field days around the general theme "Behaviors and Habitats of Birds and Other Wildlife." Three field days occured in the week prior to the Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest, a popular event held at the height of the neotropical bird migration in mid-May. See the PDF below for the most recent 3rd grade schedule.

In the fall, 4th graders from Osborn Elementary School in Leavenworth and Vale Elementary School in Cashmere come to BBR for field days around the general theme of "Biodiversity in Our Watershed." See the PDFs below for the most recent schedules.

 2009 Vale 4th grade schedule

In the winter, Leavenworth 5th graders participated in winter ecology field days at BBR. See the PDFs below for a summary of activities and the most recent field day schedule.

CITIZEN SCIENCE

Project FeederWatch

Barn Beach Reserve is a Project FeederWatch site for Cornell Lab of Ornithology. We monitor birds that come into a defined space at the Leavenworth Audubon Center (formerly the Lorene Young home)from November to April. If you would like to help us monitor birds, please call Naturalist Gail Roberts at 509.548.7584. For more information about Project FeederWatch, or to set up your own backyard survey site, please visit the website: Project FeederWatch.

Witnessing Change

Barn Beach Reserve is pleased to have been selected as one of 3 sites in central Washington for the Witnessing Change project. This program enables visitors to see landscapes through the eyes of land managers who are working to improve the health of their land. Visitors may visit these sites and follow a trail to photo-points that have been set up, where they can take a photo and upload it to the Witnessing Change website, and then compare the photo to others from years past and through the seasons. A map of our three photo-points is on the kiosk as you enter the parking lot. We invite you to visit our three photo-points and take a photo at each to upload. To learn more about Witnessing Change, please visit their website: Witnessing Change.

NatureMapping

Barn Beach Reserve is a Certified Learning Center of Washington NatureMapping. Find out more about NatureMapping.

Program Advisory Council

Jody Marquardt, BBR Education Coordinator
Gail Roberts, BBR Naturalist & Bird Fest Coordinator
Melissa Bale--local artist
Eleanor Culling--local artist & musician
Pat Dunham--Peshastin B&B owner
Patti Erikson--local artist
Ross Frank--BBT Board & local businessman
Alison Haug--Wenatchee SD teacher (5th grade)
Bob Parlette--BBT Board & Wenatchee attorney
Kevin Powers--WSU Extension
Marilyn Rahn--Owner of "Blue Dragonfly"
Amy Starkovich--BBT Board
Dan Stephens--WVC biology professor
Susan Thomas--FS education specialist
Matt Troskey--Stevens Pass