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ProgrammingBarn Beach Reserve ProgrammingFor a current list of events, please see our Events Calendar located at "Events.".TRIPS & TOURSGuided 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 & PRESENTATIONSArt 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 TEACHERSHands-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 DAYSIn 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. 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 SCIENCEProject FeederWatchBarn 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 ChangeBarn 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. NatureMappingBarn Beach Reserve is a Certified Learning Center of Washington NatureMapping. Find out more about NatureMapping. Program Advisory CouncilJody Marquardt, BBR Education Coordinator |
![]() Above: Beetle photo taken by a Vale Elementary School 4th Grader. Below: Osborn 4th grade field days sample: looking for macroinvertebrates in the Wenatchee River,water quality testing of the Wenatchee River, Wild Fish Conservency's underwater camera shows Chinook salmon setting up breeding territories, chalk art culmination activity.
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Contact us: (509) 548-0181 or (509) 548-7584, info@barnbeachreserve.org or at 347 Division Street, Leavenworth WA 98826 Click on the banner slide show to view captions for each photo displayed. Copyright © 2006-2009 Barn Beach Reserve |