Event: Upcoming environmental talks at Holden Village and the Wenatchee River Institute

The mighty Populus trichocarpa (western black cottonwood). Photo: Nate Hough-Snee


I'm pleased to announce a trio of general audience talks on topics that I hold dear: riparian cottonwood forests, and the ecology of Lake Chelan.

Holden Village, Chelan County, WA

Thursday, 20 February 2025, 6pm - Canaries in the coalmine? What can cottonwood tell us about our Pacific Northwest Rivers?

Saturday, 22 February 2025, 5pm - Stories from Lake Chelan

Wenatchee River Institute, Leavenworth, WA

Thursday, 27 February 2025, 7pm - Cottonwood: unlocking our rivers' histories

These talks are all interactive, designed to engage a general, curious audience, and inspire curiosity about rivers and floodplains, and the history and status of Lake Chelan, Washington State's largest lake. Both talks focus on people, change, and resilience as both ecological and personal themes.

Periphyton and water quality sampling in the summer of 2024 in Lake Chelan's Wapato Basin. Image courtesy of Lake Chelan Research Institute and Steven Gnam