Wander Wild has returned for the onset of spring! Join the The Lands Council and Spokane Audubon Society at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, March 30th from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.
This hike will be a 2 mile out-and-back on the Headquarters and Stubblefield Trails. Along the way, we will be identifying different kinds of habitat used by woodland and grassland birds, and ways that The Lands Council's future Earth Fest plantings will further contribute to habitat. Shenandoah Marr from Spokane Audubon Society, as well as Dr. Mark Selle from Whitworth University will be assisting our staff and attendees to help identify any feathered friends deciding to make an appearance! Join our two environmental organizations as we join our specialties together. This hike is relatively flat for the majority but will include three brief inclines as we approach the Stubblefield trail. We recommend bringing a water bottle, and binoculars if you have a pair. Although the trails are gravel, we advise bringing sturdy shoes, and while it is only the onset of spring, we also advise bringing long pants for precautions.
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge encompasses over 20,000 acres in Eastern Washington on the edge of the Columbia River Basin. It is located in a geologically unique area called the Channeled Scablands, formed 15,000 to 18,000 years ago from Missoula floods at the end of the last Ice Age that have forever altered the landscape of the Inland Pacific Northwest. Turnbull NWR hosts a variety of habitats such as Ponderosa Pine, grassland steppe, wetland, and riparian habitats that host an abundance of wildlife, including waterfowl, birds, moose, elk, white-tailed and mule deer, porcupine, and occasionally beaver and bobcat.