We return to the Yakima River for our first Tapteal Water Trail paddle of 2023 on Saturday, June 17! We will kick off with our traditional upper section of Benton City to Horn Rapids Park. This is an 11 mile paddle and takes 2½ to 3 hours to complete. Drop off your gear and passengers…

Join us for a wildflower walk and seed collection event with our friends from Columbia Basin Native Plant Society. While we meander, we’ll also learn about ethical seed collection and dispersal strategies and collect seeds to be used for future projects onsite and within our chapter. We will be walking on uneven terrain. Closed toed…

Join us for a trash cleanup along the section of the Tapteal Trail immediately upstream of the Wanawish Dam. We will also send a crew to the area we call Omaha Beach further upstream if there is a large enough turnout. We will meet at the parking area next to the Wanawish Dam (directions below).…

We are hosting an online webinar featuring four topics presented by experts. Each short presentation will be about 12 minutes followed by a few minutes for questions before moving to the next item (about 20 minutes total each topic). There will be time at the end for extended questions/conversations for those who want to hang…

Bike Tri-Cities will be cleaning up the Sacajawea Trail starting at the Ben Franklin Transit headquarters and working their way north along Highway 240. We will start on the north side of the Yakima River and work our way south to hopefully meet in the middle. We will supply trash bags and have a limited…

We will be performing trail work in Chamna Natural Preserve for no more than two hours. We will meet at the Midpoint Trailhead located between Inland Asphalt and GTS Supply (NOT at the main parking lot). Wear sturdy shoes/boots and bring work gloves and water.

Join us to explore the Amon Creek Natural Preserve riparian community. Guided walks led by volunteers from the Columbia Basin WA Native Plant Society and Tapteal Greenway will take folks on a short loop through the Amon Preserve to learn about how native plants impact water quality and wildlife in the basin. The walk will…

Removal of the Bateman Island causeway is expected to start in December. This is an Army Corps of Engineers project to restore more natural flow of the Yakima River delta in an effort to improve conditions for salmon. With removal of the causeway, there will no longer be pedestrian access to the island. So ahead…

Join us on this last chance to walk across the causeway to visit Bateman Island. We will meet at the Lewis and Clark overlook.

Let's get outside the day after Thanksgiving and collect sagebrush seeds to be used in local restoration projects. We'll learn some of the basics of native seed collection including collecting etiquette and when and how to tell if seeds are ripe. MEETING PLACE: Parking lot of Amon Creek Elementary (18 Center Parkway, Richland, WA) From…