Wenas Wildlife Area Field Trip

Meet at 7 am at the Green Lake Park & Ride, north parking lot: https://maps.app.goo.gl/T6wks4nxChw3sSVW9

Where: We’ll be starting at Wenas, the intersection of Audobon Road, N Wenas Road and Maloy Road - https://maps.app.goo.gl/BF4TXhHV7EYDPYEX8.

We will be heading for home around 3:00 PM

The Wenas Valley sits in a transition zone between shrub-steppe and the ponderosa stands of the Cascade foothills, northwest of Yakima. A favorite destination for botanizers and birders, it is closed to motorized traffic in winter and early spring to protect wintering elk herds. May is the peak flowering season with a palette of several species of penstemon, buckwheats (Eriogonum), desert parsleys (Lomatium), balsamroots (Balsamorhiza), and paintbrushes (Castilleja). We can expect to find Brown’s peony and camas lilies. There are no formal trails; we’ll be stopping at various locations to explore the meadows. It should be easy walking. Free camping with a Discover Pass.

Contact the leader, Sandra Ruffner, to sign up: slruffner57@gmail.com.

Trip limited to 12 participants.