Friends of Turnbull NWR Activities:
October 12, 2024
Register for Walk in the Wild/donate
Walk to make sure wildlife thrives.
Walk with us to thrive in nature!
You can choose your start time between 9am and 3pm.
You can choose an accessible trail or more challenging one.
You will get fun stamps to mark your progress on your way to completing 5k.
You will be joining with people supporting Wildlife Refuges across the country!
We hope to see you on Saturday October 12, 2024
Join us to raise awareness and support of National Wildlife Refuges while we strive to get people to walk a distance of 5K in nature in conjunction with National Wildlife Refuge Week, the second week of October.
Check out the article about Walk for the Wild in Out There Outdoors, September 2024
The Friends of Turnbull will host a Walk for the Wild event on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at the Refuge in conjunction with Urban Refuge Day. Last year we raised over $1000.00 that was combined with profits from the Nature Store to pay for an intern at the Refuge. The event is free. Our goal this year is to get 100 people to participate in the Walk for the Wild who have never been to the Refuge and raise $5000.00. We invite you to walk, volunteer, and/or donate to this fundraiser at Turnbull! Registration Link
Monthly Bird Walks with Spokane Audubon docent, Joseph Cooney
Joseph Cooney will lead a bird walk with pointers and tips for spotting and hearing birds at Turnbull. He and the group will identify and count the numbers spotted. Meet in the Administration building parking lot to begin at 8:00 am. The scheduled dates are the first Saturday of each month - August 3, September 7, October 12, and November 9.
Resources for Making your property more wildlife friendly:
- Friends of Turnbull - Make your yard more wildlife friendly
- Think like a pollinator - USForestService
- Plan your NW Pollinator garden
- Wildlife Sanctuary in backyard: now called Habitat at Home, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- How to make your yard bird friendly from Audubon Society
- Audubon native plant database - enter your zipcode
- Xerces Society regional resources - PNW
- Xerces Society Checklists for habitat assessment
- Homegrown National Park - Doug Tallamy Videos
- A Yard Full Of Native Plants Is A Yard Full Of Well-Fed Birds - Cornell Lab All About Birds
Families in Nature links, activities
- Outside Everyday Challenge activities list
- DIY Sun Science from Lawrence Hall
- Beetles - Science and teaching for field instructors (student-centered and nature-centered)
- Citizen Science - Debris Trackers App
Family Scavenger Hunts on the Refuge - If you plan to take a walk with your family at the Refuge, you can print out our Kids Scavenger Hunt and see what you can find on your visit. Have Fun!
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