April-May 2009: Wildflower Walks
wildlfower_walks_09 (2).pdf  118 KBytes
Celebrate Native Plant Appreciation Week: May 3-9. These walks are sponsored by the Columbia Basin Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society and are open to the public. For more information and maps, go to .
Native Plant Walks

Yakima Bluffs Park (flyer)
flyer3.pdf  509 KBytes
One page black-and-white flyer that briefly describes the proposed park and provides contact and location information.

Yakima Bluffs, Environmental Learning Park (report)
Yakima Bluffs Proposal(1d)ONLINE.pdf  1,079 KBytes
“The Yakima Bluffs provide the best exposure of these ancient Yakima River deposits within the Columbia Basin.”

This report presents a vision for establishing a park at the City View business complex in Richland, WA. The proposed site features quality shrub-steppe habitat and access to riparian habitat along the shoreline of the Yakima River. A special feature is the Yakima Bluffs, providing a view of deposits from multiple ice age floods, the largest recorded floods known to have occurred on Earth. These attributes and others come together to make this an ideal environmental learning park. As an urban wildland and open space with a beautiful view of the river, located within a business center and within walking distance of residential areas, many will visit the park simply for its aesthetic qualities.