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ACFL Skagit Land Trust Conservation Easement Walk

Join Skagit Land Trust and Friends of the Forest staff members for a walk through the SLT easement on the Anacortes Community Forest Lands (ACFL) at Whistle Lake. Our Land Team Director Michael Kirshenbaum will be attending the walk to talk about the conservation easement process and how organizations and community members came together to...

40th Annual SICBA Home and Garden Show

Skagit, Island & San Juan Island County's LARGEST Home & Garden Show, 40 years running! Brought to you by the Skagit/Island Counties Builders Association (SICBA) •INTERACT with various vendors featuring the latest trends in industry products & services •GROW your knowledge by attending seminars and GROW your garden by visiting the Garden Center •CREATE art...

Swing the Gates Run

Saturday, March 26 at East Cranberry Lake Run or walk through Deception Pass State Park at Swing the Gates! Explore the park in either our Competitive 5K (with chip timing), our 5K Family Fun Run, or a 10K Team Scavenger Hunt along the trails in the park. Preregistration is required, sign up today!

From Budapest to Istanbul

McIntyre Hall 2501 E College Way, Mount Vernon, WA

Our three-concert journey on the Orient Express draws to a close with music inspired by this magical region. We’ll take you across the Steppes of Central Asia, safely past a Sabre Dance, and on towards the Far East. Helping us on our way, pianist Jeremy DesChane performs Dohnanyi’s seldom-heard masterpiece, Variations on a Nursery Tune.

Friends of the ACFL Community Hike: Spring in your Step!

The days are continuing to get brighter, the birds are migrating, and plants like osoberry, salmonberry, huckleberry, and skunk cabbage are emerging from slumber. Bring some spring in your step and we’ll share stories with each other about what signs of spring we’re noticing around us in our daily lives as we get in a...

WWU Summer Session Drop-In Q&A

Summer Session staff is hosting a series of drop-in Q&A sessions to help answer your questions about course offerings, the registration process, and other applicable updates. Please RSVP for this free session at: https://wwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctc-yuqz8sHNzYNzNiox2VUPStrZSI8ld7 Not currently a Western student? Not a problem. Summer Session is Western's only open quarter, meaning admission to Western is not required....

Friends of the Forest Community Hike: Forest Folly Hike

On April Fool’s day, we’ll hike through the ACFL and delight in silliness. Have you heard of the elusive pacific tree octopus? Maybe you already know about jackalopes, but what about the mossy-coated slug, whose outer layer is photosynthetic? Have you heard about the notorious wailing fungus, whose calls can only be understood at midnight?...

Creative Avenue Market in April

Join us for our third market in 2022! We'll have over 30 vendors to shop from and can't wait to share their local goodies with you. The market is indoors and free to attend. If you are a vendor and interested in having a booth at this or future events, please contact hello@creativeavenuenw.com or visit...

Summer Session Drop-In Q&A

Summer Session staff is hosting a series of drop-in Q&A sessions to help answer your questions about course offerings, the registration process, and other applicable updates. Please RSVP for this free session at: https://wwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sd--hrz0uHNz9O41Okz0rpc2c3ZgiiHdf Not currently a Western student? Not a problem. Summer Session is Western's only open quarter, meaning admission to Western is not required....

Friends of the Forest Community Hike: Morning Chorus

Join birds of a feather for this hike into the Little Cranberry Lake area, where we’ll listen to the meandering echoes of the morning’s dawn chorus. With fair weather, we’ll likely hear songs and calls of birds of all kinds. If you’re a fledgling bird enthusiast and just learning calls and songs, this will be...

Friends of the Forest and Skagit Land Trust: Spring Break Family Field Trip

Kick off your spring break with Skagit Land Trust and Friends of the Forest staff members for a family-friendly walk through the ACFL. So many people are curious about birds, and for good reason-- they sometimes seem so different from us humans, and other times they seem so similar! On this hike, you'll get to...