BioBlitz

WALLA WALLA-Blue Mountain Land Trust partnered with the Umatilla National Forest to bring BioBlitz to children in the Walla Walla Valley.

This Nature Kids event was supported by Blue Mountain Audubon Society, Sustainable Living Center, Tri-State Steelheaders, WWCC Water and Environmental Center, US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla County Conservation District, Whitman College, Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council, and Outside the Lines Art Studio.

The event, held at Rooks Park in Walla Walla on Saturday, June 3, was a chance for the community to learn about the Blue Mountain region's ecosystems, waters, and wildlife.

Waitsburg resident and photographer, Bill Rodgers met participants at the registration booth and volunteered on a nature walk around the park.

Other booths at the park engaged kids with owl pellets, animal tracks, water bugs, soil, insects, and more. Also, the children could document what they saw and heard at the park.

The next Nature Kids event will be in Dayton at the Pietrzycki City Park on July 15.