Litter Clean Up on Cheney-Plaza Road May 16, 2026
Volunteers needed for a commuity effort to clean up litter along the Cheney-Plaza Road through the Refuge on Saturday - May 16 - from 9am to noon.
Sign up - Call Sean Larson (509) 993-8601
Volunteers will gather at the entrance to the Refuge get safety instructions and to get assignments of 1/2 mile stretch of the road and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to use in the field . Please wear appropriate clothing -- long pants, closed-toe shoes. Water will be provided. All equipment will be provided by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Friends of Turnbull and Spokane County. No prior experience is necessary to participate.
To RSVP for the event
Click to download a copy of the flyer
Watch for additional activities and work parties during Spring 2026 from Friends of Turnbull NWR
End of May - Work party to spread chips on new section of the BlackHorse Lake Trail
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June 6 Wildflower walk with the Eastern Washington Native Plant Society.
Meet at 10 am in the Refuge Headquarters parking lot. Bring water, appropriate hiking shoes; please RSVP - email: activities@fotnwr.org
Spokane Symphony String Quartet concert and Bird Walk June 27, 7pm
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Inland Northwest Natural Areas Art Show and Sale
June 24 - July 29 at NW MAC, Helen South Gallery; June 24 Opening Reception and Natural Areas Organizations
Impressionistic Landscape Paintings of the region's Natural areas by LR Montgomery, Spokane artist and longtime advocate for conservation in show and sale. The paintings 4 ft by 5 ft include Turnbull NWR, Dishman Hills, Riverside State Park, Inland NW Conservancy Glen Tana, and the Bluff and more.
Monthly Bird Walks by Spokane Audubon
- May 23, Child-Friendly Bird Walk: 8:30 - 11:00 am
- June 16, Evening Bird Walk: 5:00 - 8:00 pm
- June 20, meet at 8am in Headquarters Parking lot
- July 17, Evening Bird Walk: 5:00 - 8:00 pm
- July 18, meet at 8am in Headquarters Parking lot
- August 14 Evening Bird Walk: 5:00 - 8:00 pm
- August 15 8:00 am Bird Walk: meet in Parking lot
- September 12meet at 8am in Headquarters Parking lot
The kits are available for sale in the Friends Nature Store.
We have put togegther family STEM kits that have everything you need to get started with an educational activity to explore what an Owl ate?
For more information about owl pellets check out these links:
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!
