Earth Fest is a stewardship-focused event and invites public participation from all ages. The event from 9am - 1pm + will be filled with volunteer work to help the Refuge, information and educational activities with 20 local environmental agencies and organizations, lunch, and a presentation by local author, naturalist, Jack Nisbet at the end.

Register

Attendees are asked to register in advance, wear appropriate clothing (long pants, closed-toe shoes), and are encouraged to bring a reusable water bottle with them. All equipment will be provided by the Service, Friends of Turnbull and The Lands Council. No prior experience is necessary to participate.

To RSVP for the event

The Volunteer work projects will be suitable for both families with children and adults who can handle tools.

• Bare-root tree seedling potting in refuge Nursery
• Forestry project aimed at thinning a dense forest habitat
• Removing old exclosure fences no longer needed to protect growing trees

Activities and Information from: Friends of Turnbull NWR, Spokane Audubon, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Ice Age
Floods Institute, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and more. 

Lunch provided by the Friends of Turnbull: hotdogs (regular and veggie), buns, chips, carrots and cookies 11:30 – 12:30

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Activities for the whole family

Presentation by Jack Nisbet – "THE ART OF FIRE: Tribal Burning on the Inland Northwest Landscape;

Join us for a display of fur trade era paintings that show evidence of Plateau people intentionally using fire to manage the landscape around them. Combined with tribal oral accounts and early journal observations, we will compare their ancient practices with current controlled burns at Turnbull NWR

Jack Nisbet will be available in the Nature Store before his presentation to sign books and a selection of his titles will be available for purchase in the Friends of Turnbull Nature Store located inside the Headquarters building. (You can also bring your own copies for autographing