Wenatchee Foothills | KOHO 101.1

In this week’s KOHO Outdoor Report, Dan Langager talks with Sarah Shaffer, Executive Director of WenatcheeOutdoors.org, about getting stoked for winter recreation, getting into the foothills when they’re dry, and check out all the outdoor events at the WenatcheeOutdoors calendar.

The onset of winter means the closing of several popular hiking trails in the area. The reason: protection of winter habitat for wildlife, as Marcus Bellissimo reports.

When one thinks of a Fuel Mitigation Specialist, goats might not be what first comes to mind. But they’ll pretty much eat anything, work for free and fertilize the land. In fact, they’re just about as eco as you can get. Marcus Bellissimo reports.

In this week’s KOHO Outdoor Report, we get an update on the reopening of Sage Hills and other foothills trails kept closed this spring. Normally they reopen on April 1, but the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust and its partners decided to postpone to give trails more time to dry out and mule time to forage on…

The popular hiking and biking trails in Sage Hills and Horse Lake Reserve in the Wenatchee Foothills won’t be opening April 1 like usual – April 5 is the now the tentative reopen date. The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust and Chelan PUD decided to delay the reopening to help wildlife and trail conditions. Chelan County also…

In this week’s KOHO Outdoor Report, Dan Langager talks with Adam Vognild, Board Member with WenatcheeOutdoors.org and owner of Inner Circle Gym in Wenatchee, about the so-called shoulder season right now – not quite the end of winter, but just starting spring. Vognild talks about the delay of reopening Sage Hills to at least next Friday April 5 to…

Wenatchee Mayor Frank Kuntz joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about several land-use issues in the city right now – annexations in west Wenatchee between Springwater Ave. and Maple Streets, plans for more north-south road connections in that area, public concerns about building in the foothills and the property downtown at…

Local deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep and eagles seem to be enjoying this year’s mild winter, so far, says Von Pope, the Chelan PUD’s Senior Wildlife Biologist. At least they think so, as they’ve been less visible at lower elevations.

Protecting winter range habitat for mule deer is a group effort, from land managers to the citizens that use foothills trails. The closure of area trails west of Wenatchee plays a big part, as Marcus Bellissimo reports.

Today in the KOHO Outdoor Report we’re talking trails. Hanne Beener is the Trails Program Manager and Hillary Clark is the Membership & Education Coordinator at the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust. Clark talks about this Saturday’s Hiking Challenge up Horse Lake and other family hikes this fall, as well as a plan to save 3,700 acres of forest land along…

Today in the KOHO Outdoor Report we’re talking trails. Hanne Beener is the Trails Program Manager and Hillary Clark is the Membership & Education Coordinator at the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust. Beener says the Land Trust is conducting a survey of foothills trail users. You can fill it out at their website. Clark talks about an…

Posts Tagged ‘Wenatchee Foothills’

KOHO Outdoor Report – WenatcheeOutdoors.org

Sage Hills, Other Foothills Areas Now Closed For Winter

Wildlife To Fight Wildfire In Wenatchee Foothills

KOHO Outdoor Report – Evergreen Mnt. Bike Alliance, C-D Land Trust

Sage Hills Reopening Delayed to Protect Mule Deer, Trails

KOHO Outdoor Report – WenatcheeOutdoors.org, Inner Circle Gym

Wenatchee Land Usage, Availability with Mayor Frank Kuntz

Wenatchee Foothills Winter Wildlife Update – Dec. Numbers Down, Jan. About Average

Sage Hills, Other Foothills Areas Critical For Mule Deer Forage, Now Closed For Winter

Outdoor Report – Chelan-Douglas Land Trust

Outdoor Report – Chelan-Douglas Land Trust