Wildflower Walk with Kim Hamblin-Hart

Kim Hamblin-Hart will lead a Wildflower Walk on the Skyline Trail on Badger Mountain. Come out and see the beauty of the mountain in early spring. Walks are produced by Friends of Badger Mountain and the Columbia Basin Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society. For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit cbwnps.org  

Trailwork Party for National Trails Day

Trailhead Park Badger Flats, Richland, WA

The Friends of Badger Mountain will be teaming with the Kennewick REI store for a National Trails Day work event. We will be working from 9 AM to noon. Please come a little early to sign in. We will be clearing the weeds away from the edges of the Canyon and Sagebrush Trails. We like […]

Noxious Weed Pulling

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Another noxious weed pulling effort on Candy Mountain is planned for this coming Sunday. Yellow Star Thistle is beginning to bloom and will soon be forming seed. The volunteer crews are trying to prevent any seed formation and dispersal this year. The manual pulling efforts last year yielded very good results in the areas we […]

July 18th Noxious Weed Pulling

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Yet another noxious weed pulling effort on Candy Mountain is planned for this coming Wednesday. Yellow Star Thistle is reaching bloom stage and will soon be forming seed. The volunteer crews are trying to prevent any seed formation and dispersal this year. The manual pulling efforts last year yielded very good results in the areas […]

July 22nd Noxious Weed Pulling

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Another noxious weed pulling effort on Candy Mountain is planned for this coming Sunday. Yellow Star Thistle is in full bloom and will soon be setting seed. The volunteer crews are trying to prevent any seed formation and dispersal this year. When: Sunday, July 22nd, 2018 Meet at: Candy Mountain Trail-head parking lot, off Dallas […]

Noxious Weed Pulling July 25th

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Another noxious weed pulling effort on Candy Mountain is planned for this coming Wednesday. Yellow Star Thistle is nearly in full bloom and will soon be setting seed. The volunteer crews are trying to prevent any seed formation and dispersal this year. Unfortunately, the Star Thistle is maturing faster than the weeding crews can remove […]

August 5th Noxious Weed Pulling

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Another noxious weed pulling effort on Candy Mountain is planned for this coming Sunday. Yellow Star Thistle is nearly in full bloom and starting to set seed. The volunteer crews are trying to prevent any seed formation and dispersal this year. Unfortunately, the hot temperatures are maturing the Star Thistle faster than the weeding crews […]

August 12th Weed Pulling Effort

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Another noxious weed pulling effort on Candy Mountain is planned for this coming Sunday. Yellow Star Thistle is nearly in full bloom and starting to set seed. The volunteer crews are trying to prevent any seed formation and dispersal this year. Unfortunately, the hot temperatures are maturing the Star Thistle faster than the weeding crews […]

August 15th Weed Pulling Effort

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Another noxious weed pulling effort on Candy Mountain is planned for this coming Wednesday. Yellow Star Thistle is in full bloom and starting to set seed. The volunteer crews are trying to prevent any seed formation and dispersal this year. The hot temperatures are maturing the Star Thistle faster than the weeding crews can remove […]

August 17th Trail Work Party on Badger

Trailhead Park Badger Flats, Richland, WA

Last week the crew did a lot of work on the lower Canyon Trail filling in many pot holes. We used 90 to 100 gallons of water and 3 loads of gravel. We did not get to the upper part of the trail so I will be having another work party this Friday to work […]