Get Intimate with the Shrub-Steppe and Yakima River Canyon Bird Fest

Registration is open for KEEN’s 24th Annual Get Intimate with the Shrub-Steppe & Yakima River Canyon Bird Fest in Ellensburg WA.

GISS/Bird Fest is a by-donation community event highlighting the endangered shrub-steppe habitat in Central Washington. The event starts Friday with an evening social gathering, Saturday is filled with expert guided field trips with birding, geology, snakes and reptiles, fish and river bugs, history, and more. Educational booths are set up with free educational materials and other outreach materials and we highlight affinity environmental and natural resource groups from around the state. Saturday evening brings a keynote speaker with a shrub-steppe focused theme. Sunday includes self-guided field trips and additional guided field trips into the shrub-steppe.