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Celebrate Earth Day with Wallowology
EARTH DAY
CHEMISTRY
EXTRAVAGANZA
Wallowology/Contributed photo
Special Earth Day activities can be found at Wallowology in Joseph on Friday,
April 22, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Go! staff
J
OSEPH — Wallowology,
which runs a natural history
discovery center in downtown
Joseph, has planned two days of
events in honor of Earth Day.
On Friday, April 22 — the of-
fi cial Earth Day — visitors to the
center, 508 N. Main St., can help
plant in the new garden, explore
exhibits, listen to stories and
take part in other family-orient-
ed Earth Day activities. The cen-
ter is open 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Events continue on Saturday,
April 23.
At 9 a.m., Wallowology is
organizing an Earth Day service
project to clean up baling twine
found on the roadsides and in
fi elds. This will help protect os-
prey from getting tangled in the
twine, according to Wallowology.
Wallowology/Contributed photo
Join a hike with Wallowology on the East Moraine at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 23.
To participate, meet at the
center in downtown Joseph at
9 a.m. to pick up a route map and
twine collection bags. Groups
will head out by car to collect
and then return to the center to
celebrate their hard work. No
registration is required.
For those who want a diff erent
type of adventure, naturalist Judy
Swank will lead a hike up the East
Moraine beginning at 9 a.m.
Participants will learn about
local ecology during the two-
hour hike at a family-friendly
pace. Meet at the roadside
LA GRANDE — Kids can
learn about chemistry
during a special Earth Day
extravaganza event Friday,
April 22, at Cook Memorial
Library, 2006 Fourth St.,
from 3-5 p.m., in La Grande.
Activities will be provided by
members of the chemistry
club at Eastern Oregon
University in the library’s
community room.
This event, called “Chemists
Celebrate Earth Week,” is
promoted by the American
Chemical Society, said
Anna Cavinato, EOU
chemistry professor.
trailhead between mile markers
4 and 5 on the Wallowa Lake
Highway (used to be “green
gate”). This hike is free, and no
registration is required.
To learn more about Wallo-
wolgy, visit its Facebook page or
www.wallowology.org.