November 15th, 2023
OkanKnowledgy speaker series

Home Range and the Okanogan Land Trust partnered at the Okanogan County PUD auditorium in Okanogan, WA for an evening of learning! Carmen Vanbianchi presented on our Lynx and Wildfire project.

October 12, 2023
3rd Annual Community Update and Fundraiser

Home Range hosted an evening with friends and supporters to hear about the work Home Range has been up to over the past year, had a meet and greet with our staff, and helpe raise funds to support our projects in 2024. 

Couldn't attend? We missed you, but you can still support our work by donating here! 

October 2, 2023
Give Methow 2023 Tabling Event 

October means Give Methow! In 2023, your community of Methow Valley nonprofit organizations tried something new – some mini-events to highlight Funday Mondays! Each Monday of the month, donors from that day were put in a drawing and the winner received an extra $1000 to put toward the nonprofit(s) of their choice.

September  5, 2023
First Tuesday: Lynx and Wildfire in the Methow Valley

The Methow Conservancy First Tuesday speaker series featured a presentation about the Canada lynx research we are conducting in the Methow Valley. The goal of the Lynx Project is to understand how lynx use burned areas, and collect the information needed to recommend management actions for resilient forests and abundant lynx habitat into the future. Carmen Vanbianchi, research director and co-founder of Home Range, gave an overview of the project including stories from the field, images of the 3 adults that were live-trapped during the first winter field season, and a demonstration of how our live traps work to safely capture and release these charismatic cats! Watch a recording of the presentation here. 

July 10-13, 2023
Methow Wildlife Camp

At Methow Wildlife Camp, campers learned about wildlife living in the Methow Valley and how wildlife biologists study these animals. From camera traps to tracking, in this club campers spent their days outdoors exploring The Bush School campus and discovered all the life it holds. 

May  26, 2023
Conservation and Natural Resource Career Day

FYRE, Okanogan Land Trust, and The Nature Conservancy hosted an event for high-school students to learn more about career pathways and the every day work that goes into caring for our environment. Home Range's Anna Machowicz and Clara Hoffman spent the day with small groups of students teaching them about careers as a wildlife biologist. 

April 22, 2023
Earth Day Celebration

Home Range hosted a booth in the Educational Village at the Methow Recycles Earth Day Celebration. Live music, good food, and community connection made this event one to remember.

April 21, 2023
Soup Night - Lynx and Wildfire

Research Director Carmen Vanbianchi gave a presentation on our lynx and wildfire project at the Soup Night series, hosted by The Bush School at their Methow campus. 

March 14, 2023
Recreation and Wildlife in Washington

Home Range's Becca Windell and Conservation Northwest's Kurt Hellmann presented at the Twisp River Tap House about how to recreate with wildlife in mind. The event was in partnership with the Methow Conservancy; you can view a recording of the presentation here. 

December 17, 2022
Lynx live-trap building party

To outfit lynx with GPS collars, we needed to build 30 box traps using a design that is safe, humane, and effective for capturing lynx. Volunteers joined us for a trap-building work party where we cut and assembled the PVC trap frames and wrapped the frames with chicken wire. By helping to build traps, volunteers contributed to this important, local wildlife research. 

November 6-10, 2022
The Wildlife Society annual conference

Home Range hosted a booth at this year's national conference of The Wildlife Society, where we made many exciting connections with biologists from near and far.

October 20, 2022
One-year Anniversary Party and Annual Fundraiser
Hosted at Meza in downtown Winthrop, we spent an evening with friends and supporters updating the community on the work we accomplished in the first year as an organization and the exciting things to come. A silent auction with goodies from local businesses and organizations capped off a fun event. THANK YOU to everyone who attended!!

November 17, 2021
Methow at Home
Watch a recording of a Zoom presentation given by HRWR co-founders introducing Home Range to Methow at Home members.  

October 7, 2021
HRWR Launch Party and Fundraiser
Get together with us at the OSB Taproom at TwispWorks for a fun evening of drinks, appetizers, silent auction packages, and a presentation by HRWR co-founders. All funds raised will finance HRWR startup costs, the purchase of critical field equipment, program scholarships, and more. We look forward to seeing you there!
Couldn't attend? You can catch up on what you missed by watching a recording of the co-founder presentation, and donate to support our work. Thank you!