Nature challenge start today across the Palouse
The Palouse Conservation District and the city of Moscow have teamed up to support the 2024 City Nature Challenge: Palouse Region. The City Nature Challenge is an international effort to document nature that will take place today through Monday. Nearly 700 cities from seven continents will participate in this year’s event.
To participate, residents are asked to find wild (not captive or cultivated) plants, animals or fungi anywhere in Whitman or Latah counties. Take a photo and upload the observation to the iNaturalist app. Scientists both locally and across the world will use these observations in biodiversity data to increase our understanding of species patterns globally. Observations will count toward the Palouse Region project in competition with communities across the globe. More information can be found at palousecd.org/city-nature-challenge.
Electric vehicles to be showcased at PCEI event Saturday
The Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute invites the community to celebrate Drive Electric Earth Month by attending an electric vehicle meet-and-greet from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the Palouse Nature Center at 1040 Rodeo Drive, Moscow.
Ten different models of EVs will be on display, and community members can learn about EV ownership, chat with EV owners and even take test rides in EVs. Community members who are already owners can attend with their vehicles to share their experiences with others.
There will be music by The Range Benders and Humble Burger will be serving food and drinks. For more information or to register for the event, visit pcei.org/event/ev-event.
Concert to focus on mental health awareness
The Palouse Choral Society and Pullman High School’s choral program will present “You Will Be Found,” a mental health awareness concert, 4 p.m. Sunday in the Pullman High School Auditorium.
The show will feature a variety of choral pieces including classical and romantic works as well as arrangements of musical theater, pop, country and R&B songs. The concert is designed to “bring our community together through positive energy and collaboration,” according to a news release from the society.
General admission is $20. Washington State University students and children 12 and younger are free. Tickets can be purchased at: palousechoralsociety.org.
