Bringing Camas Prairies Back to the Upper Snoqualmie Valley

Name: Bringing Camas Prairies Back to the Upper Snoqualmie Valley
Start: 2025-10-02T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-02T20:45:00-07:00
Location: Bellevue Botanical Garden

Schedule

Thu Oct 02 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:45 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Bellevue Botanical Garden | Bellevue, WA

Camas Meadows in the Snoqualmie Valley are cited in the Snoqualmie Tribe's creation story and early settler accounts, referring to the miles of expansive prairies above the falls as "here the land is good." After many years organizing and talking with partners, the Tribe's Environmental & Natural Resources Department (ENR) has installed 18 experimental prairie plots, bringing many native grass and forb species back to the Snoqualmie Valley. Michael Bailey will discuss how these plots will help teach us how to bring back this lost ecology and reconnect all forms of life with the camas prairies that use to cover the upper Snoqualmie Valley.
Michael Bailey is the ENR Outreach Manager with the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe’s Environmental & Natural Resources Department, where he has worked for the last 6 years. With a degree in Plant Biology, and a certificate in Wetland Science & Management, he now works to connect people and local landscapes in the Snoqualmie River Valley and east side of Lake Sammamish, where the Snoqualmie Tribe has stewarded land since time immemorial. In his own past, Michael has also worked in academic research, conservation in local governments, prescribed burning, education/outreach, and commercial nurseries. He is a published co-author in post-disturbance forest ecology, and also serves on the board with Beavers Northwest advocating for in place management of the keystone species.
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 7:00pm
Bellevue Botanical Garden, Aaron Education Center, 12001 Main St, Bellevue, WA 98005
Program will be in-person & live streamed via Zoom. It will be recorded for later viewing. For information on how to sign up for Zoom, please contact our event web page:
https://www.wnps.org/cps-events/calendar/bringing-camas-prairies-back-to-the-upper-snoqualmie-valley
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The webinar will start at 7:00 PM.
Stewart Wechsler, our Botanist Fellow, will host a plant ID workshops prior to this program at 6:00 PM. In addition to any plant samples the chapter botanists bring, attendees are welcome to bring in plant samples for identification. We are excited to have this addition to the program that normally we only do for our Seattle programs.
Photo Credit: Michael Bailey