Ecologist Nate Hough-Snee Presents on Lake Chelan and Riparian Forests

Nate Hough-Snee is an aquatic, wetland, and riparian ecologist who grew up on the shores of a Lake that isn’t Chelan: Lake Erie, in Ohio. He landed in Seattle as a young man, where he failed at making music, forcing him into a long and rewarding career unlocking the stories of ecosystems large and small, and sharing them with land and water managers, researchers, students, and the general public. Some of his ecological stories have been told on the Wenatchee and Entiat watersheds, the Snake and Columbia River Basins, numerous wetlands and floodplains across the North American West, and increasingly around our own Lake Chelan.

 

With a Ph.D. in Ecology from Utah State University’s Watershed Sciences and a couple more degrees sprinkled in there, most of Nate’s ecosystem stories are told with some truth and a lot of experience. These stories must be okay because they’re published in journals ranging from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences to River Research and Applications. Nate currently works with the Lake Chelan Research Institute as a senior scientist and conducts environmental research through his consulting practice, Meadow Run Environmental in Leavenworth, WA.

Come join us at Holden Village for the usual winter activities including skiing, snowshoeing, food and games, plus evenings full of science, poems, and environmental stories from Nate! Renew your spirit and deepen your appreciation for our local ecology here at Holden Village.