Wenas Mammoth Foundation

02/24/2026

Hope to see you at the STEM FAIR!

02/22/2026

02/21/2026

WMF Mammoth Season 2026 has officially started with a trip to YVC for STEM Day. It was a busy day with over 600 people attending. Thank you to everyone who had attended this event and visited us in our mobile exhibit.

02/15/2026

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How to identify rocks 👇🏿

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LEARN Geology

02/06/2026

12/07/2025

The WMF’s STEM Youth Paleontology Camp return students were excited to discover tusk flakes. Return student are only allowed to excavate in areas not designated as the WA State Wenas Creek Mammoth Dig Site and in already disturbed soil. These students discovered tusk flakes in a ravine where dirt was moved while building a driveway in 2004, before the mammoth humerus bone was discover by Gary Fife.

The Wenas Mammoth Foundation’s mission is to promote, preserve, and utilize the Central Washington dig site and its natural history, and to inspire the pursu...

11/01/2025

10/01/2025

The Fresh Hop Ale Festival has been very supportive of the Wenas Mammoth Foundation mission through community grants that focused on science and art programs in Yakima County. The community grants are funded from the proceeds of the Fresh Hop Ale Festival. The Fresh Hop Ale Festival is looking for volunteers to help with their second-shift roles from 6:00–10:00 PM on Saturday, October 4 at State Fair Park. These evening positions are vital to keeping the festival running smoothly by supporting beverage stations, guest services, and end-of-night operations.

If the WMF provides 10 or more volunteers for the second shift, the Fresh Hop Group will award our organization a $50 grant per volunteer. That means a group of 12 could earn $600 in support for your cause by helping out for one shift!

By volunteering, you’re not only ensuring a great festival experience—you’re also helping guarantee that there will be strong support for the upcoming community grant cycle. You can sign up at the link below; be sure to enter the Wenas Mammoth Foundation's name as the group that you are with. This helps them to ensure that they get the correct volunteer count for our grant.
https://freshhopalefestival.com/volunteer-freshhop/

If you’re available, please send an email to Joe Briscoe [email protected] and he’ll share the shift details, training info, and assignment options.

Thank you for lending your time and energy to make this year’s event a success!

09/28/2025

The Scouting America Troop 525 out of Edgewood, WA spent Saturday, September 27th, at the Wenas Mammoth dig site. Scouts had gone through the 6 classroom lessons prior to their visit and were ready for the hands-on activity. Scouts learned how to excavate their units, document their findings in a journal and on the required excavation documents, processed soil through wet and dry screens, identified excavated mammoth cast bones, drew bones on graph paper, and set up their unit for a photos. Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time. Thank you for visiting us at the Wenas Mammoth Site!

06/27/2025

Excitement at the WMF STEM Youth Return Campers Paleontology Camp