Students learn to braid a rug with traditional materials at last year’s Youth Heritage Project. This year’s project will explore alternative energy and history in the Ellensburg area.
April 13, 2026
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Youth Heritage Project to explore Ellensburg history, alternative energy
MOSES LAKE — Some students in the Columbia Basin will get a chance to experience history at close range this summer. The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting applications for its four-day Youth Heritage Project, which will be July 13-16 in Ellensburg this year. “We go to different places in the state every year … and do a deep dive into a place,” said Moira Nadal, director of preservation for the WTHP. “We … want the students to have a chance to get to know a place. They could be in a classroom anywhere, (but) walking around, spending time in a place, doing site visits, those are really important.”