Bumblebees: An Essential Spring Harbinger
One of the most iconic harbingers of spring is the sound and sight of the gentle queen bumble bee. When she emerges in early Spring, she has …
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Blog Archive
Donut Hole: Threats to the Skagit Loom North of the Border
Since time immemorial, the Skagit River has been a life-giving watershed for countless organisms that live in and along the banks of its milky-blue waters. The river’s …
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Gifts of Spring: Migrating Birds of the Upper Skagit
Spring is a time of great change in the Pacific Northwest. The warmer weather and abundant daylight signals species from insects to plants and animals to emerge …
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April 2019 Photo Round-Up!
April prepares her green traffic light and all the world thinks go…” – Christopher Morley Better late than never, the April Photo Round-Up is finally here! While …
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Interview with Birds of the West Author Molly Hashimoto
Spring is a special time of year in the Northwest. The warming weather and fresh signs of life stirs us out of our winter doldrums and beckons …
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Gifts of Spring: Flowering Plants of the Skagit Valley
Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer A certain power …
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Going Feral: Field Notes on Wonder and Wanderlust: Excerpt from Heather Durham
I sat on a pile of leaves and conifer needles in the space between where two large roots of a western red cedar sloped to the ground.
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UPLAKE: Restless Essays of Coming and Going: Excerpt from Ana Marie Spagna
Here’s a story line. A boy grows up in an idyllic place, a small rural place, the plains of Nebraska, say, or small town North Carolina. What …
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Carnivore Recovery: Wolves Return to Western Washington
We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be –the mythologized epitome of a savage …
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North Cascades Institute opposes Marblemount Quarry proposal
Skagit County Planning and Development 1800 Continental Place Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Re: Kiewit Infrastructure Quarry Operation, Permit PL19-0033 I am writing to express North Cascades Institute’s …
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