You see that fin slicing up through the surface—tall, tall, taller—until at last the body follows and an exhaled plume of breath huffs up? You know you’re …
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I had one huge question: is this what they actually need? Is this experience something that will be helpful for these students? Is this 9-day canoe experience …
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You may have heard about the Sourdough Fire burning in the North Cascades from local news or social media, and we want to share directly with you …
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Presented by Village Books and North Cascades Institute Find your next book for the Fall and Winter months ahead in presentations by authors, poets and naturalists sharing …
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I sat on a sunbaked rock after a long canoe day and watched our students ecstatically jump into the icy cold waters. Two students, Lili and Maya, …
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North Cascades Institute is heartbroken to share the news that Chef Charles Claassen passed away last Thursday. This has been sudden and shocking to all of us …
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Initially preserved to protect its dwindling forests and population of Roosevelt elk, Olympic National Park is home to diverse ecosystems that boast glacier-capped mountains, old-growth temperate rain …
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When the pandemic hit, little did I know that this would be the catalyst for spending the next three years photographing and writing about the Skagit River.
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Juneteenth — also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or Jubilee Day — is an annual holiday celebrated on June 19 in the United States. It commemorates …
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The future of forests and the future of humanity are inextricably entwined. I’m not saying this for dramatic effect; it is simply a fact. As bleak and …
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