The 16th graduate cohort has arrived at the North Cascades Institute. Tasked with the responsibility of introducing ourselves to you readers, I thought it best to start …
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Village Books teams up with the North Cascades Institute every spring and fall to offer the “Nature of Writing” speaker series at the Readings Gallery in the …
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We are thrilled to have been included in Tim Egan’s cover story for the October 2016 issue of National Geographic! “In early fall I went to North …
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Guest post by Leigh Calvez, author of the new book The Secret Lives of Owls. Join us Thursday, Sept 22, at Village Books for a free reading from this …
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By Joe Loviska, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. March 20, 2016. I’ve been keeping an eye on the western flowering dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) out in …
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By Emma Ewert, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Take a look at part one and part two of her series on the social lives of trees! While …
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By Tyler Davis, graduate student of the Institute’s 15th cohort. Wolverines are elusive creatures that are primarily found in the far reaches of wilderness areas. These animals …
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By Emma Ewert, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Take a look at part one of her series on the social lives of trees! It is …
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By Emma Ewert, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. I have always found trees comforting and familiar. Playing in the dense woods surrounding my childhood home, …
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By Aly Gourd, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Imagine a world that makes sense. Mentally erase all of the tangled lines on the old, industrial-age …
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