As much as we love North Cascadian landscapes, we here at the Institute are still called to visit and experience other amazing places on our planet. We …
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Sixty years ago this month, Jack Kerouac left Northern California for the Skagit Valley and North Cascades to begin his summer as a fire lookout atop Desolation …
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By Calvin Laatsch, the Institute’s Conference and Retreat Coordinator. Calvin originally posted this to his personal blog, Live Close. We publish accounts of the places Institute staff …
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1. Canoe the Skagit River The Skagit is one of the great rivers of the west, supplying nearly 40 percent of the fresh water and wild salmon …
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By Hannah Newell, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. When you hear the word raven, what first comes to mind? Do the words deceptive, persistent, clever, …
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If you are new to or unfamiliar with the North Cascades Institute, there are a few bits of jargon that need to be explained: Western Washington University has …
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By Manasseh Franklin For much of the lower 48 states, it’s easy to consider glaciers as distant, sometimes extraordinarily so. A great deal of my research and …
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By Emily Ford, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. “VOCALIZE” attempts to share the Natural and Cultural History of the Loon through multiple ways of knowing.
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On Jan 5th, 2016 the residents of the Blue House (our Marblemount property) discovered a dead bobcat in the garage. The cause of death was unknown, but …
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By Holli Watne, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th Cohort. I have a deep love for entomology and artistic exploration. Until recently, I viewed these two pleasures …
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