The North Cascades Institute has a Graduate Residency program where Western Washington University students live and learn at the Environmental Learning Center located near Diablo, Washington for …
Read More of Wilderness Awareness School and Islandwood: Graduate Exchange Weekend
By Kelly Sleight, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. Lichen and People Lichen and people have interacted since time immemorial. Humans have used lichen as food, medicine, …
Read More of Lichen Love: A Natural History of Lichen (Part Two)
Véronique Robigou participated in the North Cascades Institute’s Creative Residence Program this winter, joining the tradition of poets, naturalists, dancers and researchers who have participated in the past. As described …
Read More of Véronique Robigou: Artistic Mapper in Residence
By Kelly Sleight, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. There is a low mist in the woods- It is a good day to study lichens. -Henry David …
Read More of Lichen Love: A Natural History of Lichen (Part One)
While the Broncos and the Panthers were playing the biggest football game of the year, almost two dozen of us living in the upper Skagit valley traveled …
Read More of Snapshots of Paddling on the Skagit
By Liz Blackman, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. As I slide over the edge of the raceway and landed knee-deep in water I can barely see …
Read More of Giving a "Dam": A Natural History of Beavers
By Lauren Ridder, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. This is part two of Lauren’s natural history project. Find part one here. The Biome: Subalpine to Alpine …
Read More of Subalpine and Alpine Wildflowers and Pollinators of the North Cascades: Part 2
Living at the Environmental Learning Center near Diablo, WA changes how we approach everyday decisions. Little trips, for instance, turn into a three day down valley adventure! …
Read More of Down Valley Conference Adventure: A Grad's Perspective
By Lauren Ridder, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. Nothing can quite prepare the hiker for the beauty of a subalpine meadow in full bloom. The …
Read More of Subalpine and Alpine Wildflowers and Pollinators of the North Cascades: Part 1
Imagine yourself standing atop of Diablo Dam in the early morning of a crisp, winter day. Behind you five ravens are circling near a patch of trees lining …
Read More of Echoes from the Dam
