North Cascades Institute hosted a class called Sit, Walk, Write: Nature and the Practice of Presence. Participants began their days with a sitting meditation, followed by writing …
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North Cascades Institute hosted a class called Sit, Walk, Write: Nature and the Practice of Presence. Participants began their days with a sitting meditation, followed by writing …
Read More of The Practice of Presence: Responding to Inner & Outer Landscapes Field Notes and Poems (Part Two)
North Cascades Institute hosted a class called Sit, Walk, Write: Nature and the Practice of Presence. Participants began their days with a sitting meditation, followed by writing …
Read More of The Practice of Presence: Responding to Inner & Outer Landscapes Field Notes and Poems (Part One)
Bianca grew up in Mount Vernon and graduated from Mount Vernon High School. She participated in North Cascades Wild, a precursor to our Youth Leadership Adventures program, during …
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I’m fortunate to get to review books for various regional publications, most often in the Cascadia Weekly. I get the privilege and pleasure of being sent many …
Read More of Favorite Nature Art & Photo Books of 2015
Bill Gaines has been at the forefront of the grizzly bear recovery efforts in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years. I recently had the opportunity to sit …
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The shift was abrupt. It came with little warning. As smoke billowed up the Newhalem Gorge and filled the tiny mountain town of Diablo, I had 20 …
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The North Cascades Ecosystem has many features to discover for naturalists, students and day hikers alike. Behind all the charismatic megafauna and flora including bears, wolverines, Douglas Firs …
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By Kristin Musgnug I am a landscape painter whose goal is to make paintings of the kind of places that don’t usually show up in landscape paintings …
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By KERA WANIELISTA for the Skagit Valley Herald, November 23, 2015 BOWMAN BAY — Bracing against the wind at Deception Pass State Park’s Bowman Bay, 10-year-old EmmaLee …
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