By Daniel Matthews Editor’s note: Renowned Northwest naturalist Daniel Mathews, author of Cascade-Olympic Natural History, recently released a new field guide with a twist — “Northwest Mountain …
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by Bill Dietrich I’ve led a double life, writing about Nazis, pirates, and Napoleonic generals in my fiction but drawing on my newspaper experience to teach environmental …
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By Kurt Repanshek, originally published in National Parks Traveler July 7, 2011. For a quarter-century the North Cascades Institute has been working in partnership with the National …
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I’ve gotten used to the rush of the office day. My fingertips on a keyboard, phones ringing, get up, go to the bathroom, sit down, think about …
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Back row, left to right: Jacob Belsher, Elise Ehrheart, Sarah Bernstein, Mollie Behn, Susan Brown, Katie Tozier, Kiira Heymann, Erin Soper, Ashley Kvitek, Alex Patia. Front row, …
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After a week of food and gear packing, the Summer Youth team ventured to Ross Lake for the annual recon trip. The purpose of the trip was …
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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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Mountain School has ended for me, but this recent spring session changed my life as an educator. I have become more convinced that I am pursuing the …
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I have a motto for hiking in the Northwest: “I may not get a tan, but at least I’ll get a shower.” This winter did nothing but …
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A group poem written by the 4th graders of Lummi Nation School, based on an Ute Prayer. The poem was drawn from inspiration during students’ time at …
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