Over the last two centuries human expansion has halted and almost destroyed natural habitat for many species across America. In recent time there has been multiple efforts …
Read More of Rewilding Cascadia: Return of the grizzly, wolves and fisher in the North Cascades
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 …
Read More of The Mountain Behind the Name: Sauk
For the past 25 years, the North Cascades Institute has been teaching students about their wild nearby through the Mountain School program. The program started back in …
Read More of Mountain School: Celebrating 25 Years and the end of the Fall Season
Woke up at 0555 to a pack of coyotes (Canis latrans) howling and barking in a playful manner with one another for about ten minutes. During this …
Read More of Beavers and Hawks: Graduate Fall Retreat Seminar 2015
Hot. Dry. Dusty. A perfect description for the Methow Valley, an area currently in a severe drought. So it was rather surprising then when the new graduate …
Read More of Classroom in Bloom: Growing the locavores of tomorrow
