Snow: Embracing the Unknown
November 3, 2017 was the first day we saw snow falling at the Environmental Learning Center. The large snowflakes fell in intermittent flurries as we sat inside …
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Spraying in North Cascades Forests?
As a graduate resident, I live and work within the boundaries of North Cascades National Park, surrounded by metamorphic peaks which assemble the headwaters of the Skagit …
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Evidence in the Indistinguishable: Wayfinding Techniques of Earth’s Organisms
When two companions and I set sail from Berkeley, California to cross into what is considered French Polynesia, I had little idea of what the open ocean …
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The Misunderstood Ecosystem Engineers
Growing up in Florida, I never encountered Beavers. Having never seen one, the main thing I knew about them was that they were a ‘nuisance,’ that they …
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The Ross Lake Rockers: A Youth Leadership Adventures field report
“This trip showed me what it means to be a strong woman.” These are the remarkable words of one participant of Youth Leadership Adventures Outdoor Leadership, an …
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Gray Wolves in Washington: A History of Protection and Trophic Cascade
The conversation was by chance. It turns out that when you flag down a US Fish and Wildlife officer to avoid hitting a snake in the road, …
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The Forest Engineers: Woodpeckers and their Role in Healthy Forests
It was a morning like any other for an eight year-old on summer vacation. Sure, we were camping on the Olympic Peninsula, but that wasn’t going to …
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Women in Natural History
Let’s take a look at two different lists of names. Number one: Annie Montague Alexander Margaret Murie Ella Higginson Barbara Kingsolver Libby Mills Terry Tempest Williams Number …
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Vestido de Turquesa: Diablo Lake recibe a sus visitantes en las North Cascades
By Alvaro Guillen for La Raza del Noroeste Si cree que las opciones de entretenimiento y paseos en el noroeste se le están agotando este verano, piénselo …
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Fire and Ice: How Lava and Glaciers Formed Mount Baker
It was a cool August day as our graduate cohort slowly meandered to an open space of grass at Rasar State Park. An enormous Douglas-fir towered over …
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