Connecting to the natural world was tough when I was younger. I was taught that understanding the natural world was the domain of a scientist, …
Read More of Submarine Parents: How Orcas use Social Strategy in Parenting
Driving east on Highway 20, in route to my first day of class at the North Cascades Institute, I remember being struck by the wide valley narrowing …
Read More of Life After Glaciation: Upper Skagit River Bull Trout
It was two in the afternoon on a Friday in July and I had just gotten off work. I stopped in town for a sandwich, where I …
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By Urvy Prasad Summer 2019 North Cascades Institute YLA Intern Youth Leadership Adventures (YLA) is a program offered by the North Cascades Institute that that offers high …
Read More of “Cultivating a Supportive Community”: My summer as a Youth Leadership Adventures intern
When was the last time you tried something for the first time? If it’s been a while… Kulapalooza, a three-day outdoor adventure retreat for women has classes …
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It was a cold, rainy day and I was hiking up to North Cascade Institute’s iconic hike: the Sourdough Waterfall. I was shadowing my first Mountain School …
Read More of Sweet Treat: Licorice Ferns in the North Cascades
If you asked me how I would describe myself on any given day, I might say that I am an educator and a student, a (slow) runner …
Read More of Citizen Science: An Ode to Collaboration
What’s fierce, agile, and doesn’t hunt fish? A Fisher! The Fisher (Martes pennanti) is a medium-sized member of the weasel family that despite its name rarely eats …
Read More of The Return of the Fisher: The Reintroduction of a Carnivore in the North Cascades
Love can defeat that nameless terror. Loving one another, we take the sting from death. Loving our mysterious blue planet, we resolve riddles and dissolve all enigmas …
Read More of Rivers: Rebuilding Relationships with the Natural World.
You may be familiar with the Common Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), the villain in many children’s tales, the sneaky trickster that always eludes capture. This cunning animal …
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