The Skagit River Watershed’s Geologic Evolution
By Dr. Jon Riedel The Skagit River is the heart and soul of the North Cascades. It is by far the largest watershed in the southern arms …
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What is Cascadian Zen?
Essay by Adelia MacWilliam and Jason Wirth In 2023 Paul Nelson, Jason Tetsuzen Wirth and Adelia MacWilliam founded Watershed Press to support our first publications, Cascadian Zen, …
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Poems from the Empty Bowl Cookbook
The sixth issue of The Madrona Project delivers a literature of sustainability. A banquet of writers and artists addresses the ways our species sustains itself with ancestral …
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The Birth and Death of a Glacier
Slowly, gently, the snowflake spirals downwards. It pirouettes through the sky, first drifting this way, then another, finally coming to rest on a precarious pile of powder.
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Alan Alatorre-Barajas’ Environmental Education Journey
By Alan Alatorre-Barajas, Institute student alumni and Vamos Outdoors Project board and leadership team member Recently, I was having a conversation with a supporter of the Vamos …
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A Neverending Cascade of Snow
As the days shorten and cool mornings frost over the memories of a hot, dry summer, Washington’s reservoir begins to grow in the mountains. Most years the …
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Amy Brown’s Environmental Education Journey
My name is Amy Brown and I’m honored to share a little about my environmental education journey at North Cascades Institute. This Fall, I was invited to …
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Beyond Borders: The Importance of Conservation Across Border Lines
BC Parks cares for 1,037 provincial parks, conservancies, protected areas, and ecological reserves that represent the incredible diversity of ecosystems found within this beautiful province. Some of …
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What Water Holds: From the North Cascades to Village Books
In 2023’s frenetic days, it’s hard to believe I once had the incredible privilege of three months as North Cascades Institute’s writer-in-residence. But so it was. In …
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Meet the Bigg’s Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
You see that fin slicing up through the surface—tall, tall, taller—until at last the body follows and an exhaled plume of breath huffs up? You know you’re …
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