Guest post by Lilly Nash The first session of the Cascades Climate Challenge (CCC) is in full swing right now, with over 20 students from communities throughout …
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The transition from spring to summer has been a long awaited and hopeful one to those of us living in the Pacific Northwest this year. This past …
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Kurt Hoelting, seen here at our Sedro-Woolley office in 2008 in the midst of his “yearlong experiment in car-free local living”, will be at the North Cascades …
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North Cascades Highway is nearly open. The snowmobiles are put away, the traps are closed for the season and the wolverine crew has moved on to other …
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The Institute is venturing over to eastern Washington the weekend of May 15-16 for a very special field excursion with biologist and geologist Mark Darrach. “Bunchgrass Dreams: …
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You would think it wouldn’t work. First of all, the wolverine is an elusive creature. It inhabits the untrammeled heights of mountain ranges and is rarely seen …
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It is the radio call we’ve been waiting for all season. Adam and I linger beside the truck, waiting to unload a couple of snowmobiles and get …
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An alder leaf on a trail. A chance encounter between a weasel and a hawk. The mad rush of a waterfall. These images – and more – …
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Over the second weekend in September, 12 photographers joined me (Benj Drummond) at the Learning Center for a weekend seminar on digital photography. We enjoyed clear sunny …
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Pioneer Building with 50-million-year old sandstone from Bellingham, specifically from the Chuckanut quarries. Guest post by David Williams (David Williams is leading “Seattle’s Wild Side: Natural History …
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