Stewardship: Immediate Gratification
I’ve gotten used to the rush of the office day. My fingertips on a keyboard, phones ringing, get up, go to the bathroom, sit down, think about …
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Summer Kicks Off with Stewardship
I have a motto for hiking in the Northwest: “I may not get a tan, but at least I’ll get a shower.” This winter did nothing but …
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Living Life in the Here and Now
I like taking photos. I really like taking photos. I have taken tens of thousands of photos in my life, many of them over the course of …
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Remembering the Small Things
When you bring 40 environmental educators together to share stories, songs, ideas, and experiences, the outcome can be amazing. On January 15th, instructors from IslandWood, Wilderness Awareness …
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Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Sept 3-5
It’s hard to believe but almost one year has gone by since I started my residency as a graduate student at the North Cascades Institute. Through a …
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Wildflower photography with Mark Turner
By Jessica Haag It’s hard to imagine a more inspiring place than the blooming, alpine meadows of the North Cascades to take a wildflower photography class, or a …
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North Cascades Wild Recon 2010
Summer is officially here, despite the gloomu weather’s persistence otherwise, and North Cascades Wild is near. With training and packing behind us, this summer’s crew leaders embarked …
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Taking on the Ski to Sea
Most of the current North Cascades Institute graduate class – “C9” – participated in another year of the Bellingham Ski to Sea race over the Memorial Day …
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From the Cascades to the Olympics
Spring is here and it was time for the North Cascades Institute cohort-ions of the ninth – C9 graduate students - to take our spring retreat on Sunday, May 23rd …
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Winter's swan song
As anyone in the Skagit Valley may recall, this past Saturday wasn’t as bright and dry as some of the days previous. However, as stories like these …
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