Listening to Coyote
By Emily Ford, part of the Institute’s 15th Graduate Cohort. After a rainy and dark winter, I’ve started to recognize the North Cascades as I remember them …
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LEED by Example
We are the North Cascades Institute. And if you are reading this blog you are somehow affiliated with or are curious about our organization devoted to environmental …
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Blue House Farm
By Tyler Davis, member of the Institute’s 15th Graduate Cohort. Spring has arrived and summer will be here before we know it. When I think about summer, I …
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John McMillan's Cabin: Traveling the paths of ghosts
By Hannah Newell, a M.Ed. Graduate student of the Institute’s 15th Cohort Where would one place their grave in these woods? And how could one bury themselves? …
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Finding Freedom in the North Cascades
By Aly Gourd, member of the Institute’s 15th Graduate Cohort. As graduate students and adventurers in the North Cascades, we take risks. We take risks in living where …
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A Phenology Fix
By Sasha Savoian, part of the Institute’s 15th Graduate Cohort. The shifting of seasons. Temperature begins to rise as the arch of the sun lifts. Winds push …
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Glacial Ice Worms: Ancient Story Tellers
By Gavin Willis, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. So much of natural history is about storytelling. Whether it is telling about the budding of Indian Plum …
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Naturally Wonderful Naturalists: New staff of 2016
As the snow is melting and the trees are budding, our Naturalist Team is getting ready for teaching in the mountains. At the North Cascades Institute‘s Environmental …
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Natural Notes on the Pacific Wren and Saw Whet Owl
By Hannah Newell, a M.Ed. Graduate student of the Institute’s 15th Cohort Pacific Wren This avian is a year round resident in our coniferous forests but to me …
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Lichen Love: A Natural History of Lichen (Part Two)
By Kelly Sleight, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. Lichen and People Lichen and people have interacted since time immemorial. Humans have used lichen as food, medicine, …
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