Citizen Science: An Ode to Collaboration
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 …
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Graduate Natural History Projects
Sweet Treat: Licorice Ferns in the North Cascades
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 …
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Playing With Fire: A Cultural History of Wildfire in Western Washington
When I was growing up in Western Washington summer was a glorious time. The cold weather and relentless rain would finally cease, and the warm embrace of …
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Life After Glaciation: Upper Skagit River Bull Trout
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 …
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Submarine Parents: How Orcas use Social Strategy in Parenting
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, …
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