Summer Youth Recon 2011
After a week of food and gear packing, the Summer Youth team ventured to Ross Lake for the annual recon trip. The purpose of the trip was …
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After a week of food and gear packing, the Summer Youth team ventured to Ross Lake for the annual recon trip. The purpose of the trip was …
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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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This month, our 25th anniversary year really starts hopping with a wide range of public events, field excursions, readings, open houses and the first family getaway of …
Read More of The merry (and busy!) month of May
There’s a sense of amazement that overcomes me each winter when I approach a muddy farm field turned white. It’s not from snow, per se, but snow …
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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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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 …
Read More of An Institute ode to summer
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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Sometimes we think in order to see new things that we need to travel to the furthest reaches of our earth. I was reminded of how wrong …
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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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