By Annah Young, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. I wedged myself between two boulders on the summit of Silver Star Mountain in Okanagan County, Washington …
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By Adam Bates, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Fire lookouts have captured the imagination of the American public for over seventy-five years. The notion that …
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By Ginna Malley Campos, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Long, long ago, when ice and snow covered the land as far as the eye could …
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Photo taken by Alan Hicks. Retrieved from batcon.org This is part two of my series on bats. You can find part one here. On March 11, hikers found …
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On March 11, hikers found the sick bat about 30 miles east of Seattle near North Bend, and took it to Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) for …
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By Hannah Newell, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. When you hear the word raven, what first comes to mind? Do the words deceptive, persistent, clever, …
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If you are new to or unfamiliar with the North Cascades Institute, there are a few bits of jargon that need to be explained: Western Washington University has …
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By Emily Ford, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. “VOCALIZE” attempts to share the Natural and Cultural History of the Loon through multiple ways of knowing.
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On Jan 5th, 2016 the residents of the Blue House (our Marblemount property) discovered a dead bobcat in the garage. The cause of death was unknown, but …
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By Holli Watne, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th Cohort. I have a deep love for entomology and artistic exploration. Until recently, I viewed these two pleasures …
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