Over the last two centuries human expansion has halted and almost destroyed natural habitat for many species across America. In recent time there has been multiple efforts …
Read More of Rewilding Cascadia: Return of the grizzly, wolves and fisher in the North Cascades
By Joe Loviska, Graduate Phenology Assistant Phenology is the study of how plants, animals, and other biotic organisms change with the cycle of the seasons. As the graduate …
Read More of Fall Count: Environmental Learning Center Observations from September through November
Bill Gaines has been at the forefront of the grizzly bear recovery efforts in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years. I recently had the opportunity to sit …
Read More of Patience and Persistence: An Interview with Grizzly Bear Biologist Bill Gaines
The North Cascades Ecosystem has many features to discover for naturalists, students and day hikers alike. Behind all the charismatic megafauna and flora including bears, wolverines, Douglas Firs …
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“Night, Sourdough Mountain Lookout” Poem by Tim McNulty; a reading with Rob Rich A late-summer sun threads the needles of McMillan Spires and disappears in a reef of …
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With the near extermination of the grizzly came a tremendous loss to the ecosystem. Grizzlies play an important role in the natural environment as pollinators, seed dispersers, …
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I clearly remember my introduction to the mystery and power of stinging nettle. On a late summer day, I found myself, alongside my graduate cohort, at the …
Read More of Two Burning Houses: A Natural History of Stinging Nettle
What do you do if you are a young midwestern college graduate with a degree in geology and a yearning for adventure, wilderness and outdoor work in …
Read More of Jon Riedel: Glacier Geologist
Guest post by Ana Maria Spagna; an excerpt from the Prologue “The Low Ground” to Reclaimers, (UW Press 2015) Spagna reads from her new book at Village Books in Bellingham on Thursday, October …
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HUB OF THE WHEEL Fingers of smoke from wildfires reach down Big Beaver and Pierce Creek valleys and cover the deep blue of Ross Lake …
Read More of Poetry: Rhythm and Reflection in the North Cascades
