North Cascades Institute

Feb 1, 2017Institute Graduate Student

Here in the northern reaches of one of the most rugged and remote mountain ranges in the continental US, winter has brought traditional snows and a quite …
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Jan 12, 2017Institute Graduate Student

Hello and welcome to 2017 everyone! I am very pleased to greet you in the new year and share with you some of the changes we have …
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Jan 12, 2017North Cascades Institute

Public Invited to Open Houses on Proposed Alternatives for Grizzly Bear Restoration in North Cascades Ecosystem Public comment period open through March 14, 2017 The National Park …
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Dec 23, 2016Angela Burlile

A cold afternoon walk led to a beautiful winter discovery on the Deer Creek Loop trail around the Environmental Learning Center. The temperature had dropped significantly overnight and …
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Nov 22, 2016NCI Creative Resident

Guest post by Lauren Danner, historian and writer. The North Cascades have been the focus of Lauren Danner’s research and writing for more than 15 years. While …
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Nov 17, 2016Institute Graduate Student

Fall Hello everyone! We are moving towards the end of fall and the beginning of winter in the Skagit Valley. The leaves are falling from the trees …
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Oct 12, 2016Christian Martin

Village Books teams up with the North Cascades Institute every spring and fall to offer the “Nature of Writing” speaker series at the Readings Gallery in the …
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Sep 12, 2016Special Guest

Guest post by Leigh Calvez, author of the new book The Secret Lives of Owls. Join us Thursday, Sept 22, at Village Books for a free reading from this …
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Sep 5, 2016Institute Graduate Student

By Joe Loviska, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. March 20, 2016. I’ve been keeping an eye on the western flowering dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) out in …
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Sep 1, 2016Institute Graduate Student

By Emma Ewert, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Take a look at part one and part two of her series on the social lives of trees! While …
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