Wolverine in the Skagit!
Exciting news from our friends at North Cascades National Park: Look at the paws on this guy! Last summer, a visitor reported … that they had seen …
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Elwha: rebirth of a rainforest river
It’s been hardly a year since the last concrete remnants of the Elwha Dam were removed and already the rebirth of the rainforest river is underway. While …
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Facing Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest
North Cascades Institute former staffers and current friends Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele just launched four new films for their multimedia project, Facing Climate Change. Oyster Farmers, Coastal …
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"Elwha Restoration Revealed" at WWU, April 10
Join NatureBridge, the WWU Huxley College of the Environment and the North Cascades Institute to hear about the historic Elwha Dam removal and restoration project in Olympic …
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The first birdsongs of spring at the Learning Center
While I have personally never beheaded a chicken, I’ve definitely heard the saying, “running around like a chicken with its head cut off,” but I have never …
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Spring Is On It's Way
Spring means a lot of things. Growth. New life. Lots of color. Bright greens. Warmth. Sunshine. Rain. Melting snow. Longer days. Last month, cohort 12 graduate students …
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Wolves in the Land of Salmon: David Moskowitz tracks canis lupus’ return to the Northwest
Vargas Island wolves at Clayoquot Sound, BC; photo by David Moskowitz. David Moskowitz presents his new book Wolves in the Land of Salmon at Village Books in …
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Under the Sea
Andrea Reiter is a graduate student at North Cascades Institute and Western Washington University studying environmental education. She grew up in Washington, getting the opportunity to explore …
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The Long View: Geology, John McPhee and me
Graduate student Jacob Belsher writes a natural history book review on John McPhee’s Basin and Range According to James Hutton, a Scottish geologist working in the late …
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Exploring Natural History on Whidbey Island
Three times during their year-long residency, the graduate students at the Learning Center venture outside for three days to learn about natural history. Our winter natural history …
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