Where do we go to grieve? Where do we go to heal?
In this time of protest and pandemic, I am struck by the loneliness of being a social animal in a world that tells us not to touch.
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Searching For Snakes in the Methow Valley
Even before we leave the parking lot, someone has spotted a snake. Luke, eleven years old and the youngest student in our class, had been looking through …
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Mountain School @ Home: Raptors!
What makes a raptor a raptor? Enjoy this talk about birds like hawks and eagles and how they hunt prey with instructor Lindsay McCord. Awesome …
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A Guide to Spring Blooms in Cascadia
For many of us, staying close to home this spring has sparked a renewal of genuine gratitude for our nearby green spaces. Wildflowers especially have a way …
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Spring observations from Diablo Lake
March 19: As we reach the Spring Equinox in the upper Skagit Valley, we have experienced our first days of over 60 degree weather, along with seven …
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Homecoming: more fishers released in North Cascades ecosystem
Staff and supporters of North Cascades Institute were thrilled to be invited to attend the release of eight more fishers in to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest …
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Richard Louv on “Our Species Loneliness”
At the same moment that social interactions among people are becoming more digital and less personal, there is an isolation of another kind forming: species loneliness—the gnawing …
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More fishers released in the North Cascades!
Fisher release! In the winter of 2019-2020, approximately 50 fishers are expected to be released in North Cascades National Park and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, and last …
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Submarine Parents: How Orcas use Social Strategy in Parenting
Connecting to the natural world was tough when I was younger. I was taught that understanding the natural world was the domain of a scientist, …
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Life After Glaciation: Upper Skagit River Bull Trout
Driving east on Highway 20, in route to my first day of class at the North Cascades Institute, I remember being struck by the wide valley narrowing …
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