What does stewardship look like?
At Mountain School, we try to teach our students how to be stewards of the earth. When we visit the students at their school a few weeks …
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Reflections from the back of my horse
I am on my horse at the Pilchuck Tree Farm in Arlington with my mom. The air is cool and moist; the sun reflects off the glinting …
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Letters from Yellowstone: Natural History in the Nation's Park
Letters from Yellowstone is an account of a fictional 1898 botanical survey of Yellowstone National Park, written entirely through letters. Howard Merriam, a professor from Montana is …
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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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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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February 1956
At the far end of a trip north In a berry-pickers cabin At the edge of a wide muddy field Stretching to the words and cloudy mountains, …
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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 Olympic Peninsula in Winter
I spent four days of my winter break on the Olympic Peninsula, at Fort Worden. It’s a family thing that we do every year. My aunt and …
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Starting Fresh in the New Year
“I hear the swish of snow-pants and the crunch of snow under my boots. These sounds drown out the silent stillness of the air. I stop for …
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