Spring is a special time of year in the Northwest. The warming weather and fresh signs of life stirs us out of our winter doldrums and beckons …
Read More of Interview with Birds of the West Author Molly Hashimoto
I sat on a pile of leaves and conifer needles in the space between where two large roots of a western red cedar sloped to the ground.
Read More of Going Feral: Field Notes on Wonder and Wanderlust: Excerpt from Heather Durham
Here’s a story line. A boy grows up in an idyllic place, a small rural place, the plains of Nebraska, say, or small town North Carolina. What …
Read More of UPLAKE: Restless Essays of Coming and Going: Excerpt from Ana Marie Spagna
On an unusually warm and sunny March Saturday in the Skagit Valley, I visited the home of Kimber Burrows, North Cascades Institute’s Mountain School Manager. Cars filled …
Read More of Listening to Community Voices: Proposed Mining in Marblemount
Day in and day out we share our love of the North Cascades and value our access to nature near and far. It’s our routine. And life …
Read More of Opt Outside!
My family is all about Skagit Tours, having taken the Diablo Lake & Lunch Cruise in 2017, they were determined to get back for another tour. This …
Read More of Skagit Tours: Gorge Powerhouse Insider’s Tour
The North Cascades National Park turns 50 years old this year. It’s a popular place to camp and hike now, but a new book about the park’s …
Read More of Crown Jewel Wilderness: An interview with historian Lauren Danner
I sense that humans have an urge to map–and that this mapping instinct, like our opposable thumbs, is part of what makes us human.” –Katherine Harmon I …
Read More of You Are Here : A Weekend of Maps at the North Cascades Institute
At the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, we have an impressive natural history collection on display in our Sundew building. Named after a carnivorous plant that looks …
Read More of From Crinoids to Concrete: Sundew Collections Serves as a Window into the Geologic Past