The Wilderness Warrior
The days are getting longer, but slowly, and there are still plenty of dark, rainy evenings this winter for reading. If, as a member of the Institute …
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The future of gray wolves in Washington
There is no denying it; wolves are returning to the Evergreen State. Once again home to gray wolves, Washington state now has two confirmed wolf packs: the …
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Gone huntin'
“Eyes on the side like to hide. Eyes on the front like to hunt.” With rhymes like these, we begin to introduce students to the energy relationships …
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Jim Lynch at Learning Center, Oct. 10-11; win a copy of his new novel "Border Songs"
When we arranged to have novelist Jim Lynch appear at the Learning Center to be a Sourdough Speaker a year ago, our timing couldn’t have been better …
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Capturing the Cascades
Over the second weekend in September, 12 photographers joined me (Benj Drummond) at the Learning Center for a weekend seminar on digital photography. We enjoyed clear sunny …
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Jim Harris Remembered
I met Jim Harris 30 years ago on one of my first hikes up Thunder Creek into the North Cascades when I was a young, brand-new backcountry …
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KCTS in the North Cascades
A fine video from KCTS Channel 9 in Seattle featuring our Executive Director Saul Weisberg and some of our friends in the National Park Service. It is …
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Natures Calling
There are eight members of the current NCI graduate class. There are eight members on a Ski to Sea team. It seemed meant to be. We called …
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Gary Snyder and "Riprap" book give-away
If you know anything about Gary Snyder, then you can understand why we here at North Cascades Institute are incredibly excited about his forthcoming visit to Seattle …
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"Tom Robbins Incognito"
Though we haven’t coerced him in to a Sourdough Speaker Series presentation — we’re working on it! — Skagit Valley scribe Tom Robbins is definitely a part …
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