“Located in the most remote corner of the continental United States, hunkered below a wilderness cascading down from the mountains, early Bellingham… had ambition,” writes historian Judy …
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Many years ago, sitting in a subalpine meadow below Slate Peak in the North Cascades, Art Kruckeberg told me “a naturalist is an ecologist in short pants.” …
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This week marks the start of a very special cultural celebration here in the Pacific Northwest: Paddle to Lummi: Sqweshenet Tse Schelangen/”Honoring our way of Life.” The …
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In 2019, Smokey Bear celebrates 75 years at the forefront of the Forest Service’s wildfire prevention campaign. To commemorate Forest Service wildfire prevention efforts, replicas of historic …
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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 …
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