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Read More of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
This Naturalist Note is written by graduate student Kira Taylor-Hoar, as part of the Fall Natural History Project in North Cascades Institute’s Graduate M.Ed Program coursework. You can …
Read More of The Misunderstood Ecosystem Engineers
“In the beginning, there was nothing but water and ice and a narrow strip of shoreline,” says the oral tradition of the Nuxalk, the coastal people who …
Read More of Better with Beavers: How partnerships with a rodent are helping restore watersheds in the Pacific Northwest
By Melissa Biggs, graduate student in the Institute’s 16th cohort. Everyone, meet Chompers! In October 2016, during the fall natural history trip, my cohort helped the Methow …
Read More of Who Cares About Beavers? We Do!
Chompers and Lewisa, the new beaver residents of Beaver Creek, quickly became much more active as their wire cages were placed in the cold creek, splashing about …
Read More of Wildlife Encounters In The Methow: A Natural History Intensive
By Hannah Newell, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. A person’s perspective on the beaver is malleable. Some believe they are pests that need to be …
Read More of Ecosystem Engineers: A beaver curriculum
By Liz Blackman, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. As I slide over the edge of the raceway and landed knee-deep in water I can barely see …
Read More of Giving a "Dam": A Natural History of Beavers
By Joe Loviska, Graduate Phenology Assistant Phenology is the study of how plants, animals, and other biotic organisms change with the cycle of the seasons. As the graduate …
Read More of Fall Count: Environmental Learning Center Observations from September through November
Woke up at 0555 to a pack of coyotes (Canis latrans) howling and barking in a playful manner with one another for about ten minutes. During this …
Read More of Beavers and Hawks: Graduate Fall Retreat Seminar 2015
For the members of Cohort 14, everything is starting to come full circle. The Learning Center looks as it looked when we arrived last July: Pyramid’s faces …
Read More of The Trifecta: C14's Last Natural History Retreat
