May 2020 Photo Round Up!
While questions swirl around the phases of re-opening, fingers are crossed for summer adventures and the return of Fall programming. Navigating so many unknowns is a stressor …
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July 2019 Photo Round Up!
Summer is well underway, though it is a bit cooler in Cascadia than we’ve gotten used to in recent years — no complaints, we’re enjoying the clean air …
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Seasonal Changes on the Confluence: A Year in the North Cascades
Far up the Skagit River, the Confluence property, a plot of land where Diobsud Creek and the river meet, sees extremes of weather and seasonal change. The …
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Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata): A story…
By Ginna Malley Campos, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Long, long ago, when ice and snow covered the land as far as the eye could …
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Fall Count: Environmental Learning Center Observations from September through November
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 …
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Park Creek Pass: A Tale of Two Hikes
It was early August, and time for the end-of-quarter North Cascades backpacking adventure for the new graduate students, collectively called “Cohort 13.” At 12 people, plus two …
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Institute Celebrations of Spring
I think it may be safe to say that life is coming back to the North Cascades as of today, and yesterday, and even a few weeks …
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