Rainy Adventure on Ross Lake
We’re back, safe, damp, smelly, and happy. Youth Leadership Adventures staff training 2013 was a success!!! At least that’s what I emailed my mom when I returned …
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A week in the woods
Scott Kirkwood is editor in chief of National Parks Magazine, a quarterly publication produced by the National Parks Conservation Association, a nonprofit advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.
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The inside scoop on group rentals
So, what are Group Rentals? Great question! In a nutshell, it’s a unique program that gives you the opportunity to create your own custom event at the …
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The message of the rain
I’d like to share a poem with you, on this rainy day in Bellingham. It’s called The Message of the Rain: when i was a child i was …
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Letters from Yellowstone: Natural History in the Nation's Park
Letters from Yellowstone is an account of a fictional 1898 botanical survey of Yellowstone National Park, written entirely through letters. Howard Merriam, a professor from Montana is …
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Winter Reflection Brings Out The Poet
I was sitting in my house, thinking, and the first few lines of a poem that I haven’t thought of in years popped into my head: “In …
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Learning to Love in the North Cascades
Heather Ellis is a future student of Social Work, currently on hiatus from school to work, take care of family, improve her photography, and give herself time for self-reflection …
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A Winter Photo Tour of the Learning Center
It’s hard to describe where I live sometimes, especially in the winter (by which I mean late November through April). Most people I know aren’t familiar with …
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Thoughts on a Changing Season
The calendar says it’s been fall for just over a month now, and it feels like the season has been changing for about that long, but it’s …
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Reflections on the Upper Skagit: Ross Lake by Boat and Boot
Written by Special Guest Blogger Elisabeth Keating. On a cool Thursday evening in late July, a group of adventurers gather at the Environmental Learning Center for the …
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