North Cascades Institute

Apr 6, 2019Matt Ferrell

We are all connected by our common understanding of the calls filling the night at the start of Spring. It is the wordless voice of longing that …
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Mar 24, 2016Institute Graduate Student

By Sasha Savoian, part of the Institute’s 15th Graduate Cohort. The shifting of seasons. Temperature begins to rise as the arch of the sun lifts. Winds push …
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Feb 22, 2016Institute Graduate Student

By Kelly Sleight, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. Lichen and People Lichen and people have interacted since time immemorial. Humans have used lichen as food, medicine, …
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Feb 15, 2016Institute Graduate Student

By Kelly Sleight, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. There is a low mist in the woods- It is a good day to study lichens. -Henry David …
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Dec 6, 2014NCI Creative Resident

By Sharon Birzer, artist and natural history illustrator My Creative Residency journal @ North Cascades Learning Center, Diablo Lake, July 11-18, 2014 July 11-13 The first three days …
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Aug 25, 2014Katherine Renz

I have recommended the hike to Cascade Pass and up Sahale Arm to countless visitors in search of a day’s worth of adventure while working this summer …
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Jan 22, 2014Katherine Renz

Today I went on a hike looking for wildflowers. I failed, miserably. But this was accounted for in the strategic plan, a given before I’d even cinched …
Read More of A-Hunting for the Details