We’re offering several guided birding adventures in the North Cascades, on the Salish Sea, and online this season to take you where the action is and help …
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Fifth-graders return to North Cascades Institute Years ago, Methow Valley fifth-graders began attending Mountain School, an environmental education program offered by North Cascades Institute (NCI) in partnership …
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Even before we leave the parking lot, someone has spotted a snake. Luke, eleven years old and the youngest student in our class, had been looking through …
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When I’d chosen to write a natural history project on wasps, the only lead I had was that maybe I should pay a visit to Twisp. There …
Read More of Between Fear and Fascination: Studying Vespids in the North Cascades
It’s officially Fall here in the North Cascades, and October provided plenty of reminders of the new season. The month began with some chilly temperatures, and even …
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Snakes get a bad rap, yet they become fascinating, even personable, once you learn about their special niche within our local ecosystem. These cold-blooded creatures need hiding …
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This week graduate students in the M.Ed Residency Program returned from their 10-day Natural History Field Seminar to the Methow Valley. After spending several sunny days in eastern Washington, we drove …
Read More of An Overview of the Winter Natural History Field Seminar of 2018
This post is the third of a 3-part series describing graduate students’ ten-day field excursion to the Methow Valley, as part of their fall Natural History Course. Click …
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This post is the second of a 3-part series describing graduate students’ ten-day field excursion to the Methow Valley, as part of their fall Natural History Course. Below …
Read More of Natural History Field-Excursion: Learning the Value of Citizen Science
“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
