Snow: Embracing the Unknown
This Naturalist Note is written by graduate student Amy Sanchez, as part of the Fall Natural History Project in North Cascades Institute’s M.Ed. Residency coursework. You can …
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The Forest Engineers: Woodpeckers and their Role in Healthy Forests
This Naturalist Note was written by graduate student Brendan McGarry as part of the Fall Natural History Project in North Cascades Institute’s M.Ed. Residency coursework. You can view more student’s work here. It …
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Women in Natural History
Let’s take a look at two different lists of names. Number one: Annie Montague Alexander Margaret Murie Ella Higginson Barbara Kingsolver Libby Mills Terry Tempest Williams Number …
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Life in the Alpine: Adaptations in a Vertical World
This Naturalist Note is written by graduate student Charlee Corra, as part of the Fall Natural History Project In North Cascades Institute’s M.Ed. Residency coursework. You can …
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The North Cascades Grizzly Bear: Threatened Past and Uncertain Future
This Naturalist Note was written by graduate student Eric Buher, as part of the as part of the Fall Natural History Project In North Cascades Institute’s M.Ed.
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Harvesting Native Edible Berries of the North Cascades
This Naturalist Note is written by graduate student Darcy Page, as part of the Fall Natural History Project In North Cascades Institute’s M.Ed. Residency coursework. You can …
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Plight of the Pollinators
Imagine yourself walking down to the local summer farmer’s market down by the town square. It’s the first warm day and you cannot wait to make a …
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Better with Beavers: How partnerships with a rodent are helping restore watersheds in the Pacific Northwest
“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 …
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Studying Moths in the North Cascades
By Nick Engelfried, graduate student in the Institute’s 16th cohort. To my mind, it isn’t truly spring in the lush, green landscape on the west side of …
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Stories of Change: Storytelling as a Means of Climate Communication
By Hanna Davis, graduate student in the Institute’s 16th cohort. There are various facets to graduate life at North Cascades Institute: taking classes, a teaching practicum, work …
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