2013 Instructor Exchange
Each winter, students at North Cascades Institute, Islandwood, and Wilderness Awareness School get together over three weekends, one gathering at each of our campuses, to share the …
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Naturalizing
The Olympic Peninsula in Winter
I spent four days of my winter break on the Olympic Peninsula, at Fort Worden. It’s a family thing that we do every year. My aunt and …
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A Winter Vocabulary Lesson
Hibernaculum (hi-buhr-NAK-yuh-luhm) (Latin, “tent for winter quarters”) can refer to: (zoology) The location chosen by an animal for hibernation. Commonly this may be a hibernating mammal or …
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Winter Natural History
Every year, graduate students at North Cascades Institute are tasked with keeping a Natural History Journal. At the end of each quarter we turn in ten selected …
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A Recap of Underwater Photography
Jess Newley is a graduate student in the Institute’s Graduate Program and will be receiving her Masters of Environmental Education in March 2013. She is an avid …
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On Rain
Leading photo: Puddles building up on a trail at the Learning Center. Photo by Rick Allen.
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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Join us this summer in the North Cascades
The glorious summer weather that makes Western Washington one of the best places in the country to be finally arrived on July 4! North Cascades Institute is …
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Falling in Love with the World: Thomas Fleischner works to revitatize natural history
Thomas Fleischner, co-founder of North Cascades Institute, will read from The Way of Natural History at Village Books on July 8 at 4 pm. Info at www.ncascades.org/events.
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Why Natural History Matters
Thomas Fleischner, co-founder of North Cascades Institute, will read from The Way of Natural History at Village Books on July 8 at 4 pm. Info at www.ncascades.org/events.
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