What does stewardship look like?
At Mountain School, we try to teach our students how to be stewards of the earth. When we visit the students at their school a few weeks …
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Fourth Annual Migratory Bird Festival at Whidbey Island
Saturday, April 27th marked the fourth annual Migratory Bird Festival, a day that brought together 113 people of all ages at Fort Casey State Park on Whidbey Island.
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Graduate students explore natural history on the Olympic Coast
My cohort-mates have heard this a few times by now, but I’ve been to the Olympic Coast four times and despite its reputation for tempestuous weather, I’ve …
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In my backyard…
As winter comes to an end and we transition into the spring and summer months, something really exciting happens. I’m not talking about plants flowering and birds …
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The first birdsongs of spring at the Learning Center
While I have personally never beheaded a chicken, I’ve definitely heard the saying, “running around like a chicken with its head cut off,” but I have never …
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A New Set of Graduates, Ready to Take on the World!
Thursday, March 21st dawned bright and snowy. The sun lit up a pale blue sky. Fourteen graduate students excitedly anticipated the start of their 2pm Graduation Ceremony.
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Spring Is On It's Way
Spring means a lot of things. Growth. New life. Lots of color. Bright greens. Warmth. Sunshine. Rain. Melting snow. Longer days. Last month, cohort 12 graduate students …
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Winter Canoe Adventure
What is a sunny day in January for, if not an adventure? On one such day a couple months back, I headed out in the Institute’s 14-person …
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What do those graduate students do all winter anyway…?
One of my favorite things about this particular Masters in Education program through Western Washington University and North Cascades Institute is that most of the time it …
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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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