Naturalist Notes: April in the Skagit Valley
One moment it’s sunny and then the next moment it’s raining. And then later in the day, rain is falling on sunshine. That is what spring is …
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Naturalist Notes: February in the Mountains
“No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland February is the beginning of my favorite stretch of year – the transition from winter …
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Seasons in the Skagit: Spring
Happy spring everyone! Winter proved to be quite the formidable season. At the North Cascades Institute Environmental Learning Center we experienced heavy weather events, slides in the …
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Seasons In the Skagit: Winter
Hello and welcome to 2017 everyone! I am very pleased to greet you in the new year and share with you some of the changes we have …
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Seasons In The Skagit: Fall
Fall Hello everyone! We are moving towards the end of fall and the beginning of winter in the Skagit Valley. The leaves are falling from the trees …
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A Question of Scale: Plant Phenology Across Time and Space
By Joe Loviska, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. March 20, 2016. I’ve been keeping an eye on the western flowering dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) out in …
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John McMillan's Cabin: Traveling the paths of ghosts
By Hannah Newell, a M.Ed. Graduate student of the Institute’s 15th Cohort Where would one place their grave in these woods? And how could one bury themselves? …
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A Phenology Fix
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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Graduation 2016: C14's Grand Finale
Phenology, or the study of natural cycles, is a constant part of life at the North Cascades Institute. We dive deep into when the first buds appear …
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Fall Count: Environmental Learning Center Observations from September through November
By Joe Loviska, Graduate Phenology Assistant Phenology is the study of how plants, animals, and other biotic organisms change with the cycle of the seasons. As the graduate …
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