Winter Birds of the North Cascades
Here in the northern reaches of one of the most rugged and remote mountain ranges in the continental US, winter has brought traditional snows and a quite …
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Soaked with Knowledge: Kulshan Creek at Rasar State Park
All photography courtesy of Adam Bates, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Youth have a unique skill in creating adventures out of anything. So even though …
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Snapshots of Paddling on the Skagit
While the Broncos and the Panthers were playing the biggest football game of the year, almost two dozen of us living in the upper Skagit valley traveled …
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Echoes from the Dam
Imagine yourself standing atop of Diablo Dam in the early morning of a crisp, winter day. Behind you five ravens are circling near a patch of trees lining …
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Transition Trek 2015: At the Confluence of the Graduate Residency and Campus Programs
For the North Cascades Institute’s 14th cohort of Graduate M.Ed. students, it was a year marked with adventure, struggle, triumph and togetherness. Our cohort is a very …
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The Skagit River Permanent Restoration Project
Whoa! Wha….?! Sometimes one’s path is rerouted as they are traveling upon it. Or so it can seem. It was early January, and we graduate students had …
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An Upriver Life: The Skagit Beyond Highway 20
The North Cascades are full of secrets. One must have a specific intention to discover the scenic treasures of the peaks, and that intention is usually accompanied …
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Adventure in the Gorge Lake draw-down
Fifty years ago, returning visitors to the Upper Skagit Valley may have asked the question “Where has the river gone?” With the 1961 completion of the 300-foot …
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Tales from the Diablo Divas
Cultural differences, language barriers, scalding heat, strong headwinds, steep climbs, heavy backpacks, illnesses, and injuries were some of the challenges not just overcome but conquered by the …
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Skagit River Bridge collapse; no changes to Institute programs
As most of you know, getting around in northwestern Washington got a little bit trickier last month when the Interstate 5 bridge collapsed in to the Skagit …
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