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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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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Starting Fresh in the New Year
“I hear the swish of snow-pants and the crunch of snow under my boots. These sounds drown out the silent stillness of the air. I stop for …
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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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Standing in Snow
A little over four months ago, I set out on a hike with two of my closest friends on the Devils Doom loop in the North Cascades. …
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A Snowy Exchange with Environmental Educators
“We need someone to plan the second portion of our three part Instructor Exchange with the graduate students and teaching apprentices from IslandWood and Wilderness Awareness School immediately …
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Poetic Visualizations of the Winter Season
They say it is winter here in the North Cascades. With the shadowed days and the sting of cold to cheeks as you step outside, one might …
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A Weekend of Warmth and Snow
Written by North Cascades Education Intern, Matt Kraska. It’s hard to believe it has already been two weeks since Thanksgiving. As many North Cascades Institute staff said …
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Awaiting Spring
Spring is near. I can feel it. Here in the North Cascades, small changes signal the coming season. The surrounding forest echoes with bird song, swarms of …
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Finding Our Inner Child
Despite the fact it seems like we just said goodbye to the final fall Mountain School group only a few weeks ago, the spring season is fast approaching. Staff …
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