We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be –the mythologized epitome of a savage …
Read More of Carnivore Recovery: Wolves Return to Western Washington
On March 31, North Cascade Institute Graduate M.Ed. student Gina Roberti had the wonderful opportunity to attend a presentation by Roger Christophersen, biologist for North Cascades National …
Read More of Iconic Carnivores of the North Cascades
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 …
Read More of Echoes from the Dam
Written as an essay for the Conservation Psychology class at Western Washington University. “In wildness lies the hope of the world.” John Muir Today, our world faces …
Read More of Hope Within Wildness
Over the last two centuries human expansion has halted and almost destroyed natural habitat for many species across America. In recent time there has been multiple efforts …
Read More of Rewilding Cascadia: Return of the grizzly, wolves and fisher in the North Cascades
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 …
Read More of Fall Count: Environmental Learning Center Observations from September through November
Bill Gaines has been at the forefront of the grizzly bear recovery efforts in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years. I recently had the opportunity to sit …
Read More of Patience and Persistence: An Interview with Grizzly Bear Biologist Bill Gaines
This is the second article in Mike’s “Howling to be Heard” series; you can read the first one on wolf folklore here. Wolves have been a part …
Read More of Howling to be Heard: Wolf Evolution and Behavior
“My grandmother what big teeth you have.” “The better to eat you with, my dear!” Myths and legends, both positive and negative, have surrounded the wolf for …
Read More of Howling to be Heard: Wolf Folklore
One winter afternoon in 2009 I was driving on a state highway through central Wisconsin on my way back to school in Southeastern Minnesota. Fresh snow blanketed …
Read More of Howling to be Heard: An Introduction to Wolves
