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Protect Our Winters launches in Canada
By Oliver Lazenby
Winter is important to Canadians – think ice hockey, snowmobiling and some of the best skiing on the planet.
So with Protect...
Vamos Outdoors Project: A creative approach to immersive language learning
By Benjamin Whitney
When the nonprofit Whatcom Day Academy closed its doors in 2015, Andy Basabe, a language and environmental education teacher at the school,...
A Year in the Life of a Glacier: A skier’s research...
By Elizabeth Kimberly
Early May
The birds chirp a dawn chorus and the winter rain has diminished. The disparity between the snowy alpine and the verdant...
Feast on Spring: A guide to eating seasonally
By Jacqueline Thompson
As the cozy months of long nights, hearty meals and hot drinks come to an end, windows and doors fly open and...
Leave No Trace, updated for the digital era
By Jason D. Martin
In 2014, a bandit was on the loose in our public lands. For 26 days, this bandit raced through seven national...
Bird Watching for Beginners: A convenient way to connect with nature
By Oliver Lazenby | Photos by Eric Ellingson
Birds are the living descendants of dinosaurs, heralds of seasonal change and wanderers in a global ecosystem....
Whatcom Land Trust purchases 1,400 acres in the South Fork Nooksack...
Whatcom Land Trust just announced that it purchased 1,400 acres of riparian forest and uplands around Skookum Creek, a major tributary of the South...
The Secret Life of Wolverines
Skiing scientists are tracking the Cascadian carnivore
Story by Sophia Rouches | Photos by David Moskowitz
When people hear the word wolverine, the sharp-clawed X-men character usually...
Wild and Scenic: The campaign to protect the Nooksack River
Story by Jacqueline Thompson | Photos by Brett Baunton
Westbound water, trickling from icy blue glaciers and building into the mighty Nooksack River, flows in...