Plants and Critters
Vitamin N (nature): A small dose provides substantial stress relief
By Mandy LeBlanc
A midweek hike through Discovery Park in Seattle recently brought a surprising amount of tranquility to my life – after a short sunset...
Getting Started With Spring Foraging
By Amy Gibson
As winter winds down, green life emerges in the forest once again. You may notice foragers off-trail, filling baskets with robust leaves,...
Three rivers, many eagles
Winter eagle watching on the Squamish, Nooksack and Skagit
By Ian Ferguson
Photos by David Riffle
In winter, the riparian areas around northwest rivers provide prime habitat...
Eagles of the Skagit
Hundreds of bald eagles from Alaska and northern Canada migrate to the Skagit River every winter to prey on the thousands of salmon that swim upriver to spawn. People flock to the Skagit River valley to catch a sight of this yearly display.
Frost Flowers
Frost Flowers
Magic happens on the forest floorStory by Sue Madsen
Take a walk on a cold winter day in the Pacific Northwest lowlands and you...
In the Footsteps of Bears
Tracking wildlife on the Nooksack RiverBy Mallory Clarke
Photos by Andrew Grubb and David Moskowitz
We park at a slight widening of the narrow Forest Service...
Eagle Watch
Eagle Watch
By Kara Furr
Photo by Gene Davis
Hundreds of eagles from Alaska and northern Canada migrate to the Skagit River each winter to prey on...
Day of Raptors
Cascade foothills offers premier hawk watching
By Sue Madsen
Photos by Joe Meche
I get out of the truck in the slanting light of the late winter...
Liquid light
Bioluminesence! I’d heard of it but had never seen this liquid light. As we paddled along the floating docks that ring the marina, the harbor seals sleeping there got nervous and several plunged into the water and flashed under our boats like green torpedoes.
Tulip Time
As northwest Washington emerges from a punishing winter, Mother Nature makes it evidently clear to Whatcom and Skagit county residents that she doesn’t take orders from anyone...