A creek in the North Fork Nooksack Valley. Rylan Schoen photo, fall 2015. Homathko River Valley, B.C. Matthew Tangeman photo, fall 2019. Liberty Bell after a fall snowstorm. Alan Majchrowicz photo, …

Photo courtesy of Community Snow Observations. By Elizabeth Kimberly With the onset of spring in the Cascades, the mountain snowpack begins its annual phase change: dense snow becomes cold, flowing …

David Guterson, famous for his best-selling 1994 novel “Snow Falling on Cedars,” has always been drawn to mountains. Guterson, 63, has channeled that passion into a recently published book-length …

Story and photos by Oliver Lazenby B efore we see our destination, we smell it. We’re walking a new logging road through an ancient forest; the trees are beginning to get smaller with elevation. …

By Katie Griffith A hiker on the north side of Mt. Baker. Photo by Jefferson Morriss. A s the snow melts on Mt. Baker, hikers, climbers and campers head to the hills. Roads clear of debris, trails …

Professional skier Greg Hill talks to a group of students. Photo by Chris Rubens. By Oliver Lazenby W inter is important to Canadians – think ice hockey, snowmobiling and some of the best skiing on …

Photos courtesy of Andy Basabe. By Benjamin Whitney W hen the nonprofit Whatcom Day Academy closed its doors in 2015, Andy Basabe, a language and environmental education teacher at the school, took …

Researchers walk the Easton Glacier after a mid-September snowfall. Photos by Elizabeth Kimberly. By Elizabeth Kimberly Early May The birds chirp a dawn chorus and the winter rain has diminished. The …

By Jacqueline Thompson A s the cozy months of long nights, hearty meals and hot drinks come to an end, windows and doors fly open and we greet the sunshine and the new growth of spring. People …

Climbers scrub graffiti off sandstone at Larrabee State Park. Jason D. Martin photo. By Jason D. Martin I n 2014, a bandit was on the loose in our public lands. For 26 days, this bandit raced through …

Carlee Bock rolls over a stump on Galbraith Mountain. Photo by Skye Schillhammer. A couple takes in a dramatic sunset near Marmot Pass in the Olympic Mountains. Nick Danielson photo. Michael Darling …

By Oliver Lazenby | Photos by Eric Ellingson B irds are the living descendants of dinosaurs, heralds of seasonal change and wanderers in a global ecosystem. Paying attention to birds opens a world of …

A wolverine caught on a trail camera near Washington Pass. Skiing scientists are tracking the Cascadian carnivore Story by Sophia Rouches | Photos by David Moskowitz When people hear the word …

Story by Jacqueline Thompson | Photos by Brett Baunton Westbound water, trickling from icy blue glaciers and building into the mighty Nooksack River, flows in magnificent volume through Whatcom …

Mt. Baker from the High Divide. Oliver Lazenby photo. By Jason D. Martin Poop. Yep. That’s right. Poop. That’s what all the cool kids are talking about these days. Or perhaps, more specifically, …

John and Doris Belisle, owners of BelleWood Acres and BelleWood Distilling Story and photos by Pat Grubb Every school kid growing up knows the story of Johnny Appleseed and how he wandered around …

Photo by Jason Griffith. “What wilderness we decide to save within the next critical decade or two of decision-making will be all we will ever have. Probably it will not be enough… The wilderness …

By Oliver Lazenby Five years ago, Brandon Fralic and Rachel Wood noticed a lack of travel guides that combined their favorite things – hiking trails and breweries. They knew they weren’t alone in …

What you need when plants start growing Story and photos by Amy Gibson The darkness is lifting, living nature is rising to meet the sun and foragers are itching to get out into the sunlight. Whether …

The mountains just outside Unist’ot’en camp, near Houston, B.C., on the eastern edge of the Coast Range. Photo by James Leder.[/caption] Reflecting on a recovering but endangered landscape while …