There are many great places to find wildlife tracks this winter, including our two local wildlife refuges.
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, located in the ch... Read More...
When the snow falls it creates a great opportunity to get outside and look for signs of our region’s abundant wildlife. Taking time to identify animal tracks an... Read More...
What would you do if you came face to face with a grizzly bear? You may have just a second to react—like 0.7 seconds if the bear is 30 feet away and charges.
B... Read More...
As the temperatures drop, we begin gearing up for winter. We layer up our clothes and split wood to keep our houses warm. If you look around, you’ll see all typ... Read More...
I have seen a fair amount of wildlife in my time as a field ecologist and wilderness trip leader, but I have only caught one fleeting glimpse of this elusive fo... Read More...
With global temperatures on the rise, forests in our region are changing and are expected to change even more. Forests make up nearly half of the land area in t... Read More...
The goal of the Living Snow Project is to better understand the distribution, abundance, and diversity of snow algae (often called “watermelon snow”) in the Pac... Read More...
My partner John and I were planning to camp at Ingraham Flats, a nice bench on the Ingraham Glacier at 11,000 feet, just above Mount Rainier’s Camp Muir. We hop... Read More...
Kurtis Robinson is not someone who sits back and watches life happen. That’s true in his work as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP and in his involv... Read More...
When many people hear the word “rodent,” they may cringe a little and think of infestation in their shed or the friend their cat brings home. But here in Spokan... Read More...