Nature
What to do if You Encounter a Bear
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 ...
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Stayin’ Alive: How Insects Survive Winter
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 ...
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Canada Lynx: Wizened Cat of the Woods
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 ...
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How a Changing Climate Affects Our Forests
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 ...
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The Living Snow Project at Western Washington University
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 ...
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Glacier Ice Worms: What Are They and Where to Find Them
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 ...
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Wildlands Firefighter: Profile of Kurtis Robinson
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 ...
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Spokane’s Large Rodents: Porcupines, Beavers, and Marmots
Marmots, beavers, and porcupines — three of the larger rodents in North America — have all have shape our local ecology and culture.
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470 Acres Permanently Protected in the Columbia Gorge
Friends of the Columbia Gorge, an Oregon-based nonprofit group, recently announced that it had successfully completed its Preserve the Wonder campaign. Raising a total of ...
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