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Northwest coast Indian history and art at the U. British Columbia Museum of Anthropology.

November 3, 2022 RonK 5

The University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology (MOA)  is among my favorite museums. For Northwest Pacific Coast Indians’ history it is unsurpassed. I recently returned there having not been for a few years and enjoyed it as much […]

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Late Summer in the Mt. Baker Wilderness Area – Who Shrunk the Glaciers?

September 22, 2021 RonK 9

Mt. Baker as seen from the foot of Table Mt. along Ptarmigan Ridge Trail. Facing Northeast are Park and Rainbow Glaciers. Coleman Pinnacle juts upward before the glaciers. The foreground and midground are various levels […]

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Nooksack River Rapids at Horseshoe Bend in Early Spring

April 24, 2021 RonK 5

      6 April, 2021 Mt. Baker National Forest Whatcom Co. WA   It was a nice day with temps predicted to be up to 50F. And it was spring break for my nature trekking […]

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Two Rivers and Their Environs in the Cascade Mountains

November 19, 2020 RonK 5

North Fork of the Nooksack River at Horseshoe Bend   Pacific Northwest Cascade Mountains Mt. Baker — Snoqualmie National Forest During the last week of October and first week of November I took a couple of […]

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August Sub-alpine Wild Flowers in the Mt. Baker – Snoqualmie National Forest

August 30, 2020 RonK 4

  August 8, 2020 North Cascades, Washington State As I do each August with my kids and now grand kids, I again ventured to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to see the peak of the wildflowers. They […]

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A Forest is Much More Than an Assemblage of Trees.

April 10, 2020 RonK 5

Trees seem to be gregarious as most tend to live and thrive in communities that we call forests. Some forests are mostly of a single species while others are mixed with a variety of species. […]

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Cavorting in an Old Growth Ancient Forest

November 4, 2019 RonK 11

Pacific Northwest Whatcom County, WA   There is a 700 acre stand of old growth forest sequestered in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains about 25 miles east of Bellingham WA, and about 10 miles […]

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Fall Color on Orcas Island and a Couple of Seals

October 25, 2019 RonK 10

October 2019 Orcas Island, Salish Sea An October family gathering at Deer Harbor on Orcas Island was met with three days of rain and about a half an hour of glorious sun on Saturday. For the most […]

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Training the Next Generation of Green Warriors – Earth Day 2019

June 23, 2019 RonK 8

A rainy Earth Day 2019 found me and my trusty salmon creek restoration partner, granddaughter Ava, assisting a class of 2nd graders to plant willows along some wetlands from an overflowing Kendall Creek. This creek […]

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Saving the Nooksack III – Will Restoration Activity Be Enough to Save the Salmon?

February 23, 2019 RonK 3

In parts 1 and 2, of this series I described the Nooksack River and how it’s three forks joined from the glaciers and water sheds surrounding the Mount Baker National Forest and wilderness area. The river […]

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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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March 20, 2026 3
Today, March 20th, at 7:46am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]

Spring is in the air!

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February 1, 2026 2
At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]
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Welcome, Returning Light!

December 21, 2025 5
The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2025 3
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]
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“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

August 1, 2025 3
Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]

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