Well folks, its official: Winter has arrived! The annual sign of the season has come a little late this year. In 2017, staff and graduate students at the North Cascades Environmental Learning center were greeted by an early coat of white in November. However, as year has been different. Consistent high pressure systems in northwest produced warm and dry conditions throughout the fall, and while recent weeks have been cold, some of us were wondering if we’d have to wait until after winter break to see the first flakes of the 2018/19 winter.

Well the wait is over for snow lovers! Read More from “Winter Arrives: First Snow at the Environmental Learning Center!”