By Inna Mayer Summer 2019 YLA Intern Youth Leadership Adventures holds a very special place in my heart. I remember my first trip as a student about …
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We have been focusing a lot of our attention on all the snow falling to the ground and the wonderful conditions it makes for snowshoeing, skiing, and …
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Last July, the Lummi Nation hosted the Tribal Canoe Journey, when more than 100 canoes from different tribes and tribal nations traveled the waters of their ancestors …
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Last week kicked off the latest season of Mt. Baker Snow School with a group of students from Mt. Baker Junior High. This winter, approximately 650 middle-schoolers …
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“Located in the most remote corner of the continental United States, hunkered below a wilderness cascading down from the mountains, early Bellingham… had ambition,” writes historian Judy …
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Staff and supporters of North Cascades Institute were thrilled to be invited to attend the release of eight more fishers in to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest …
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2020 marks the 30th anniversary of Mountain School! Over the past 29 years, more than 30,000 youth from Northwest Washington have traveled up Highway 20, past cattle …
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On Sept. 20, thousands of people took to our local streets as part of the global Youth Climate Strike. Though activists continue to provoke thought and inspire …
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The end of summer marked the beginning of a new school year and with it, new Mountain School experiences and adventures! This new season brought new instructors …
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Many years ago, sitting in a subalpine meadow below Slate Peak in the North Cascades, Art Kruckeberg told me “a naturalist is an ecologist in short pants.” …
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