Officially, we celebrated our planet Mon., April 22, and many of us took part in a wide variety of celebrations, work parties and other gatherings intended to …
Read More of Climate Science: From Students to Stewards
I was given the opportunity to go on my first camping trip when I was 15. It was a canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, …
Read More of “Why I Do The Work” : A Testimony from Youth Leadership Adventure’s Elle Gasperini
Far up the Skagit River, the Confluence property, a plot of land where Diobsud Creek and the river meet, sees extremes of weather and seasonal change. The …
Read More of Seasonal Changes on the Confluence: A Year in the North Cascades
It’s hard to believe, but we’re officially halfway through the Mountain School Spring 2019 season! In just over six weeks, we have already seen a wide variety …
Read More of Meeting Students where they are: Reflections on Mountain School
We are all connected by our common understanding of the calls filling the night at the start of Spring. It is the wordless voice of longing that …
Read More of March 2019 Photo Round Up!
The 1916 legislation that established the National Park Service, commonly referred to as the Organic Act, stipulates that the mission of the agency is; “….to conserve the …
Read More of Balancing Use: Rock Climbing and Nesting Peregrines in the North Cascades
Those who have been paying attention to the outside world over the past few weeks have likely noticed a seasonal shift occurring in the Northern Hemisphere. Warmer …
Read More of Seven Signs that Spring is Springing in the North Cascades!
On an unusually warm and sunny March Saturday in the Skagit Valley, I visited the home of Kimber Burrows, North Cascades Institute’s Mountain School Manager. Cars filled …
Read More of Listening to Community Voices: Proposed Mining in Marblemount
Do you have childhood memories of daydreaming about being a squirrel and gliding from tree to tree in a forest? Can you recall getting lost in tiny …
Read More of Forest School: An Environmental Education
It is an undeniable fact that humans have long been enamored with natural beauty. Artistic expression is one of the oldest forms of documenting and paying tribute …
Read More of Art and Nature: A Creative Resident joins Mountain School
