Last October, I had the pleasure of representing North Cascades Institute’s Youth Leadership Adventures (YLA) at the SHIFT Festival in Jackson, Wyoming. This year, the festival explored the health benefits …
Read More of 2018 SHIFT Awards: Connecting Public Lands and Public Health!
This year marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex, a sprawling reserve that includes North Cascades National Park and …
Read More of North Cascades Love: Highlighting the 50th Anniversary Photo Contest
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 …
Read More of Winter Arrives: First Snow at the Environmental Learning Center!
As we are summoned out of summer’s euphoria by crisper breezes and calming drizzles we begin to notice a change in the cast of characters acting out …
Read More of Cascadian Fungi: Delightful and Deadly
Well the cold weather is officially here in the North Cascades. Washington Pass has closed for the year, and the mountains are shimmering with the beginning of …
Read More of November Photo Round-Up!
State, federal, and partner biologists will release approximately 8 fishers Wednesday, December 5, in the Skagit River watershed of Ross Lake National Recreation Area, a unit of …
Read More of Restoration of Fishers to the North Cascades Begins!
Today is Winter Safety Day at the Environmental Learning Center, and with colder weather and snow on the way, it seems timely to release this article written …
Read More of Winter Awareness: Snow Safety in the North Cascades
Day in and day out we share our love of the North Cascades and value our access to nature near and far. It’s our routine. And life …
Read More of Opt Outside!
It was a rainy morning on a cold, October day when I developed a new lens for reading the landscape of western Washington. I embarked from the …
Read More of Glacial Mud and Deadly Landslides: A Legacy of Glaciation in Western Washington
MOUNTAIN CARIBOU ROAM up and down the mountains from valley bottom to mountaintop, back and forth across an international border, in and out of political discourse, and …
Read More of Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope
