By Kevin Sutton There were some things I knew about bees when starting this project; what I didn’t know was exactly how much I didn’t know. When …
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By Jessi Loerch for the Everett Herald Kang Pu stood at the back of a boat in a narrow, winding canyon off Ross Lake. Before him, a …
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By Chelsea Elizabeth Ernst, Candidate for Master’s of Environmental Education The North Cascades are a rugged and dramatic landscape that offers habitat to thousands of plant and …
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By Nika Meyers, Youth Leadership Adventures Field Instructor Our journey into the wild started with an incredible boat ride on the Mule boat on Ross Lake to …
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We’re excited to celebrate that 10th anniversary of the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center and the 25th anniversary of Mountain School with a free party on Diablo …
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For the members of Cohort 14, everything is starting to come full circle. The Learning Center looks as it looked when we arrived last July: Pyramid’s faces …
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The energy of our youth programs is shifting to Youth Leadership Adventures as staff are preparing to lead 100 high school students in the North Cascades backcountry to …
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by Paul Willis Last fall I was lucky enough to serve as an artist-in-residence for North Cascades National Park. They gave me a room in the ranger cabin …
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Ancient Places: People and Landscape in the Emerging Northwest Jack Nisbet (Sasquatch Books) Spokane-based writer Jack Nisbet is a treasure for anyone interested in the ways natural …
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Northwest Coast Indian Art Bill Holm (University of Washington Press) From blankets to gambling sticks, coffins to rain hats, spoons to shaman’s paraphernalia, seemingly every material aspect …
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