As a book reviewer for the Cascadia Weekly, I pay close attention to what’s being published, with a special focus on books on regional topics, releases from regional publishers and …
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I remember my first introduction to the world of primitive skills – the day my employer and mentor first showed me how to make fire by friction.
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By Sharon Birzer, artist and natural history illustrator My Creative Residency journal @ North Cascades Learning Center, Diablo Lake, July 11-18, 2014 July 11-13 The first three days …
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by Kelly Sleight, Graduate Student and YLC Planning Team member The sun appeared on November 7th for the first time in weeks to greet the leaders arriving …
Read More of Reflection and Action: the 2014 North Cascades Youth Leadership Conference
North Cascades Institute is excited to announce new Winter and Spring Field Excursions just posted to our website and open for registration: Dec 6: Salmon and Eagles of …
Read More of 2015 Classes & Family Getaways, Holiday Gift Certificates
By Hannah Hickey, University of Washington News and Information In a country that boasts an awe-inspiring system of national parks, the Pacific Northwest may be especially lucky. But even …
Read More of Fires and floods: North Cascades federal lands prepare for climate change
By Tyler Chisolm, Graduate M.Ed. Student, Cohort 13 Time flies when you’re having fun… and learning? The Concrete Summer Learning Adventure (CSLA), which wrapped up on August …
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The changing seasons are a big deal in the North Cascades. This may seem like an obvious statement for an environmental learning center, but one in which …
Read More of Seasons Change: Phenology and the end of Mountain School
Editor’s note: Gary Ferguson teaches a Nature Writing Workshop for the Chuckanut Writers program at WCC on Nov 18, 9:30-4:30, $75. Co-presented by North Cascades Institute, Ferguson …
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By Vince Richardson for the Skagit Valley Herald DIABLO LAKE — To truly learn about the great outdoors, one has get out into it and experience the …
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