Summer is a burgeoning season at the Environmental Learning Center. Not only does the landscape itself come alive in a very real sense with turquoise waters, wildflowers, …
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North Cascades Institute is very excited to be partnering with the Wenatchee River Institute and Dr. Bill Gaines — the foremost authority on grizzly bears in the …
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By Emily Petrovski On a non-surprisingly gorgeous North Cascades day, donors and North Cascades Institute staff ventured out onto Ross Lake to visit Youth Leadership Adventures (YLA) …
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In May, toward the end of a road trip, my mom and I found ourselves in Colorado Springs for a couple days. While looking for things to …
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Come every fall, winter and spring quarter, the graduate students in residency at the Environmental Learning Center leave for a long weekend dubbed the “Natural History Retreat.” …
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Ed. note: Youth Leadership Adventures started their first session last Thursday, June 19. But instructors have been zipping around the Environmental Learning Center for the past two …
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….’Mountain’, you say, ‘School!’” Mountain!! School!! Mountain! School! It has been another successful season here at Mountain School, the North Cascades Institute’s flagship program through which naturalist-educators …
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Ed. note: The days are getting longer, at least for another week or so. Here is a piece from a former graduate student to inspire you to …
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Snowy mountains, old growth forests, wholesome food, s’mores and yoga. How could you go wrong with a combo like that? Maya Whole Health Studio is hosting their …
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The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous Author Paula Wild reads and presents, “Sharing the Landscape: Can Humans & Cougars Coexist?” Saturday, June 7, 2014; 7 pm Readings …
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