A Learning Center Halloween
We know how to have fun up here in the mountains. The multitude of creatively carved pumpkins sitting on the back porch of the Dining Hall are …
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Blog Archive
Youth Conduct Carnivore Studies at the Learning Center
On a sunny fall day, 56 sixth through eighth grade students conducted field studies on carnivore habitat in the area around the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center.
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Reflections on North Cascades Wild
By CJ Goulding Who are you? What makes you unique? What have you learned about the effects of stewardship? What has your experience on this trip taught …
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Thoughts on a Changing Season
The calendar says it’s been fall for just over a month now, and it feels like the season has been changing for about that long, but it’s …
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Journey through the Arctic with Debbie Miller
North Cascades Institute presents “Journey through the Arctic with Debbie Miller:” A multimedia presentation and book release party Wed, October 17: Walton Theatre at the Mount Baker …
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Wet and Windy Canoeing: Exploring the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
By Debbie S. Miller Editor’s note: Join North Cascades Institute when we present “Journey through the Arctic with Debbie Miller,” a multimedia presentation and book release party …
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Practice, Practice, Practice: Writing and Meditation in the North Cascades
By Holly Hughes Editor’s note: Holly is co-leading the October 12-14 workshop “Sit, Walk, Write: Nature and the Practice of Presence” at the Learning Center — only …
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NC Wild and Kulshan Creek come together for stewardship
The Kulshan Creek Neighborhood from Mount Vernon joined up with North Cascades Wild students on August 16th for a day of stewardship on Baker Lake. The last …
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Butterflies and Bee Bowls – Citizen Science in the North Cascades
Now that it is autumn, I find myself reflecting on all of the incredible Citizen Science opportunities of this past summer season. I remember that with summer came the …
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Coming Home
On the 28th of August the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center gained eight new residents—graduate students in cohort 12, ready to take on the mountains. For me, …
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