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 …
Read More of Butterflies and Bee Bowls – Citizen Science in the North Cascades
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, …
Read More of Coming Home
This Saturday, September 29, North Cascades Institute is either hosting or involved with not one, not two, but three special events in Seattle, the Skagit Valley and …
Read More of Saturday, September 29 — Institute events in overdrive!
The following is a report of what North Cascades Institute’s Stewardship Program achieved in 2012. Please help us continue to conserve and restore Northwest environments with your …
Read More of Stewardship in the North Cascades: 2012 roundup
By Jill Lightner Editor’s note: Jill is hosting a Fall Harvest Meal at the Learning Center September 29-30 as part of our Sourdough Speaker Series. She is …
Read More of Saving Chinook
Twelve mismatched teenagers have just come off of their hardest life challenge — climbing Desolation Peak. Author Jack Kerouac made this summit in the North Cascade Range …
Read More of Hope is a barge of people on Ross Lake
What do you get when you mix 38 high-school students in two 20-day programs in a wildly beautiful place with early morning wake-up calls surrounded by snowcapped …
Read More of Cascades Climate Challenge: A Recipe for Love
On Tuesday, August 28, at 7 pm, North Cascades Institute co-presents a screening of the documentary film “The Fire Inside: Place, Passion and Primacy of Nature” at …
Read More of "The Fire Inside" doc at Village Books with Saul Weisberg, Aug 28
I look down, my right hand is covered in brain matter, my left hand has a piece of intestine hanging from my pinky and as I continue …
Read More of Surveying Ross Lake trout
We’ve posted three readings recently in our new “Nature of Writing” video series on YouTube — video and audio recordings of past writers we have presented events …
Read More of Nature of Writing series on YouTube
