In celebration of our 25th year of connecting people to nature through hands-on experiences in the outdoors, North Cascades Institute has opened over 50 new programs for …
Read More of 2011 programs open for registration – sign up by spring equinox and save!
It’s that time of the year when North Cascades Institute is gearing up for another year of exciting programs for youth and we’re actively recruiting students to …
Read More of 2011 youth programs : now accepting applications!
Note: Kathleen Dean Moore will present her new book Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril at Village Books in Bellingham on Wed, February 9, …
Read More of Kathleen Dean Moore & an ethical response to climate change
So far, winter in the North Cascades has brought us snow, rain, more snow, and until this week, several weeks of consistent rainfall. For now, the majority …
Read More of Exploring the Winter Forest
When you bring 40 environmental educators together to share stories, songs, ideas, and experiences, the outcome can be amazing. On January 15th, instructors from IslandWood, Wilderness Awareness …
Read More of Remembering the Small Things
Though I was born in San Diego, California it doesn’t feel like home. For the last eight years I have lived and traveled in Japan and Chile. …
Read More of Adventures in My New Home
By Molly Hashimoto Teaching landscape watercolor in summer and autumn at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center on Diablo Lake encompasses everything I love best: peaks, forests, …
Read More of Union Bay Wild: An Artist's View
During my winter break back in the Midwest, I decided to visit a family place near a lake in northern Michigan for a few days for some …
Read More of Tracking Bob
There’s a sense of amazement that overcomes me each winter when I approach a muddy farm field turned white. It’s not from snow, per se, but snow …
Read More of Winter Treasures of the Skagit Valley
Near Ross Lake reservoir in North Cascades National Park stands Hozomeen—a steep, jagged mountain that is the source of a locally abundant and distinctive tool stone, Hozomeen …
Read More of The Story of Hozomeen
