After months pitching Youth Leadership Adventures (YLA) trips to classrooms of stoic students, sending countless emails and texts,and watching our enrollment numbers tick up, students rolled into …
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By Alma Williams, North Cascades Institute’s Director of Inclusion and Community Partnerships As I sit at my desk, I often think about the incredible experiences and stories …
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When I hugged my mom goodbye and stepped onto the Youth Leadership Adventures (YLA) van for the first time this July, leaving my phone behind, I had …
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When I sit down to eat a meal, I want to know that the food on my plate hasn’t been grown at the expense of the planet.
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Guest post by Kaylin Lilly, 2024 YLA Instructor After having an extremely impactful season last year, I was eager to come back to Youth Leadership Adventures as …
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The North Cascades are a hiker’s paradise. The trail system that we enjoy in these northern mountains provides access to spectacular places and ranks among the world’s …
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Visiting a national park in Washington while enjoying a modicum of solitude has become a logistical feat: This summer, Mount Rainier National Park requires timed-entry reservations for Sunrise and …
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By Dr. Jon Riedel The Skagit River is the heart and soul of the North Cascades. It is by far the largest watershed in the southern arms …
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Essay by Adelia MacWilliam and Jason Wirth In 2023 Paul Nelson, Jason Tetsuzen Wirth and Adelia MacWilliam founded Watershed Press to support our first publications, Cascadian Zen, …
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The sixth issue of The Madrona Project delivers a literature of sustainability. A banquet of writers and artists addresses the ways our species sustains itself with ancestral …
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