Capturing the Night Sky with Andy Porter
We have been focusing a lot of our attention on all the snow falling to the ground and the wonderful conditions it makes for snowshoeing, skiing, and …
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Tribal Canoe Journey 2019 exhibit at the Whatcom Museum
Last July, the Lummi Nation hosted the Tribal Canoe Journey, when more than 100 canoes from different tribes and tribal nations traveled the waters of their ancestors …
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First day of Mt. Baker Snow School!
Last week kicked off the latest season of Mt. Baker Snow School with a group of students from Mt. Baker Junior High. This winter, approximately 650 middle-schoolers …
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Homecoming: more fishers released in North Cascades ecosystem
Staff and supporters of North Cascades Institute were thrilled to be invited to attend the release of eight more fishers in to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest …
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Mountain School Turns 30! Updating our curriculum to better serve students and teachers
2020 marks the 30th anniversary of Mountain School! Over the past 29 years, more than 30,000 youth from Northwest Washington have traveled up Highway 20, past cattle …
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Mt. Baker Snow School: Making climate science personal
On Sept. 20, thousands of people took to our local streets as part of the global Youth Climate Strike. Though activists continue to provoke thought and inspire …
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Falling Into Mountain School
The end of summer marked the beginning of a new school year and with it, new Mountain School experiences and adventures! This new season brought new instructors …
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“Natural History of the Pacific Northwest Mountains” reviewed
Many years ago, sitting in a subalpine meadow below Slate Peak in the North Cascades, Art Kruckeberg told me “a naturalist is an ecologist in short pants.” …
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Richard Louv on “Our Species Loneliness”
At the same moment that social interactions among people are becoming more digital and less personal, there is an isolation of another kind forming: species loneliness—the gnawing …
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More fishers released in the North Cascades!
Fisher release! In the winter of 2019-2020, approximately 50 fishers are expected to be released in North Cascades National Park and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, and last …
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