Richard Louv & the Nature Principle
Please join North Cascades Institute and REI as we present Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and co-founder of the Children & Nature Network, …
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Ana Maria Spagna's "Spawning in the Mud"
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Institute writing instructor Ana Maria Spagna’s new collection of essays Potluck: Community on the Edge of Wilderness. Join us …
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Working Together to Save our Environment
By Dr. James M. Ford Recently I attended the annual Skagit Land Trust fundraising auction where some 240 people gathered to raise more than $50,000 to help …
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Institute Receives USFS Conservation Award
Who would have dreamed that a national forest, a housing non-profit and an environmental education organization would team up to provide Seattle-based Asian and Pacific Islanders with …
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Union Bay Wild: An Artist's View
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, …
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Sahale Stars
By Jack McLeod, guest blogger I recently took the Spirit of Place writing workshop at the Learning Center with Nick O’Conell. Here’s my story from that workshop …
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Climate Challenge Students Explore Hydropower at the Diablo Powerhouse
By Elisabeth Keating, Guest Blogger On a scorching Sunday morning in August, the Climate Challenge students headed a few miles north from our riverside campground on Highway …
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Teaching Climate Change: Tips from Park Rangers
By Elisabeth Keating, guest blogger How can you help kids retain their learning when you’re teaching something as complex as climate change? These tips from park rangers …
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Student for a Day at North Cascades National Park Headquarters
By guest blogger Elisabeth Keating “The coolest part was when we went snorkeling in Ross Lake, looking for fish. Remember how cold it was?” “We met a …
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Cliff Mass explains Diablo Lake area weather
We were very excited to have Cliff Mass as one of our instructors for the 2010 Northwest Naturalists Retreat, and then thrilled when he posted a piece …
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