A Recap of Underwater Photography
Jess Newley is a graduate student in the Institute’s Graduate Program and will be receiving her Masters of Environmental Education in March 2013. She is an avid …
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Standing in Snow
A little over four months ago, I set out on a hike with two of my closest friends on the Devils Doom loop in the North Cascades. …
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Wet and Windy Canoeing: Exploring the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
By Debbie S. Miller Editor’s note: Join North Cascades Institute when we present “Journey through the Arctic with Debbie Miller,” a multimedia presentation and book release party …
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Cascades Climate Challenge: A Recipe for Love
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 …
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Learning to Love the Rain
It only takes a few days in Forks, Washington, to be dead sure that the town is the rainiest place in the lower forty-eight. And that is …
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Sunday on The River: A Fishtown Poem
Paddles up. Uhh! Forward. Portside paddles never quite in synch. Rest. The silence of the Skagit River current carries minds and bodies gently forward. I lean to …
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Entering the Ethereal Forest
UPDATE MARCH 2014: Join us the weekend of March 28-30 for a brand new Field Excursion: “Ross Lake: Exploring the Drawdown by Canoe” with Institute naturalists and …
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Snow & Spire: Flights to Winter in the North Cascade Range
EVENT INFO: Join North Cascades Institute for a book release celebration for John Scurlock’s Snow & Spire: Flights to Winter in the North Cascade Range. November 30, …
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Swimming with the Salmon
“I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner …
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"Have you ever…" Part II
Last week, half of the members of our latest cohort of graduate students posted “have you ever…†questions, sharing the triumphs and tribulations of our nine-day backpacking …
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