Institutional news and announcements
Before diving into the exciting learning adventures we have planned for this summer, join our Field Programs team Emily Schauble and Shelby Gresch on a photographic review …
Read More of Spring 2026 Field Programs Highlights
This Spring, Mountain School welcomed hundreds of students from across the region into the forests, watersheds, and communities of the North Cascades. Throughout the season, students hiked …
Read More of Spring 2026 Mountain School Highlights
For forty years, the North Cascades Institute has believed transformation happens outdoors—in mossy forests, along singing rivers, under open skies. This spring, we’re honoring those roots. This …
Read More of Tom Fleischner with Saul Weisberg 40th anniversary events this week
At North Cascades Institute, service is not an abstract value—it’s something we practice. Through our Service Day program, staff are encouraged to volunteer their time and talents …
Read More of Service Days in Action: How Institute Staff Are Showing Up for Community, Conservation, and Care
Less than half a mile into my hike, I confront a broken bridge over the surging Canyon Creek, which today looks more like a raging river. After …
Read More of Out There: Dispatches from My Personal Wilderness
Guest post by Paul Bannick Woodpeckers are one of the most remarkable bird species found in the avian world. They have evolved in ways that make them …
Read More of Woodpecker: The Heart of the Forest
If you were to describe this summer by the senses, you might remember how amazing PB&J tasted after a long hike, a shock of ice-cold water splashing …
Read More of Summer 2025 at the Institute
The National Park Service is inviting public input on a new frontcountry planning process for the Ross Lake National Recreation Area along State Route 20—the most accessible …
Read More of Help Shape the Future of the North Cascades!
Why does spring seem like the most “blink and you miss it” of seasons? For sure, here at the Institute it’s when things are really revving up: …
Read More of Spring 2025 Institute Photo Round-up!
Our Nature of Writing Speaker Series brings community together in conversation to celebrate the authors, artists, poets and naturalists illuminating the natural world with the turn of …
Read More of Nature of Writing Speaker Series | Spring 2025
