Area environmental education programs grow By Kimberly Cauvel Environmental education programs that take Skagit County students to areas from the North Cascades to pebble beaches of the …
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When we talk about drought in this country, one usually thinks of recent water rationing in California or kind of historic events that led to the Dust …
Read More of Ross Lake: Recreation, Hydroelectricity and the Future of Water in the North Cascades
Since time immemorial, the Skagit River has been a life-giving watershed for countless organisms that live in and along the banks of its milky-blue waters. The river’s …
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Skagit County Planning and Development 1800 Continental Place Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Re: Kiewit Infrastructure Quarry Operation, Permit PL19-0033 I am writing to express North Cascades Institute’s …
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Officially, we celebrated our planet Mon., April 22, and many of us took part in a wide variety of celebrations, work parties and other gatherings intended to …
Read More of Climate Science: From Students to Stewards
The 1916 legislation that established the National Park Service, commonly referred to as the Organic Act, stipulates that the mission of the agency is; “….to conserve the …
Read More of Balancing Use: Rock Climbing and Nesting Peregrines in the North Cascades
Do you have childhood memories of daydreaming about being a squirrel and gliding from tree to tree in a forest? Can you recall getting lost in tiny …
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The North Cascades Institute offers a great diversity of year-round programming, but few will disagree that Mountain School has been one of our greatest successes. For 28 years, the …
Read More of On the Bus to Wonder: Burlington-Edison Joins Our Mountain School Community
While our friends in Seattle and Bellingham have been rocked by near-record snow events in the past few days, things have been strangely uneventful at the the …
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A small parcel of land overlooking Fidalgo Bay was a hub of activity last Saturday as 12 high school students with the North Cascade Institute embarked on …
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