Call of the wild: can America’s national parks survive? America’s national parks are facing multiple threats, despite being central to the frontier nation’s sense of itself by …
Read More of North Cascades Institute in The Guardian
This last August I was grateful to fill a newly created position at the North Cascades Institute, that of College Access Coordinator. The position was specifically created …
Read More of Youth Leadership Ambassadors: A Pathway For Youth
Here at the Confluence Garden we’re gearing up for winter. That means bringing in the irrigation hosing, tucking in the garlic bed with a blanket of straw, …
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Fun activities. Good food. Hands-on learning. Passionate discussion. A surprise visit from Sally Jewell. The newly-named Northwest Youth Leadership Summit included all of this, and more. This …
Read More of 2016 Northwest Youth Leadership Summit: Leaders In Action
Fall Hello everyone! We are moving towards the end of fall and the beginning of winter in the Skagit Valley. The leaves are falling from the trees …
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We came to NCI from Massachusetts where we both recently graduated from The Conway School, a graduate program in ecological design and planning. This creative residency was …
Read More of Ecological Design: The Blue House Project
We are thrilled to have been included in Tim Egan’s cover story for the October 2016 issue of National Geographic! “In early fall I went to North …
Read More of Mountain School in National Geographic magazine
Phenology, or the study of natural cycles, is a constant part of life at the North Cascades Institute. We dive deep into when the first buds appear …
Read More of Graduation 2016: C14's Grand Finale
As we ready for our 30th spring and summer of offering outdoor explorations and learning adventures in the North Cascades, we acknowledge another important anniversary too: the …
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As the snow is melting and the trees are budding, our Naturalist Team is getting ready for teaching in the mountains. At the North Cascades Institute‘s Environmental …
Read More of Naturally Wonderful Naturalists: New staff of 2016