A Year in Review: Most-read Chattermarks Posts of 2017
2017 was a big year for the North Cascades Institute, and we’d like to thank YOU for taking the time to read all about it …
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An Open Letter to Secretary Zinke: National Parks Should be Affordable
North Cascades Institute has joined 15 organizations of great diversity and depth in Washington state to keep entrance fees to Olympic and Mount Rainier affordable and to …
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When the Skagit Floods and Diablo Turns Green
In the photo above, WSDOT contractor crews replace washed out riprap to protect and repair State Route 20 along the Skagit River east of Rockport. WSDOT Word …
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New hand-illustrated North Cascades National Park map
Xplorer Maps Releases Hand-Illustrated North Cascades National Park Map, Donates Percentage of Map Sales to Ongoing Park Support MISSOULA, MT – Xplorer Maps, the creators of hand-illustrated …
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The North Cascades Institute 2017 Naturalist Team
Last month we welcomed the 2017 naturalist team to the North Cascades Institute Environmental Learning Center. A mixture of new and returning faces, these naturalists are an integral part of …
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An Unforgettable Mountain School Adventure
The first week of the 2017 spring Mountain School season will be one not forgotten here at the North Cascades Institute Environmental Learning Center. After experiencing an unusually …
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Highway reopened, students safely back home!
UPDATE March 13, 4 pm: After WSDOT successfully reopened one lane of Highway 20 today, the Henry M. Jackson high school students, teachers and parent chaperones were …
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Avalanche closes Hwy 20, students and staff get unexpected weekend at the Learning Center
On Friday morning, March 10, the Washington State Department of Transportation closed Highway 20 seven miles west of the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center due to a large …
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North Cascades Institute in The Guardian
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 …
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Youth Leadership Ambassadors: A Pathway For Youth
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 …
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