NC Wild Springs into Stewardship
Many hands make light work. An old saying at the forefront of my mind throughout the first North Cascades Wild spring day trip. A dozen NC Wild …
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A Confluence of Young Leaders
Last weekend, North Cascades Institute partnered with North Cascades National Park and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to offer the North Cascades Youth Leadership Conference, A Confluence of Young Leaders, Nov.
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North Cascades Wild's service in Seattle
September 25th marked a special day for North Cascades Wild. It was a day of reconnection—seeing the friends that were made over the past summer’s 12-day trips …
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The end of summer on Ross Lake
The final North Cascades Wild trips of the 2010 summer embarked on their Ross Lake adventures during the middle of August. A total of eighteen students from …
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NC Wild begins fall exploration
To explore your own backyards and expand your sense of place—this was the central goal of the 2010 North Cascades Wild’s (NC Wild) first fall day trip, …
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Climate Challenge Students Explore Hydropower at the Diablo Powerhouse
By Elisabeth Keating, Guest Blogger On a scorching Sunday morning in August, the Climate Challenge students headed a few miles north from our riverside campground on Highway …
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Teaching Climate Change: Tips from Park Rangers
By Elisabeth Keating, guest blogger How can you help kids retain their learning when you’re teaching something as complex as climate change? These tips from park rangers …
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Student for a Day at North Cascades National Park Headquarters
By guest blogger Elisabeth Keating “The coolest part was when we went snorkeling in Ross Lake, looking for fish. Remember how cold it was?” “We met a …
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Getting Wild with the US Forest Service
Every North Cascades Wild trip is special, from the deep bonds formed in new communities of friends to the service projects to students’ self-discovery and leadership development …
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Young, WILD and free
Oh, to be young and wild and free. That common saying, which most of us recognize, is wholly applicable to the wilderness of the North Cascades and …
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