Sitting with Nature
It’s the second day of Mountain School and our group, the Flying Squirrels, sits spread out along the Sourdough Creek Trail at the Environmental Learning Center with …
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A Trip on the Mule with Ranger Gerry Cook
Story and photos by Zach Montes It is July 26th and 55 degrees at the Ross Lake trailhead. The Cascade Climate Challenge participants, about to embark on …
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Cascades Climate Challenge Leaders: Coming to a community near you
Sixteen high school students hailing from Oregon and Washington arrived in the North Cascades on June 26th to begin an unforgettable adventure. These young leaders came to …
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Building Community Through Stewardship
Stewardship and friendship were at the heart of the efforts during the third North Cascades Wild spring day trip in May. More than a dozen participants from …
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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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