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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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 …
Read More of Student for a Day at North Cascades National Park Headquarters
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 …
Read More of Getting Wild with the US Forest Service
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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Guest post by Lilly Nash The first session of the Cascades Climate Challenge (CCC) is in full swing right now, with over 20 students from communities throughout …
Read More of Cascades Climate Challenge update, week 2
The North Cascades Institute Staff and Graduate students have spent weeks packing food, preparing curriculum, shuttling canoes, calling students, organizing camping gear and finalizing lessons in preparation …
Read More of Introducing the 2010 Cascades Climate Challenge Team!! (Part 1)
Summer is officially here, despite the gloomu weather’s persistence otherwise, and North Cascades Wild is near. With training and packing behind us, this summer’s crew leaders embarked …
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As spring slowly transitions to summer in North Cascades National Park, reminders of the adventures that await North Cascades Wild (NC Wild) participants are everywhere in the …
Read More of NC Wild pulls weeds & plants seeds of excitement
From sea to shining sea . . . Well, okay, not that far, but North Cascades Institute has been traveling far and wide recruiting students to join …
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With the season of fresh beginnings overtaking the physical landscape of the Skagit Valley and North Cascades, the mindsets of those apart of this year’s North Cascades …
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