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Join our team! 🙌 🙌 🙌 We are looking to fi

Join our team! 🙌 🙌 🙌 We are looking to fill these positions as soon as possible:

• Environmental Program Instructors
• Mountain School Program Coordinator
• Youth Leadership Coordinator
• Sous Chef
• Cook
• Seasonal Cook
• Housekeeper

North Cascades Institute is an educational non-profit focused on inspiring environmental stewardship through transformative learning experiences in nature. These positions support Institute programs based at the Environmental Learning Center in North Cascades National Park.

LEARN MORE: ncascades.org/jobs

📍The Environmental Learning Center is located on the ancestral home lands of the Upper Skagit, Nlaka’pamux, Sauk-Suiattle, and Swinomish peoples

#hiring #nowhiring #jobopportunity #environmentalcareers #environmentaleducation #northcascades #northcascadesinstitute #northcascadesnationalpark

Feb 13-17: Remote Medicine Upgrade & Recertificati

Feb 13-17: Remote Medicine Upgrade & Recertification (RMUR)

This intensive 5-day course fulfills all educational requirements to recertify an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and upgrade to Remote Emergency Medical Technician (REMT).

Hosted at the Environmental Learning Center in North Cascades National Park, students enjoy the ideal remote setting for learning, lodging and scratch-made meals, and access to nearby winter recreation. Instruction provided by @remotemedicaltraining.

LEARN MORE: ncascades.org/rmur

📍The Environmental Learning Center is located on the ancestral homelands of the Upper Skagit, Nlaka’pamux, Sauk-Suiattle, and Swinomish peoples

#remotemedicaltraining #remoteemt #emttraining #wildernessmedicine #emergencymedicine #beprepared #wfr #wildernessfirstresponder #wildernessfirstaid #safetyfirst #outdoorsurvival #learnoutside #teachoutside #northcascades #northcascadesnationalpark #northcascadesinstitute

What a beaut! Can you name this fire lookout? Hin

What a beaut! Can you name this fire lookout?

Hints:

🏔️ If you are lucky enough to stay in this first come, first served fire lookout you will be rewarded with panoramic views of Koma Kulshan (Mount Baker) the Twin Sisters, Black Buttes, Lincoln Colfax and the Nooksack River valley.

🏔️ The lookout was built in 1932 and is maintained by Skagit Alpine Club volunteers

🏔️ The lookout is located just inside the Mt. Baker Wilderness boundary and wilderness regulations apply. #packitinpackitout

🏔️ It is located on the ancestral homelands of the Nooksack & Nlaka’pamux people

📸: @wjlphoto

Students arriving for Mountain School at the Envir

Students arriving for Mountain School at the Environmental Learning Center today will be treated to a #winterwonderland, snow-themed lessons and games, and lots of hot cocoa, no doubt! With snow depths of 5”-11”, there was a lot of work to be done, shoveling and preparing campus for our visitors. A big THANK YOU to everyone who put in the muscle to help create a very special session for these 5th graders.

Please give a gift to help foster these meaningful experiences in nature this winter and in seasons to come!
💚 ncascades.org/donate

📸: Maria Santiago

📍The Environmental Learning Center is located on the ancestral homelands of the Upper Skagit, Nlaka’pamux, Sauk-Suiattle and Swinomish peoples

#snowdays #learningisfun #mountainschool #environmentallearningcenter #learnoutside #teachoutside #outdoorsforall #northcascades #northcascadesinstitute #nonprofit #environmentaleducation

#HooDis? Just a short eared owl gliding silently o

#HooDis? Just a short eared owl gliding silently over the marshlands

Happy #WildlifeWednesday! Short eared owls are pretty neat.

🦉 They are easier to see than most owls because they live in open terrain, such as prairies and marshes

🦉 Often active during daylight, short eared owls can be dirunal (active during daylight) and crepuscular (active during twilight)

🦉 Daylight hunting seems to coincide with the high activity periods of voles, its preferred prey. But they eat other mammals as well such as mice, ground, squirrels, shrews, rabbits and gophers.

🦉 When hunting short eared owls tend to fly only feet above the ground in open fields and grasslands until swooping down upon its prey feet first

🦉 They are commonly seen in all seasons in Washington. They breed from Alasaks across Canada and winger from the southern US to Central America, but have disappeared from many southern areas where loss of habitat is the main cause

📸: @mukul.soman

“My favorite part of Mountain School was walking

“My favorite part of Mountain School was walking in silence. When we did that I noticed lots of things I wouldn't have otherwise."
— Mountain School student

Having opportunities like this to learn about—and fall in love with—the amazing natural world is important. So is belonging, teamwork, respect, and understanding. All of these elements are found in North Cascades Institute’s programs, and your gift this #GIVINGTUESDAY helps make these programs possible.

💚 ncascades.org/donate

📸: Alexander Pozarycki

📍The Environmental Learning Center is located on the ancestral homelands of the Upper Skagit, Nlaka’pamux, Sauk-Suiattle and Swinomish peoples

#learningisfun #mountainschool #environmentallearningcenter #learnoutside #teachoutside #outdoorsforall #northcascades #northcascadesinstitute #nonprofit #environmentaleducation #charitablegiving

Having opportunities to learn about—and fall in

Having opportunities to learn about—and fall in love with—the amazing natural world around us is important. Your gift this #GivingTuesday helps North Cascades Institute offer programs to inspire environmental stewardship for people of all ages and backgrounds.

Make your donation at ncascades.org/donate. THANK YOU!

GivingTuesday started 10 years ago as a simple idea: create a day that encourages people to do good. Now it is a global movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. Will you join us to generously support shared experiences in nature?

#givingtuesday #givingtuesday2022 #stewardship #environmentalstewardship #outdoorlearing #outdooreducation #northcascades

“Just tryin to make you smile ☺️🐐 P.S. ca

“Just tryin to make you smile ☺️🐐
P.S. can we make #mountaingoatmonday a thing?
🥴🙋🏼‍♀️🤝🏼🐐❄️”

And yes we can make mountain goat Monday a thing.

Happy mountain goat Monday!

📍Ancestral homelands of the Nlaka’pamux, Syilx (Okanagan), Sauk Suiattle & the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
📸: @activelyaudrey

Planning to get outside with North Cascades Instit

Planning to get outside with North Cascades Institute in 2023? Or need gifts for the nature lovers on your list?

Our extended value gift certificates get you $100 CREDIT for only $80 to be used toward these 2023 programs: Base Camp Learning & Lodging, Online Classes, Family Getaways, and Learning Center & Field Excursions.

LEARN MORE: ncascades.org/gift-certificate or call 360-854-2599

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