North Cascades Institute

Jul 24, 2020North Cascades Institute

In this time of protest and pandemic, I am struck by the loneliness of being a social animal in a world that tells us not to touch.
Read More of Where do we go to grieve? Where do we go to heal?

Feb 5, 2020Special Guest

Last July, the Lummi Nation hosted the Tribal Canoe Journey, when more than 100 canoes from different tribes and tribal nations traveled the waters of their ancestors …
Read More of Tribal Canoe Journey 2019 exhibit at the Whatcom Museum

Aug 16, 2019Kiley Barbero

Summer is well underway, though it is a bit cooler in Cascadia than we’ve gotten used to in recent years — no complaints, we’re enjoying the clean air …
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Jul 22, 2019North Cascades Institute

This week marks the start of a very special cultural celebration here in the Pacific Northwest: Paddle to Lummi: Sqweshenet Tse Schelangen/”Honoring our way of Life.” The …
Read More of Canoes on the move across the Salish Sea for the Paddle to Lummi

Feb 11, 2016Ben Kusserow

While the Broncos and the Panthers were playing the biggest football game of the year, almost two dozen of us living in the upper Skagit valley traveled …
Read More of Snapshots of Paddling on the Skagit

May 24, 2011Tanya Anderson

It’s been a long winter in Washington. Though it is late May, temperatures remain cool at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center and the surrounding mountains are …
Read More of The Ephemeral Beauty of Solitude

Apr 17, 2010Kelsi Franzen

Springâ€™s presence is not the only thing that North Cascades Institute is welcoming at the Environmental Learning Center this season. As the season continues to reveal itself …
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Jul 20, 2009Tanya Anderson

Backpacking in the North Cascades is great, but last weekend I wanted to do something different. I decided to try canoe camping. The Environmental Learning Center on …
Read More of A long weekend on Ross Lake