Jon Riedel: Glacier Geologist
What do you do if you are a young midwestern college graduate with a degree in geology and a yearning for adventure, wilderness and outdoor work in …
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Amphibians of North Cascades National Park: Their Importance, Sensitivity, Habitats, Threats and Management Implications
By Chelsea Elizabeth Ernst, Candidate for Master’s of Environmental Education The North Cascades are a rugged and dramatic landscape that offers habitat to thousands of plant and …
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This Changes Everything: Naomi Klein’s manifesto on “capitalism vs. the climate”
By Christian Martin (Originally published in the Cascadia Weekly, Jan 2015) In the same week that the Republicans put all of their political muscle in to pushing …
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Fires and floods: North Cascades federal lands prepare for climate change
By Hannah Hickey, University of Washington News and Information In a country that boasts an awe-inspiring system of national parks, the Pacific Northwest may be especially lucky. But even …
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The Preservation of the World
Ed. note: The days are getting longer, at least for another week or so. Here is a piece from a former graduate student to inspire you to …
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"Imaging the Arctic: Climate Science Through Art" at Whatcom Museum, Jan 11
Join North Cascades Institute and the Whatcom Museum on January 11, 2 pm, for the Vanishing Ice Speaker Series! This final presentation in the four-part series will …
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Kathleen Dean Moore in Bellingham, Nov. 9
Kathleen Dean Moore is the first speaker in our Vanishing Ice Speaker Series, a partnership with the Whatcom Museum as part of their new Vanishing Ice exhibition.
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Science, Sustainability, Singing, Stir-fry, and Snacks!
I met them on August 1st. Twenty bright new faces arrived on buses and vans at the Wilderness Information Center in Marblemount. As they walked quietly out …
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Tales from the Diablo Divas
Cultural differences, language barriers, scalding heat, strong headwinds, steep climbs, heavy backpacks, illnesses, and injuries were some of the challenges not just overcome but conquered by the …
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New film on glacier monitoring in the North Cascades
We are pleased to share a new film on glacier monitoring produced by our friends in the National Park Service. “Keepers of the Beat” features …
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