We were very excited to have Cliff Mass as one of our instructors for the 2010 Northwest Naturalists Retreat, and then thrilled when he posted a piece …
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Summer has finally arrived at the Environmental Learning Center! Diablo Lake has regained its characteristic green color, peregrine falcon fledglings are learning to hunt near the dam, …
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Spring’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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Move over United States Postal Service, neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the graduate program from connecting with this place. Alumni and current …
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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 …
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We here at Chattermarks are not the only people blogging about the North Cascades and our awe-inspiring wilderness campus on Diablo Lake; I stumbled upon this fine …
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Last week the Cohort 8 graduate students headed to the islands of Diablo Lake for class. The topic of the day: island biogeography, which is the study …
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“That’s a cougar!” Well, maybe…We saw a brown blur slink over the crest of the island. Whatever it was, this was a big, brown mammal. One might …
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Prys, draws, sculling, sweeps, posts and something called the Duffek, no these are not different ways to rid yourself of mosquitoes, they are just some of the …
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I woke this morning to what has become a common weather event at the learning center this spring, snow. Perhaps snow in April is “normal” and I’m …
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