Scott Kirkwood is editor in chief of National Parks Magazine, a quarterly publication produced by the National Parks Conservation Association, a nonprofit advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.
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One of my favorite things about this particular Masters in Education program through Western Washington University and North Cascades Institute is that most of the time it …
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Girls on Ice 2013 applications are available!
Information and the application can be found at: http://girlsonice.org/apply. Deadline: February 1, 2013. Girls on Ice, (http://girlsonice.org), is …
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Each winter, students at North Cascades Institute, Islandwood, and Wilderness Awareness School get together over three weekends, one gathering at each of our campuses, to share the …
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On a sunny fall day, 56 sixth through eighth grade students conducted field studies on carnivore habitat in the area around the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center.
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By CJ Goulding Who are you? What makes you unique? What have you learned about the effects of stewardship? What has your experience on this trip taught …
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North Cascades Institute presents “Journey through the Arctic with Debbie Miller:” A multimedia presentation and book release party Wed, October 17: Walton Theatre at the Mount Baker …
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On the 28th of August the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center gained eight new residents—graduate students in cohort 12, ready to take on the mountains. For me, …
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On Tuesday, August 28, at 7 pm, North Cascades Institute co-presents a screening of the documentary film “The Fire Inside: Place, Passion and Primacy of Nature” at …
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[Mountain School has officially ended for the spring season! On Friday afternoon, Institute staff and instructors waved a bittersweet goodbye to 5th graders from Mountain View Elementary, …
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