By Molly Hashimoto Teaching landscape watercolor in summer and autumn at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center on Diablo Lake encompasses everything I love best: peaks, forests, …
Read More of Union Bay Wild: An Artist's View
During my winter break back in the Midwest, I decided to visit a family place near a lake in northern Michigan for a few days for some …
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The sheer power of water was apparent in the North Cascades this last weekend after a recent Pineapple Express hit the Northwest. Warming temperatures combined with a …
Read More of Natural Shifts in the North Cascades
This week has brought the first significant snowfall to the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center. Sitting at a relatively low ~1,200 feet in the range, the Learning …
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When I awoke the other morning to see a forest of snow-covered trees, I felt just as excited when I made the same discovery as a child …
Read More of Exploring Winter's Arrival
Has it really been two months since the start of our fall Mountain School season? It seems like just yesterday I was welcoming my very first group …
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Last weekend, North Cascades Institute partnered with North Cascades National Park and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to offer the North Cascades Youth Leadership Conference, A Confluence of Young Leaders, Nov.
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Large orange pumpkins, selected from a local farm, filled the kitchenette in the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center’s dining hall. Parents and children soon arrived and eagerly …
Read More of A Ghoulish Getaway
After several weeks of preparing for and teaching fall Mountain School, graduate students of Cohort 10 momentarily stepped away from their roles as instructors and transitioned back …
Read More of A Naturalist's Weekend: Exploring Fungi, Fire and Beetles
Each season brings its own unique changes that are often welcomed when the time comes. Although I’m never ready for summer to end, and often in denial …
Read More of Hints of Autumn: Welcoming a New Season in the North Cascades
