North Cascades Institute is very excited to finally share with you a multimedia piece made in celebration of our 25th anniversary. “The High Ridge: Celebrating 25 Years …
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Middle school students from Lopez Middle School sit excitedly on the wooden benches of the amphitheater for Mountain School orientation. Mittens and gloves fly into the air …
Read More of New Tracks at the Environmental Learning Center: Winter Mountain School
They say it is winter here in the North Cascades. With the shadowed days and the sting of cold to cheeks as you step outside, one might …
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Written by Special Guest Blogger Elisabeth Keating. On a cool Thursday evening in late July, a group of adventurers gather at the Environmental Learning Center for the …
Read More of Reflections on the Upper Skagit: Ross Lake by Boat and Boot
Written by North Cascades Education Intern, Matt Kraska. It’s hard to believe it has already been two weeks since Thanksgiving. As many North Cascades Institute staff said …
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Written by former NC Wild Student and Remarkable Young Leader, Kassandra Barnedt The North Cascades – untouched, wild, remarkable, friendship, beauty, but most importantly life changing. Every …
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[We are excited to publish the first piece in our Foodshed Series, with monthly updates from the amazing chefs working so hard to provide program participants and staff …
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Practicing natural history requires us to be consciously aware, to be intentional observers of our surroundings. To be a naturalist involves surrendering what we know about a …
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As members of the current M.Ed. graduate cohort, we often have opportunities to assist with North Cascades Institute programs and courses outside our regular teaching schedules. Last …
Read More of Reflections on the 12th Annual Thunder Arm Writing Retreat
Earlier this October, Seattle artist and North Cascades Institute friend Molly Hashimoto led a wonderful and successful workshop on watercolor painting in nature at the Environmental Learning …
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