Saying goodbye…for now
Today is my last day of living at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center—my home since the spring of 2010 when I started working for North Cascades …
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The inside scoop on group rentals
So, what are Group Rentals? Great question! In a nutshell, it’s a unique program that gives you the opportunity to create your own custom event at the …
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On Rain
Leading photo: Puddles building up on a trail at the Learning Center. Photo by Rick Allen.
As Fall Comes to A Close
On September 17th, the first Mountain School group of the fall season arrived at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center. It was a bright, warm, cloudless, sunny …
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A Learning Center Halloween
We know how to have fun up here in the mountains. The multitude of creatively carved pumpkins sitting on the back porch of the Dining Hall are …
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Youth Conduct Carnivore Studies at the Learning Center
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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Thoughts on a Changing Season
The calendar says it’s been fall for just over a month now, and it feels like the season has been changing for about that long, but it’s …
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Fall Vignettes from the Institute
People experience the seasonal transformations of the natural world in a myriad of ways. Each of us may recognize subtleties taking hold of a landscape in times …
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NC Wild begins fall exploration
To explore your own backyards and expand your sense of place—this was the central goal of the 2010 North Cascades Wild’s (NC Wild) first fall day trip, …
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This place, through their eyes
You can feel them approaching. It is a surge of energy, a tidal wave of enthusiasm and wonder, about to overtake this place. The momentary quiet of …
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