Summer 2024 Photo Round-up!
What a summer it’s been, jam-packed and overflowing with fun as Institute programs got folks outside exploring and learning in our wild backyard! A sampling of the …
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Field Excursions
Natural History Field-Excursion: A Grinnell Journal Entry for a Day with David Moskowitz
This post is the third of a 3-part series describing graduate students’ ten-day field excursion to the Methow Valley, as part of their fall Natural History Course. Click …
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Photo Roundup: May 7 2017
Every Sunday I will be posting photos collected from various NCI graduate students and staff. Please enjoy this glimpse into our everyday lives here in the North Cascades.
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30 Year Anniversary: A Look Back at 2016
As today marks the last day of 2016, what better place than Chattermarks to look back at the memories and highlights of the year here at the …
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Wildlife Encounters In The Methow: A Natural History Intensive
Chompers and Lewisa, the new beaver residents of Beaver Creek, quickly became much more active as their wire cages were placed in the cold creek, splashing about …
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Must-See Birds of the Pacific Northwest
Upcoming events: North Cascades Institute’s Birds of Bellingham Bay outing on the Snow Goose; Oct. 5, 8 am-5 pm, $125. Info and registration at ncascades.org or (360) 854-2599 …
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The Cedarosas Take On North Cascades National Park
They met on July 17, 2013, not quite sure what to expect. Six talented young women, all alumni of programs like North Cascades Institute’s Cascades Climate Challenge and North …
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Science, Sustainability, Singing, Stir-fry, and Snacks!
I met them on August 1st. Twenty bright new faces arrived on buses and vans at the Wilderness Information Center in Marblemount. As they walked quietly out …
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Order of the Odonata
August 2nd through 4th, 16 participants, three Institute staff, and one instructor spent a wonderful weekend exploring the order of the Odonata. Due to cold and cloudy weather, …
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Falling in love with the forest
When I first learned that I would be leading a Youth Leadership Adventures course on Baker Lake, I was a bit…wary. Don’t get me wrong—I knew Baker …
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