My name is Amy Brown and I’m honored to share a little about my environmental education journey at North Cascades Institute. This Fall, I was invited to …
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Signs of Spring in the North Cascades As everyone can agree, so very much has happened this month. Since we’re all hunkered down in our homes and …
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Summer is winding down in the North Cascades and we’re giving thanks for the drizzly days, cooler temperatures and smoke-free skies this season. It’s such a relief …
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Far up the Skagit River, the Confluence property, a plot of land where Diobsud Creek and the river meet, sees extremes of weather and seasonal change. The …
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I’ve devoted the last three years of my life to figuring out how to combine two of my greatest passions: environmental activism and environmental education. In 2018 …
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Each year, after the mid-winter blizzards comes a night of thaw where the tinkle of dripping water is heard on the land. It brings strange stirrings, not …
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In the early morning hours of a chilly October day, Adam Brayton and Christine Sanderson, students with the North Cascades Institute’s Graduate M. Ed program, awoke to …
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In December, I was able to volunteer with the Kulshan Creek Program in Villa Santa Maria along with two other members of the North Cascades Institute’s M.Ed …
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On a cold morning, in early December, more than 100 scientists, students and conservation enthusiasts gathered at North Cascades National Park Visitor Center in Newhalem to witness …
Read More of A Promise Fulfilled: 2018 Sees The Return of Fishers to the North Cascades!
It was a rainy morning on a cold, October day when I developed a new lens for reading the landscape of western Washington. I embarked from the …
Read More of Glacial Mud and Deadly Landslides: A Legacy of Glaciation in Western Washington
