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Mountain School at Home “ACHOTUS” Ep3: Lucinda Davis

Mountain School at Home “ACHOTUS” Ep3: Lucinda Davis

Dec 2, 2020North Cascades Institute

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NEW WINTER CLASSES! We’ve added a host of new cl

NEW WINTER CLASSES! We’ve added a host of new classes to connect you with the wonders of the North Cascades—both in-person field excursions and online courses you can enjoy at home. Learn about these and all our classes at ncascades.org/classes.

❄️The Owl & The Woodpecker | Paul Bannick, JAN 11

❄️Mt Rainier: An Artist's Tour | Molly Hashimoto, JAN 19

❄️Birding in Lower Skagit | Libby Mills, JAN 29

❄️Birding in Lower Skagit | Brendan McGarry, FEB 5

❄️Watercolor Mountains | Claire Giordano, FEB 12

❄️Year in Life of N. American Owls | Paul Bannick, FEB 16

❄️Winter Wildlife Tracking | Chris Byrd, FEB 26

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Larch season may be long gone, but who says you ca

Larch season may be long gone, but who says you can’t have a throwback to one of our favorite seasons? #larchon ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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🎁 Enjoy 20% OFF stuffed animals and finger puppets for a limited time. Browse these and all sorts of North Cascades-inspired gifts at ncascades.org/shop

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Macroinvertebrate investigation! Mountain School s

Macroinvertebrate investigation! Mountain School students from Edison Elementary recently spent a fun day with us in nature, learning about stream health in Deer Creek.

Tiny organisms like insects and crustacean tell us a lot about the health of a stream. Some organisms are very sensitive to pollution—if we observe them living in the water, we know the stream is healthy! Other organisms are “pollution tolerant” and can live in poor quality water. Higher numbers of those organisms living in a stream indicates polluted water.

Important stuff to think about, right? AND it’s fun to look at bugs in a magnifying box. 🤩

💚 Your support of North Cascades Institute plants seeds for environmental stewardship through programs like Mountain School!

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📸: Alexa Brandt

📍The Environmental Learning Center rests on the ancestral homelands of the Upper Skagit, Nlaka’pamux, Sauk-Suiattle and Swinomish peoples

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📍The Learning Center is located on the ancestral homelands of the Upper Skagit, Nlaka’pamux, Sauk-Suiattle, and Swinomish peoples

#HooDis? Just a very surprised short eared owl cau

#HooDis? Just a very surprised short eared owl caught on camera in the evening light. Happy #wildlifewednesday 🦉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#GivingTuesday is here! Thanks for including North

#GivingTuesday is here! Thanks for including North Cascades Institute in your giving plans. You are planting the seeds for a lifelong conservation ethic by fostering learning experiences in nature. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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