North Cascades Institute

Aug 16, 2019Kiley Barbero

Summer is well underway, though it is a bit cooler in Cascadia than we’ve gotten used to in recent years — no complaints, we’re enjoying the clean air …
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Jul 11, 2018Special Guest

This Naturalist Note is written by graduate student Marissa Bluestein, as part of the Fall Natural History Project In North Cascades Institute’s M.Ed. Residency coursework. You can …
Read More of Fire and Ice: How Lava and Glaciers Formed Mount Baker

Aug 1, 2016Institute Graduate Student

By Annah Young, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. I wedged myself between two boulders on the summit of Silver Star Mountain in Okanagan County, Washington …
Read More of Eating Snow: Climate Change, Snowpack and Agriculture Water-Use Policy in the Methow Valley

Jun 29, 2016North Cascades Institute

1. Canoe the Skagit River The Skagit is one of the great rivers of the west, supplying nearly 40 percent of the fresh water and wild salmon …
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Mar 11, 2016Mike Cuseo

On a rainy Friday morning in Bellingham, eight environmental educators cram tightly into a van fully equipped in winter gear. The van’s destination—Mt. Baker Ski Area. Rain …
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May 6, 2013Stephanie Bennett

My touring partner, Ian, and I found ourselves looking out across Ptarmagin Ridge toward our distant objective, Coleman Pinnacle. The only noise was that of the wind …
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Dec 8, 2012Stephanie Bennett

A little over four months ago, I set out on a hike with two of my closest friends on the Devils Doom loop in the North Cascades. …
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Jul 29, 2010Tanya Anderson

Summer has finally arrived at the Environmental Learning Center! Diablo Lake has regained its characteristic green color, peregrine falcon fledglings are learning to hunt near the dam, …
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