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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Connecting the Dots: An Interview with Creative Resident Patty DiRienzo
As his time at Mountain School comes to an end, 10-year-old Avi writes a letter to himself reflecting on his time in the North Cascades wilderness. Two …
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Mountain School in National Geographic magazine
We are thrilled to have been included in Tim Egan’s cover story for the October 2016 issue of National Geographic! “In early fall I went to North …
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LEED by Example
We are the North Cascades Institute. And if you are reading this blog you are somehow affiliated with or are curious about our organization devoted to environmental …
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Finding Freedom in the North Cascades
By Aly Gourd, member of the Institute’s 15th Graduate Cohort. As graduate students and adventurers in the North Cascades, we take risks. We take risks in living where …
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Naturally Wonderful Naturalists: New staff of 2016
As the snow is melting and the trees are budding, our Naturalist Team is getting ready for teaching in the mountains. At the North Cascades Institute‘s Environmental …
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Dear Mountain School,
Dear Mountain School, Thank you for the fun hikes and delicious food. I loved looking at pieces of the forest in the microscope lab. Sincerely, Student It …
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Fall Count: Environmental Learning Center Observations from September through November
By Joe Loviska, Graduate Phenology Assistant Phenology is the study of how plants, animals, and other biotic organisms change with the cycle of the seasons. As the graduate …
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Patience and Persistence: An Interview with Grizzly Bear Biologist Bill Gaines
Bill Gaines has been at the forefront of the grizzly bear recovery efforts in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years. I recently had the opportunity to sit …
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Mountain School fifth-graders help restore Bowman Bay
By KERA WANIELISTA for the Skagit Valley Herald, November 23, 2015 BOWMAN BAY — Bracing against the wind at Deception Pass State Park’s Bowman Bay, 10-year-old EmmaLee …
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