North Cascades Institute

Dec 31, 2016Angela Burlile

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 …
Read More of 30 Year Anniversary: A Look Back at 2016

Dec 12, 2016Angela Burlile

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 …
Read More of Connecting the Dots: An Interview with Creative Resident Patty DiRienzo

Oct 3, 2016North Cascades Institute

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 …
Read More of Mountain School in National Geographic magazine

Apr 25, 2016Institute Graduate Student

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 …
Read More of LEED by Example

Mar 31, 2016Institute Graduate Student

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 …
Read More of Finding Freedom in the North Cascades

Mar 7, 2016Institute Graduate Student

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 …
Read More of Naturally Wonderful Naturalists: New staff of 2016

Jan 21, 2016Ben Kusserow

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 …
Read More of Dear Mountain School,

Jan 3, 2016Institute Graduate Student

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 …
Read More of Fall Count: Environmental Learning Center Observations from September through November

Dec 12, 2015Mike Cuseo

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 …
Read More of Patience and Persistence: An Interview with Grizzly Bear Biologist Bill Gaines

Dec 2, 2015Special Guest

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 …
Read More of Mountain School fifth-graders help restore Bowman Bay