North Cascades Institute

Dec 29, 2017Montana Napier

2017 was a big year for the North Cascades Institute, and we’d like to thank YOU for taking the time to read all about it …
Read More of A Year in Review: Most-read Chattermarks Posts of 2017

Nov 12, 2017Montana Napier

Every weekend I will post photos collected from various NCI graduate students and staff. Please enjoy this glimpse into our everyday lives here in the North Cascades.
Read More of Weekly Photo Roundup: November 12 2017

Mar 5, 2017Angela Burlile

Every Sunday I will be posting photos collected from various NCI graduate students and staff. Please enjoy this glimpse into our everyday lives here in the North Cascades.
Read More of Weekly Photo Roundup: March 5 2017

Feb 17, 2017Institute Graduate Student

For weeks here in the North Cascades, the ground has been blanketed in a thick layer of snow and ice, two or three feet deep in places.
Read More of Winter Insects 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

Feb 29, 2016Institute Graduate Student

By Hannah Newell, a M.Ed. Graduate student of the Institute’s 15th Cohort Pacific Wren This avian is a year round resident in our coniferous forests but to me …
Read More of Natural Notes on the Pacific Wren and Saw Whet Owl

Oct 20, 2015Petra LeBaron-Botts

I clearly remember my introduction to the mystery and power of stinging nettle. On a late summer day, I found myself, alongside my graduate cohort, at the …
Read More of Two Burning Houses: A Natural History of Stinging Nettle

Jun 18, 2014Katherine Renz

….’Mountain’, you say, ‘School!’” Mountain!! School!! Mountain! School! It has been another successful season here at Mountain School, the North Cascades Institute’s flagship program through which naturalist-educators …
Read More of "When we say…….

Jun 9, 2014Andriana Fletcher

Snowy mountains, old growth forests, wholesome food, s’mores and yoga. How could you go wrong with a combo like that? Maya Whole Health Studio is hosting their …
Read More of Nature Namaste: Retreats with Maya Whole Health Studio

Dec 12, 2013Institute Graduate Student

I watched quietly as each bend in the road revealed more of the steep, inaccessible wilderness that looms above Highway 20. It was my first couple of …
Read More of Seeking Spirituality in the North Cascades

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