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
Ordinarily, the fourth Thursday of November isn’t a big deal for me. I am a fisherman – if you’ve enjoyed salmon at the Environmental Learning Center, it …
Read More of Fisherman, Writer, Artist-in-Residence: Thankful
Even After All this time The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.” Look What happens With a love like that, It lights …
Read More of Alighting the Entire Sky: Happy Thanksgiving!
Story and photos by Liza Dadiomov. As the temperature outside gets cooler and the leaves turn vibrant hues of yellow, red, and orange, I find myself hunkered down …
Read More of Wilderness, Zumiez and Hope: Youth Leadership Adventures Reunion 2013
As a result of the federal government shutdown, the National Park Service was forced to suspend all Cooperative Association Agreements on Thursday, October 3, including the long-standing …
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I decided to start my summer break right away. Three days after moving back to Bellingham from the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, I was on an …
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They met on July 17, 2013, not quite sure what to expect. Six talented young women, all alumni of programs like North Cascades Institute’s Cascades Climate Challenge and North …
Read More of The Cedarosas Take On North Cascades National Park
A group of Base Camp participants, Carla (a fellow summer naturalist), and I piled into a North Cascades Institute vehicle one morning in August. We were in …
Read More of Thank you, North Cascades Institute. Sincerely, a loving intern
I met them on August 1st. Twenty bright new faces arrived on buses and vans at the Wilderness Information Center in Marblemount. As they walked quietly out …
Read More of Science, Sustainability, Singing, Stir-fry, and Snacks!
Today is my last day of living at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center—my home since the spring of 2010 when I started working for North Cascades …
Read More of Saying goodbye…for now
