Jim Alt, Institute naturalist, and Jan Healy, retail manager, at the Institute’s new store inside the Newhalem Visitor Center. When you plan your next trip into the …
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As spring slowly transitions to summer in North Cascades National Park, reminders of the adventures that await North Cascades Wild (NC Wild) participants are everywhere in the …
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From sea to shining sea . . . Well, okay, not that far, but North Cascades Institute has been traveling far and wide recruiting students to join …
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All over Washington, the earth is reawakening. Can you see it? In a period of only a few weeks, spring has come – a monumental paintbrush caressing …
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Do you know anyone who is seeking a graduate program in Environmental Education? North Cascades Institute is seeking qualified applicants for our Master of Education residency program.
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With the season of fresh beginnings overtaking the physical landscape of the Skagit Valley and North Cascades, the mindsets of those apart of this year’s North Cascades …
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North Cascades Highway is nearly open. The snowmobiles are put away, the traps are closed for the season and the wolverine crew has moved on to other …
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Spring’s presence is not the only thing that North Cascades Institute is welcoming at the Environmental Learning Center this season. As the season continues to reveal itself …
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Harbinger—a presage, a foreshadow, to announce. Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something. We all experience the wildness of the North Cascades differently. Each of …
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You would think it wouldn’t work. First of all, the wolverine is an elusive creature. It inhabits the untrammeled heights of mountain ranges and is rarely seen …
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