In January 2011, North Cascades Institute will begin its 25th year conserving and restoring Northwest environments through education. In the winter issue of Adventures NW, Bellingham-based writer …
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The sheer power of water was apparent in the North Cascades this last weekend after a recent Pineapple Express hit the Northwest. Warming temperatures combined with a …
Read More of Natural Shifts in the North Cascades
When I awoke the other morning to see a forest of snow-covered trees, I felt just as excited when I made the same discovery as a child …
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Last weekend, North Cascades Institute partnered with North Cascades National Park and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to offer the North Cascades Youth Leadership Conference, A Confluence of Young Leaders, Nov.
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After several weeks of preparing for and teaching fall Mountain School, graduate students of Cohort 10 momentarily stepped away from their roles as instructors and transitioned back …
Read More of A Naturalist's Weekend: Exploring Fungi, Fire and Beetles
Each season brings its own unique changes that are often welcomed when the time comes. Although I’m never ready for summer to end, and often in denial …
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By Jack McLeod, guest blogger I recently took the Spirit of Place writing workshop at the Learning Center with Nick O’Conell. Here’s my story from that workshop …
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Doug Chadwick, a renowned writer of natural history based in Whitefish, Montana, is our first fall speaker in the 5th annual Sourdough Speaker Series at the North …
Read More of The Wolverine Way: An Interview with Doug Chadwick
By Elisabeth Keating, Guest Blogger On a scorching Sunday morning in August, the Climate Challenge students headed a few miles north from our riverside campground on Highway …
Read More of Climate Challenge Students Explore Hydropower at the Diablo Powerhouse
By Jessica Haag It’s hard to imagine a more inspiring place than the blooming, alpine meadows of the North Cascades to take a wildflower photography class, or a …
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