North Cascades Institute

Sep 15, 2017Institute Graduate Student

Written by Master of Education graduate Sasha Savoian Blue Lake and Maple Pass Loop are two of the most heavily-visited trails off Highway 20 in the North …
Read More of Restoring Our Treasured Landscapes

Nov 8, 2016Institute Graduate Student

Chompers and Lewisa, the new beaver residents of Beaver Creek, quickly became much more active as their wire cages were placed in the cold creek, splashing about …
Read More of Wildlife Encounters In The Methow: A Natural History Intensive

Jun 6, 2016Institute Graduate Student

By Hannah Newell, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. A person’s perspective on the beaver is malleable. Some believe they are pests that need to be …
Read More of Ecosystem Engineers: A beaver curriculum

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

Feb 19, 2015North Cascades Institute

**Editor’s Note: sharing this information from our friends at North Cascades National Park. Public Invited to Open Houses on Options for Grizzly Bear Restoration in North Cascades Ecosystem …
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Apr 25, 2014Katherine Renz

Whoa! Wha….?! Sometimes one’s path is rerouted as they are traveling upon it. Or so it can seem. It was early January, and we graduate students had …
Read More of The Skagit River Permanent Restoration Project

Apr 9, 2013Christian Martin

It’s been hardly a year since the last concrete remnants of the Elwha Dam were removed and already the rebirth of the rainforest river is underway. While …
Read More of Elwha: rebirth of a rainforest river

Apr 3, 2013Institute Graduate Student

Join NatureBridge, the WWU Huxley College of the Environment and the North Cascades Institute to hear about the historic Elwha Dam removal and restoration project in Olympic …
Read More of "Elwha Restoration Revealed" at WWU, April 10