July 2019 Photo Round Up!
Summer is well underway, though it is a bit cooler in Cascadia than we’ve gotten used to in recent years — no complaints, we’re enjoying the clean air …
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Sauk Mountain: Wildflowers and Butterflies in the North Cascades
Get up early, wear sunscreen and don’t forget to bring water! Sauk Mountain is a low-elevation peak in the Skagit Valley that features a fairly-easy switchback climb …
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The Mountain Behind the Name: Sauk
The North Cascades Ecosystem has many features to discover for naturalists, students and day hikers alike. Behind all the charismatic megafauna and flora including bears, wolverines, Douglas Firs …
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Transition Trek 2015: At the Confluence of the Graduate Residency and Campus Programs
For the North Cascades Institute’s 14th cohort of Graduate M.Ed. students, it was a year marked with adventure, struggle, triumph and togetherness. Our cohort is a very …
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The Cascades Butterfly Project: Citizen Scientists Unite!
On July 23rd, a group of volunteer scientists joined biologists from the North Cascades Institute, North Cascades National Park and Western Washington University to say farewell to …
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Wildflower photography with Mark Turner
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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A Fitting End to a Wild Season: North Cascades Wild 2009
We’ve just now wrapped up our final events of our North Cascades Wild 2009 season. And what a season it’s been! Forty-seven students from Skagit, Lake Forest …
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