While there were hints of winter prior to our holiday break, there is no question now that winter has arrived at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center. Graduate …
Read More of A Wintery Return to the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center
Snow finally arrived to Environmental Learning Center (December 4th to be exact) and the days since have been crisp and cold, transforming the landscape around us. The sunny, clear …
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By Annah Young, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. I wedged myself between two boulders on the summit of Silver Star Mountain in Okanagan County, Washington …
Read More of Eating Snow: Climate Change, Snowpack and Agriculture Water-Use Policy in the Methow Valley
Having moved into the North Cascades Eco-region in July for the graduate residency program, these mountains are finally starting to feel like home. Month after month I …
Read More of Sharing Home: Three days of adventure in Washington
As the snow is melting and Spring is is coming in full force, winter’s grasp is quickly fleeting from our minds. It’s hard to imagine that just …
Read More of Graduate Winter Natural History Retreat: Class in the snow!
On a rainy Friday morning in Bellingham, eight environmental educators cram tightly into a van fully equipped in winter gear. The van’s destination—Mt. Baker Ski Area. Rain …
Read More of Snow School 2016: Experiential Education on Mt. Baker
One of the highlights of this my time in this graduate program so far (seven months!) has been our seasonal natural history retreats. In the fall, Cohort 14 …
Read More of Chasing Winter: A Natural History Retreat
A small avalanche across Highway 20 just east of Newhalem at milepost 121 had residents of the Environmental Learning Center stuck at home Monday morning through Thursday …
Read More of The Snow and The Shining
Columbia Elementary School was already told once they couldn’t come to Mountain School as planned. So they certainly weren’t going to let the biggest local snowstorm of …
Read More of Mountain School is ON!: Playing in the Snow, Compensating for the Government Shutdown
Guest Post by Tele Aadsen Six weeks into my time with the North Cascades Institute, I’m thinking that a residency is something like a fishing season. As …
Read More of A Writer’s Residency: Like Fishing?
