Students! Parents! Teachers! During this time of school closures and stay-at-home guidelines, North Cascades Institute is sharing lessons and activities from our talented Mountain School instructors. We hope …
Read More of Mountain School @ Home Lesson 14: Enjoying Field Guides
At the Institute, the graduate students of the 15th cohort (C15) have been hard at work this past year teaching Mountain School, assisting in adult programs and visiting …
Read More of Springing into Learning: Graduate Spring Natural History Retreat
By Hannah Newell, a M.Ed. Graduate student of the Institute’s 15th Cohort Where would one place their grave in these woods? And how could one bury themselves? …
Read More of John McMillan's Cabin: Traveling the paths of ghosts
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!
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
Vargas Island wolves at Clayoquot Sound, BC; photo by David Moskowitz. David Moskowitz presents his new book Wolves in the Land of Salmon at Village Books in …
Read More of Wolves in the Land of Salmon: David Moskowitz tracks canis lupus’ return to the Northwest
As graduate students spending a year at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, winter is a contemplative and focused time – a time of respite from teaching Mountain …
Read More of White Peaks, Bluebird Skies, Flapping Wingbeats
“We need someone to plan the second portion of our three part Instructor Exchange with the graduate students and teaching apprentices from IslandWood and Wilderness Awareness School immediately …
Read More of A Snowy Exchange with Environmental Educators
During my winter break back in the Midwest, I decided to visit a family place near a lake in northern Michigan for a few days for some …
Read More of Tracking Bob
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 …
Read More of Exploring Winter's Arrival
