30 Year Anniversary: A Look Back at 2016
As today marks the last day of 2016, what better place than Chattermarks to look back at the memories and highlights of the year here at the …
Read More of 30 Year Anniversary: A Look Back at 2016
Blog
winter
Naturalist Notes: Hair Ice
A cold afternoon walk led to a beautiful winter discovery on the Deer Creek Loop trail around the Environmental Learning Center. The temperature had dropped significantly overnight and …
Read More of Naturalist Notes: Hair Ice
The Cold
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 …
Read More of The Cold
NCI Weekly Photo Roundup: December 4 2016
Sunrise on Pyramid Peak, taken from the Environmental Learning Center parking lot. Photo by Angela Burlile Every Sunday I will be posting photos collected from various NCI …
Read More of NCI Weekly Photo Roundup: December 4 2016
Listening to Coyote
By Emily Ford, part of the Institute’s 15th Graduate Cohort. After a rainy and dark winter, I’ve started to recognize the North Cascades as I remember them …
Read More of Listening to Coyote
Graduate Winter Natural History Retreat: Class in the snow!
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!
Chasing Winter: A Natural History Retreat
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
Quietude
Highway 20 opened last Thursday at noon after six months of being closed — as it is every winter, due to heavy snows and avalanche danger over …
Read More of Quietude
Nearing completion
The M.Ed program through Western Washington University and North Cascades Institute has several different parts to it. Though it evolves and changes every year, the general format …
Read More of Nearing completion
The Snow and The Shining
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