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Leading photo: Puddles building up on a trail at the Learning Center. Photo by Rick Allen.
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White Peaks, Bluebird Skies, Flapping Wingbeats
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 …
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The Sweet Smell of Winter
For field biologists, winter is typically the time of year when we hunker down, pore over data, fix gear, drink lots of coffee, and dream of spring …
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A Snowy Exchange with Environmental Educators
“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 …
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New Tracks at the Environmental Learning Center: Winter Mountain School
Middle school students from Lopez Middle School sit excitedly on the wooden benches of the amphitheater for Mountain School orientation. Mittens and gloves fly into the air …
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Poetic Visualizations of the Winter Season
They say it is winter here in the North Cascades. With the shadowed days and the sting of cold to cheeks as you step outside, one might …
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A Weekend of Warmth and Snow
Written by North Cascades Education Intern, Matt Kraska. It’s hard to believe it has already been two weeks since Thanksgiving. As many North Cascades Institute staff said …
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In Search of the End of the Road
For several weeks I have had the goal of pedaling from the gate marking the seasonal road closure on Highway 20 (near mile post 134) to the snow …
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Unsolved Mystery: Dinner on Diablo's Shore
Several weeks back, North Cascades Environmental Learning Center was abuzz with talk of an animal kill on campus near the Peninsula Trail behind the dining hall. A …
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Exploring the Winter Forest
So far, winter in the North Cascades has brought us snow, rain, more snow, and until this week, several weeks of consistent rainfall. For now, the majority …
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