9-13
North Cascades Naturalists Retreat:
10-12
Astronomy and Cosmology p. 29
Reading the Land, Sharing Its Stories
13-15
p. 13
Ross Lake Revealed: People of the Upper Skagit
p. 22
14
Learning Center Day Trip
p. 11
21
Roots and Shoots: Skagit Valley Farm Tour
p. 28
21-23
Family Getaway III
25-29
Ninth Annual Thunder Arm Writing Retreat
The Night Sky in the High Desert:
p. 8
p. 18
11
Learning Center Day Trip
14-19
Easy to Thunder: North Cascades History Backpack
17-19
p. 23
Cascadia Butterfly Safari with Robert Michael Pyle
17-19
p. 11
WELCOME TO OUR 21ST SEASON
Family Getaway V
p. 30 p. 8
24-26 Diablo Downtime III: Yoga, Hiking 25
and Slow Food
p. 21
Learning Center Day Trip
p. 11
26-29 Mountain Tales: McAlester Lake Backpack
p. 22
28-29 Casting Connections: Fly-Fishing and Stream Ecology for Women
28
p. 28
Learning Center Day Trip
p. 11
2-5 4
p. 23
Green Thumb: The Conservation Gardener Family Getaway IV
10-12
Dragonflies and their Kin
10-12
Pacific Northwest Forest Ecology
10-12
7-9
Wildlife Tracking: Cougars and Their
7-9
p. 8 p. 15
p. 15
p. 8
instrument. To pay attention, this is our endless
Creek Consciousness: The Art and
p. 11
15
Learning Center Day Trip
p. 11
21-23
Wildlife, People and the Land: The Art of Nature Photography
~Mary Oliver
Warm regards, Saul Weisberg
p. 19
Living with Climate Change: Northwest Mountains, Rivers and Shorelines in the Years Ahead
and proper work.”
p. 14
Learning Center Day Trip
21-23
better than a sharp
p. 14
8
p. 29
4-6
Family Getaway VI
Science of Fly-Fishing
Beats on the Peaks: Lookout Poets of the North Cascades
1-3
Prey
August
“Imagination is
September
FOLLOW A SWALLOWTAIL through a mountain meadow. Track a bobcat in the woods. Paint a watercolor. Listen for owls. Gaze at the stars. Paddle a canoe. Share a story. Identify a wildflower. Hike a trail. Teach a child. Photograph a dragonfly. There are many ways to connect with North Cascades Institute. I hope you’ll join us this year and rediscover your connections to the land, people and communities of the Pacific Northwest. I invite you to visit our new home: the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center. With the Center’s opening in 2005, the Institute entered a new era. It’s exhilarating to have such a special place to showcase the amazing educational opportunities of our region. It’s also challenging to operate an award-winning residential facility in the heart of a national park. Come see how we’re doing! Please join us this field season. Bring your family to a Family Getaway. Come for a free Day Trip. Volunteer as a Mountain Steward. Participate in a Field Seminar. Explore the backcountry. Join our Graduate Program. Support a class at Mountain School. Attend our 9th annual Thunder Arm Writing Retreat. We’ve never had more opportunities for learning and living in one of the Northwest’s most special places. I look forward to meeting you on the trail.
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Executive Director P.S. I want to thank our partners—especially North Cascades National Park, Seattle City Light, Western Washington University and the U.S. Forest Service—for their encouragement and support. We wouldn’t be here without you.
Bats and Forest Carnivores p. 15
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