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©Rick Allen
Benj Drummond
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©Lara Swimmer
Cascades Environmental Learning Center is surrounded by 7,000,000 acres of protected public lands in Washington and British Columbia. Forming the core of this mandala of protected landscapes is the 684,000-acre North Cascades National Park Complex, our wild and primeval neighborhood.
With 93 percent of its area designated as wilderness, the park is known for its steep mountains, plentiful streams and waterfalls and tremendous biological diversity. East and west of the Pacific Crest, several major watersheds flow from the North Cascades, including the Skagit River, the largest basin draining into Puget Sound. With more than 300 glaciers and countless snowfields, the North Cascades is one of the most rugged and heavily glaciated areas in the United States outside of Alaska. We hope you'll join us this year to explore this wondrous, exhilirating place and imbibe its good graces.
©John Scurlock
The North
Jenny Lee Rae
Welcome to the Neighborhood!