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From backyard to backcountry
Get outdoors, learn in small groups, and celebrate your place through exploration, literature and the arts. The naturalist tradition defines North Cascades Institute and how you'll spend your time with us. Anyone anywhere can be a naturalist, and the best place to start is the ground underfoot. We cover topics ranging from geology, history and wildlife to nature writing, art and paddling skills. Our instructors are scientists, poets, photographers, loggers and rangers. Participants are teachers, farmers, students, soccer moms, building contractors and you. Locations include our new Learning Center in North Cascades National Park as well as camps and lodges throughout the Northwest. Clock hours or academic credit are available for most seminars. And, if you've never taken a field seminar with us before, you're eligible for a 20 percent discount!
There are currently 44 programs and excursions open for registration. Click on a program title for more information.
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Mother's Day San Juan Islands Cruise (18)
May 10 – 11, 2008 (Sat – Sun)
Jennifer Hahn
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Bunchgrass Dreams: High Desert Ecology (19)
May 17 – 18, 2008 (Sat – Sun)
Mark Darrach, M.S.
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Sourdough Speaker Series II: Table Talk with Maria Hines (20)
May 17 – 18, 2008 (Sat – Sun)
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Balsamroot and Bumblebees: Methow Valley Wildflowers (21)
May 23 – 25, 2008 (Fri – Sun)
Dana Visalli, M.S.
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Wild Whatcom: The Nature of Bellingham I (22)
June 1, 2008
Institute naturalists
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Spring Birding Weekend: Avian Life in the Methow and Skagit Valleys (23)
June 6 – 8, 2008 (Fri – Sun)
Jim Alt,
Tim Manns,
Libby Mills,
Paula Ogden-Muse, M.Ed.
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Wild Whatcom: The Nature of Bellingham II (24)
June 8, 2008
Institute naturalists
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Diablo Downtime: Hiking and Canoeing, Yoga and Slow Food II (25)
June 13 – 15, 2008 (Fri – Sun)
Charles Claassen,
Adam Russell,
Hannah Sullivan,
Institute naturalists
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Wild Whatcom: The Nature of Bellingham III (26)
June 15, 2008
Institute naturalists
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Grant Writing in the North Cascades (27)
June 15 – 18, 2008 (Sun – Wed)
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Nature's Pages: Bookmaking and Nature Journaling (28)
June 20 – 22, 2008 (Fri – Sun)
Maria Coryell-Martin
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Sourdough Speaker Series III: Washington's Poet Laureate Reads Poems from Nature (29)
June 21 – 22, 2008 (Sat – Sun)
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Art Afield: Diablo Creative Arts Retreat (30)
June 23 – 26, 2008 (Mon – Thu)
Molly Hashimoto,
Libby Mills,
Jocelyn Curry
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Poetics of the Wild (31)
June 26 – 29, 2008 (Thu – Sun)
Tim McNulty
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Home Ground: Gardening with Native Plants (32)
June 28, 2008
Shelley Weisberg, M.S.
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Seattle's Wild Side: Natural History in the Streets (33)
June 29, 2008
David Williams
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Diablo Downtime: Hiking and Canoeing, Yoga and Slow Food III (34)
July 11 – 13, 2008 (Fri – Sun)
Charles Claassen,
Adam Russell,
Hannah Sullivan,
Institute naturalists
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At Water's Edge: Landscape Watercolor Workshop (35)
July 11 – 13, 2008 (Fri – Sun)
Molly Hashimoto
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Roots and Shoots: Skagit Valley Farm Tour (36)
July 13, 2008
Charles Claassen,
Institute naturalists
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Ross Lake by Boat and Boot: People and Places of the Upper Skagit (37)
July 17 – 20, 2008 (Thu – Sun)
Gerry Cook,
Bob Mierendorf, M.A.
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Northwest Naturalists Weekend (38)
July 17 – 20, 2008 (Thu – Sun)
Ralph Haugerud,
Libby Mills,
Adam Russell,
Saul Weisberg, M.S.
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After the Fire: Alpine Ecology and Wildflowers (39)
July 18 – 20, 2008 (Fri – Sun)
Shelley Weisberg, M.S.
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Pacific Crest Backpack: Cascade Pass, Sahale Arm and Horseshoe Basin (40)
July 24 – 27, 2008 (Thu – Sun)
Adam Russell
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Tenth Annual Thunder Arm Writing Retreat (41)
July 30 – August 3, 2008 (Wed – Sun)
Clyde Ford,
Barbara Sjoholm,
Ana Maria Spagna
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Beats on the Peaks: Lookout Poets and Backcountry Tales on Ross Lake (42)
July 31 – August 3, 2008 (Thu – Sun)
Gerry Cook,
Jeff Muse, M.S.
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