North Cascades Institute

From backyard to backcountry

In 2010, North Cascades Institute continues a 24-year tradition of offering engaging, high-quality, hands-on natural and cultural history experiences for people of all ages. From the visual and literary arts to ecological studies to backcountry explorations, our popular programs connect thousands to the wild wonders of the North Cascades region.

Clock hours or academic credit are available for most seminars.

There are currently 26 programs and excursions open for registration. Click on a program title for more information.



  
  
Lee Mann: A Photographer's Journey Through the North Cascades (4)
March 27 – 28, 2010 (Sat – Sun)
Sourdough Speaker Series #2: Will and Mari Kemper: A Celebration of Microbrewing in the Pacific Northwest (5)
April 24 – 25, 2010 (Sat – Sun)
May Diablo Downtime (6)
May 7 – 9, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Sourdough Speaker Series #3: Kurt Hoelting: The Circumference of Home: One Man's Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life (7)
May 15 – 16, 2010 (Sat – Sun)
Kurt Hoelting
Bunchgrass Dreams: High Desert Ecology (29)
May 15 – 16, 2010 (Sat – Sun)
Mark Darrach
Hands to Work: Learning Center Stewardship Weekend (8)
May 21 – 23, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Mike Brondi, Cindy Bjorklund, Institute naturalists
Spring Birding Weekend: Migration and Song (9)
June 4 – 6, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Libby Mills, Jim Alt
Flowers and their Pollinators (10)
June 11 – 13, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Saul Weisberg, Shelley Weisberg
June Diablo Downtime (11)
June 25 – 27, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Glaze, Wash, Brushstroke: Landscape Watercolor in the North Cascades (12)
June 28 – 30, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Molly Hashimoto
Drawn to the Wilderness: Lessons in Drawing in the North Cascades (13)
June 28 – 30, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Jocelyn Curry
July Diablo Downtime (14)
July 5 – 7, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Diablo Creative Arts Retreat: Silk Painting, Illuminated Journals, and Basket-Making (15)
July 8 – 11, 2010 (Thu – Sun)
Kristen Gilje, Ruthy Porter, Melinda West
Pocket Camera Wildflower Photography (16)
July 19 – 21, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Mark Turner
Ross Lake by Boat and Boot: People and Places of the Upper Skagit (17)
July 22 – 25, 2010 (Thu – Sun)
Gerry Cook, Bob Mierendorf
Wilderness Navigation: Map and Compass Skills (18)
July 30 – August 1, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Institute naturalists
Northwest Naturalists Weekend: Weather, Wildfire and Biodiversity (19)
August 5 – August 8, 2010 (Thu – Sun)
Cliff Mass, Susan Prichard, Philip Higuera, Mignonne Bivin, National Parks Service Botanist
August Diablo Downtime (20)
August 20 – August 22, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
The Spirit of Place: Writing About the Outdoors (21)
August 23 – August 25, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Nick O'Connell
Crafting Memory: Making a Paper Cut Story (22)
August 23 – August 25, 2010 (Mon – Wed)
Nikki McClure
The Beat Goes On: Lookout Poets and Backcountry Tales on Ross Lake (23)
August 26 – August 29, 2010 (Thu – Sun)
Gerry Cook, Saul Weisberg, Hannah Sullivan
Hikes, Camera, Action!: The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival (24)
September 3 – September 5, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Institute naturalists
Wildlife Tracking: Bears, Cougars and Cascadian Mammals (25)
September 10 – September 12, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
David Moskowitz
September Diablo Downtime (26)
September 24 – September 26, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Autumn Beauty: A Watercolor Feast (27)
October 1 – October 3, 2010 (Fri – Sun)
Molly Hashimoto

  
  



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