Learning Center & Field Programs

Visit_ELC_ClassesA home base in the heart of the North Cascades

When you sign up for a program at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center or one of our field offerings, you are purchasing more than a world-class educational experience. You'll receive hands-on instruction from the Pacific Northwest’s finest artists, scientists, naturalists and writers.

Sign up for a Learning Center program or Field Excursion and find out why "North Cascades Institute...introduces wonder. It reminds us why we should be amazed." -Bill Deitrich

Scholarships, student discounts, clock hours and academic credit are available for most seminars.

Baker Lake Snowshoe Excursion

Baker Lake Snowshoe Excursion

Feb 18, 2012
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Winter in the Coastal Northwest brings cool wet weather. Travel to the foothills of the Cascades and enter a winter world .

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Thor Hanson and "Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle"

Thor Hanson and "Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle"

Mar 24, 2012 - Mar 25, 2012
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In Thor Hanson's award-winning "Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle", the San Juan Island-based conservation biologist offers an engaging narrative of the natural and cultural history of feathers.

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