Spring Stewardship Weekend
Event Details
This year, we’re excited to reintroduce our Stewardship Weekends—a special opportunity for people looking to give back to the beloved North Cascades Environmental Learning Center and the surrounding wildlands! It's a great time of the year to be on Diablo Lake - spring is emerging, the forest is full of birdsong and blooms, and you'll beat the summer crowds.
Photo by ML Harris
Special pricing for college students: $50 per person!
Come with your own group and share a room, or register solo and we'll place you with other college students (typically 2-3 people per room).
Students must call for this special pricing: 360-854-2599
We invite you to join Institute staff this spring for a meaningful weekend of tending to the land and caring for the place that means so much to our community. We will have useful projects for all ages and ability levels, including older folks, families with kids, college students and you!
Projects may include maintenance on our three well-used trail shelters, getting the tandem canoes ready for the summer, painting signs and other ways of sprucing up our campus.
During this specially-priced weekend, participants will work together on a variety of hands-on projects that support native plants and wildlife while also helping care for and beautify our campus. In celebration of the North Cascades Institute’s 40th anniversary, stewardship projects may include thinning and mulching, trail maintenance, and upkeep of campus features—each task contributing to the long-term resilience of this special place.
Our shared work will be balanced with the comforts that make time at Diablo Lake so memorable. Our kitchen crew will serve delicious, nourishing meals throughout the weekend, and evenings will feature engaging naturalist activities and campfire conversations. At day’s end, you’ll retire to our comfortable guest lodges with tired muscles, full hearts, and the satisfaction of a job well done.
If you’re looking for a hands-on way to give back to the North Cascades and support the Institute’s conservation and education mission, the Spring Stewardship Weekend may be just what you’re looking for!
View our photo gallery from 2022’s Spring Stewardship Weekend. Top photo by ML Harris.