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		<title>AP: Mountains Inspire in North Cascades Art Courses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watercolors and wildlife: North Cascades Institute courses offer arts and outdoors By SHANNON DININNY The Associated Press DIABLO, Wash. For their 10th wedding anniversary, Kori Crane&#8217;s husband handed her a check and told her she could only spend it on an art class. Not just any art class. Crane designed and painted silk scarves in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visit the Institute&#8217;s new retail sites</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/new-retail-sites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Alt, Institute naturalist, and Jan Healy, retail manager, at the Institute&#8217;s new store inside the Newhalem Visitor Center. When you plan your next trip into the North Cascades, be sure to visit the retail sales areas located in NPS visitors centers in and around North Cascades National Park. Thanks to a new agreement with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We need your click to help!</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/we-need-your-click-to-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Youth Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cascades Climate Challenge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How big is your social network? Use your e-powers for good and help Cascades Climate Challenge win a grant! Go to the  Brighter Planet Project Fund and vote up to 3 times. If we get the most votes, we win $5000. The money will be used to buy new tents (our current ones aren&#8217;t going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going solar: panels on Institute building will cut energy costs</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/going-solar/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/going-solar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byron Odion of Clinton installs solar panels March 10 at the Mount Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest and North Cascades National Park headquarters. Photo by Scott Terrell. Published in the Courier-Times on March 23, 2010 by Ralph Schwartz SEDRO-WOOLLEY — The Park and Forest Information Center sits on prime real estate, near the intersection of Highway 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on &#8220;The Circumference of Home&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/the-circumference-of-home/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/the-circumference-of-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Special Guest</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kurt Hoelting, seen here at our Sedro-Woolley office in 2008 in the midst of his &#8220;yearlong experiment in car-free local living&#8221;, will be at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center May 15-16. More details and registration on our Sourdough Speaker page. By Kurt Hoelting May 3, 2010 My new book The Circumference of Home: One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcoming the new canoe</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/welcoming-the-ne-canoe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelsi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring’s presence is not the only thing that North Cascades Institute is welcoming at the Environmental Learning Center this season. As the season continues to reveal itself more each day, whether it be through the scent of black cottonwood blossoms dancing on a wind from Diablo Lake or the more frequent blue skies serving as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barry Lopez in Seattle tomorrow, KUOW interview at 9 am</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/barry-lopez-in-seattle-tomorrow-kuow-interview-at-9-am/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/barry-lopez-in-seattle-tomorrow-kuow-interview-at-9-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re getting ready for Barry Lopez&#8217;s visit to Seattle and couldn&#8217;t be more excited. We&#8217;re meeting him tonight at a private reception near Seward Park, and then co-hosting his presentation &#8220;Speak, Landscape&#8221; at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle tomorrow night, April 7. Inbetween, Barry will be doing an interview on KUOW 90.3 FM with Steve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barry Lopez in Seattle, April 7</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/barry-lopez-in-seattle-april-7/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/barry-lopez-in-seattle-april-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Cascades Institute is delighted to be welcoming Barry Lopez to Seattle on Wednesday, April 7, and we hope you&#8217;ll join us for a one-of-a-kind presentation Barry is calling &#8220;Speak, Landscape.&#8221; Here&#8217;s the skinny on our annual literary event in Seattle next week: Seattle Arts &#38; Lectures and North Cascades Institute present An Evening with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Cascades Institute&#8217;s Early Bird Special</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/early-bird-special/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/early-bird-special/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring into Summer with the Institute&#8217;s Early Bird Discount! From now through March 31st, when you sign up for one of our 2010 programs &#8212; Diablo Downtimes, art or writing retreats, natural history excursions, Ross Lake journeys or any program with tuition over $100 &#8212; you will receive $50.00 off each class registration. It&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kulshan kids wing it</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/kulshan-kids-wing-it/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/kulshan-kids-wing-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin McWethy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bald eagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eagle Watchers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International District Housing Alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kulshan Creek Neighborhood Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marblemount fish hatchery]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=3896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do Bald Eagles mean to you? This was a question a group of 10 high school students from the International District Housing Alliance’s (IDHA) Wilderness Inner-city Leadership Development program (WILD), and 30 students of almost all grades from Kulshan Creek Neighborhood Program, discovered over the weekend. The North Cascades Institute, in partnership with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Cascades Institute on KCTS 9, January 17, 20 &amp; 31</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/nci-on-kcts/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/nci-on-kcts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exciting news about an upcoming special all about the North Cascades, including a story on our Mountain School program that was filmed at the Learning Center last fall! Read on for details: KCTS 9 is proud to present the premiere of &#8216;North Cascades: People, Places and Stories&#8217;, a special showcasing the breathtaking park through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Poems About Place&#8221; this Saturday in Bellingham</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/poems-about-place-in-bellingham/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/poems-about-place-in-bellingham/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six Northwest Washington poets will read their “poems about place” at Village Books on Saturday, January 16 at 7 p.m. The event, co-sponsored by North Cascades Institute, is free, open to the public and aims to raise awareness and support for the 2010 Skagit River Poetry Festival. In the lineup are Washington State Poet Laureate Sam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewriting Thanksgiving traditions</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/rewriting-thanksgiving-traditions/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/rewriting-thanksgiving-traditions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Family Getaways]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every family has different holiday traditions.  Most families gather for a big meal on Thanksgiving. Some watch or play football. My family likes to run in a local “Turkey Trot”. But how many people go for a canoe ride in a 14-person voyageur canoe on Thanksgiving? This year, several families had that opportunity as participants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Mountain School back home</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/bringing-mountain-school-back-home/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/bringing-mountain-school-back-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens at Mountain School does not just stay at Mountain School. With winter’s silence embracing the landscape up at the Learning Center, the laughter of Mountain School students seems all but a distant echo, fading as the Skagit flows down valley. The excitement, the energy, travels wherever the students fare. And where they fare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Cascades Institute gift certificates for the holidays</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/gift-certificates-for-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/gift-certificates-for-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Cascades Institute has the perfect gift idea that fits all sizes and will never go out of style&#8230;a gift certificate that can be used toward 2010 Institute programs. Make your purchase by December 10 and we’ll give you $100 value for only $80, and we&#8217;ll include a package of our blank note cards featuring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/neither-rain-nor-snow/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/neither-rain-nor-snow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=3311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Move over United States Postal Service, neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the graduate program from connecting with this place. Alumni and current students gathered November 6th through the 8th for the First Annual Graduate Program Alumni Reunion. Along with friends, family, and faculty of the graduate program, we enjoyed an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What I Did Last Summer&#8230;.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/what-i-did-last-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/what-i-did-last-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The days of the hand-scrawled essay may be gone, but students still are telling stories to their peers, families and teachers about their summer experiences. We are pleased to be able to showcase two videos put together by members of the 2009 Parks Climate Challenge team. The first, by Laura Humes, is a testament to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Day of Climate Action, October 24th 2009</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/international-day-of-climate-action-october-24th-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/international-day-of-climate-action-october-24th-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aneka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 24th 2009 communities around the world are taking a day to mobilize citizens and create a movement to stop the climate crisis.  Locally, North Cascades Institute will be joining others in Skagit and Whatcom Counties rallying toward sustainability in Bellingham, Mount Vernon and Anacortes.  Promoted by 350.org, International Day of Climate Action is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Lynch at Learning Center, Oct. 10-11; win a copy of his new novel &#8220;Border Songs&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/jim-lynch-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/jim-lynch-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we arranged to have novelist Jim Lynch appear at the Learning Center to be a Sourdough Speaker a year ago, our timing couldn&#8217;t have been better &#8212; Jim&#8217;s then-forthcoming novel Border Songs is set in Whatcom County near the foothills of the North Cascades and is populated with an astonishing amount of natural history [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Crow Planet&#8221; book giveaway!</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/institute-news/lyanda-lynn-haupt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re extremely excited to welcome Lyanda Lynn Haupt and Martyn Stewart to kick-start our Fall 2009 Sourdough Speaker Series at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center. Join us at the Learning Center September 26-27 for a special evening celebrating Darwin and his theory of evolution, the wonders of bird life in the Pacific Northwest and [...]]]></description>
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