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	<title>Chattermarks &#187; Life at the Learning Center</title>
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		<title>Poetic Visualizations of the Winter Season</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/poetic-visualizations-of-the-winter-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christen Kiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Snyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Oliver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim McNulty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say it is winter here in the North Cascades. With the shadowed days and the sting of cold to cheeks as you step outside, one might even believe it is true. But missing from this crisp landscape is also the white beauty of snow. While it is easy to lament the bare ground in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Shopping for the Environmental Learning Center</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/thanksgiving-shopping-for-the-environmental-learning-center/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/thanksgiving-shopping-for-the-environmental-learning-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelby Slater</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institute News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foodshed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Osprey Hills Farm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[We are excited to publish the second piece in our Foodshed Series, with monthly updates from the amazing chefs working so hard to provide program participants and staff at the Environmental Learning Center with sustainable, seasonal, and deliciously fresh food. In an age where the production and consumption of food are heavily disconnected, we work hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Weekend of Warmth and Snow</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/a-weekend-of-warmth-and-snow/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/a-weekend-of-warmth-and-snow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Special Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Getaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foodshed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Written by North Cascades Education Intern, Matt Kraska. It&#8217;s hard to believe it has already been two weeks since Thanksgiving. As many North Cascades Institute staff said their goodbyes and left to spend Thanksgiving with family and friends, others were saying hello as they arrived at the Environmental Learning Center for the Thanksgiving Family Getaway. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from the Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/in-the-kitchen/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/in-the-kitchen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Cuseo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foodshed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foodshed Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pumpkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seasonal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=11732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[We are excited to publish the first piece in our Foodshed Series, with monthly updates from the amazing chefs working so hard to provide program participants and staff at the Environmental Learning Center with sustainable, seasonal, and deliciously fresh food. In an age where the production and consumption of food are heavily disconnected, we work hard to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on the 12th Annual Thunder Arm Writing Retreat</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/reflections-on-the-12th-annual-thunder-arm-writing-retreat/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/reflections-on-the-12th-annual-thunder-arm-writing-retreat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise Ehrheart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ana Maria Spagna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim McNulty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As members of the current M.Ed. graduate cohort, we often have opportunities to assist with North Cascades Institute programs and courses outside our regular teaching schedules. Last month I had the awesome opportunity to assist and participate in the 12th Annual Thunder Arm Writing Retreat offered at the Environmental Learning Center. Poet Tim McNulty and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watercolors in the North Cascades</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/watercolors-in-the-north-cascades/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/watercolors-in-the-north-cascades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christen Kiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institute News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult Programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[molly hashimoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watercolors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=11354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this October, Seattle artist and North Cascades Institute friend Molly Hashimoto led a wonderful and successful workshop on watercolor painting in nature at the Environmental Learning Center. Each day, Molly led students through exercises that developed tangible skills and techniques with the aim of guiding individuals towards their own unique artistic expressions. Molly and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Community in the North Cascades</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/finding-community-in-the-north-cascades/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/finding-community-in-the-north-cascades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Tozier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing Circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tree of Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=11336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Making your way in the world today takes everything you&#8217;ve got. Taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. Wouldn&#8217;t you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name! And they&#8217;re always glad you came! You want to go where you can see people are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Science Mystery</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/a-science-mystery/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/a-science-mystery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Weisberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalist Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Getaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying squirrels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[/caption] I was leading a hike on the Diablo Lake Trail during our August Family Getaway, when one of the participants noticed something odd on the ground at the side of the path. We all stopped and got down on our hands and knees to see what he had found. At first, it looked like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the Learning Center: A graduate student reflects back</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/leaving-the-elc/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/leaving-the-elc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie P</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[c10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Getaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lily the black bear and her two cubs stop by for a visit. They&#8217;re seen almost every day! Photo by John Harter The summer has been whizzing by at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center! Families, children, adults, and black bears alike have been visiting and lounging amongst the Douglas firs and huckleberry bushes here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the Educational Climate</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/changing-the-educational-climate/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/changing-the-educational-climate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[~ Photo by Jeremy Magee. Last week the first climate change teacher workshop was held at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center. Twenty science teachers from Oregon and Washington were invited to spend a week at NCI&#8217;s Diablo Lake campus and discuss ideas and challenges for integrating climate change into curriculum and lessons. In an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Youth Preparation Begins!</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/summer-youth-prep/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/summer-youth-prep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institute News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cascades Climate Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[north cas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mountain School is not yet over but the summer youth program team is already pulling big shifts and long hours in preparation for the arrival of the Cascade Climate Challenge and North Cascades Wild students. Countless calories must be packed and cached, payloads of gear have to be inventoried, cleaned and organized and mounds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ephemeral Beauty of Solitude</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/beauty-of-solitude/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/beauty-of-solitude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=9813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long winter in Washington. Though it is late May, temperatures remain cool at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center and the surrounding mountains are still blanketed in snow. Leaf buds are just opening and most wildflowers have yet to make an appearance on our trails. An occasional errant butterfly gives us hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The merry (and busy!) month of May</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/the-merry-month-of-may/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/the-merry-month-of-may/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 16:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Field Excursions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=9595</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This month, our 25th anniversary year really starts hopping with a wide range of public events, field excursions, readings, open houses and the first family getaway of 2011. Here&#8217;s a round-up of what we&#8217;re doing &#8212; read on and see how you can plug in. May 6: Book release party for Ana Maria Spagna&#8217;s Potluck: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rockity Rock Rock</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/rockity-rock-rock/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/rockity-rock-rock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rocks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=9429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that kids, and adults, truth be told, love throwing rocks? Nearly every Mountain School student spends some time learning and exploring along the shores of Diablo Lake. And without fail (for my trail groups at least) the first question we hear as soon as we get to the shore is, &#8220;Can we throw rocks?&#8221;  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awaiting Spring</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/awaiting-spring/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/awaiting-spring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Codi Hamblin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain School]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=9473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring is near. I can feel it. Here in the North Cascades, small changes signal the coming season. The surrounding forest echoes with bird song, swarms of robins and dark-eyed juncos flit between branches of deciduous alder, paper birch and vine maple. Within the last month, sounds of varied thrushes, pine siskins, red-breasted sapsuckers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return of Winter</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/return-of-winter/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/return-of-winter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Codi Hamblin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ross Lake]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=8824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a month without snowfall and bare ground at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, it appeared our snow days had ended for the winter season and the landscape would quickly resemble spring. But nature reminded us that winter is still upon us as more than a foot of snow fell at the Environmental Learning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Winter Forest</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/exploring-winter-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/exploring-winter-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Codi Hamblin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=8444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So far, winter in the North Cascades has brought us snow, rain, more snow, and until this week, several weeks of consistent rainfall. For now, the majority of snow at the lower elevations near the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center has disappeared. On a recent rainy Saturday, I slipped on my rain gear and headed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Remembering the Small Things</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/instructor-exchange-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/instructor-exchange-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Mikula</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=8311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you bring 40 environmental educators together to share stories, songs, ideas, and experiences, the outcome can be amazing. On January 15th, instructors from IslandWood, Wilderness Awareness School, and Olympic Park Institute joined North Cascades Institute graduate students from Cohort 10 to spend a weekend of sharing knowledge, food, hugs, skits, songs, and stories. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Shifts in the North Cascades</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/natural-shifts/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/natural-shifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Codi Hamblin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalist Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skagit River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skagit Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=7395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The sheer power of water was apparent in the North Cascades this last weekend after a recent Pineapple Express hit the Northwest. Warming temperatures combined with a significant amount of rainfall fell onto several weeks worth of snow in the Cascades. Consequently, mountain creeks filled to the brim and several landslides covered Highway 20, closing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Snow at the Learning Center</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/snow-at-the-learning-center/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/snow-at-the-learning-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=7320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week has brought the first significant snowfall to the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center. Sitting at a relatively low ~1,200 feet in the range, the Learning Center is generally snow-free through the year, though the La Nina weather pattern this winter promises to bring us more of the white stuff than usual. With last [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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