Our Mission

"To protect and preserve the North Cascades' scenic, scientific, recreational, educational, and wilderness values."

Publications

 New book from NCCC!

Wilderness Alps: Conservation and Conflict in Washington's North Cascades By Harvey Manning.

 The Wild Cascades Journal

The Wild Cascades, published three times a year (Spring, Summer/Fall, Winter), is the journal of the North Cascades Conservation Council.

Recent Developments

American Alps Legacy Project
As we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the North Cascades National Park, it is time to address critical areas that were left out of the original park. Scenic landscapes, like those around Liberty Bell, Rainy Pass, Snowy Lakes, Cutthroat Pass, and the Cascade River were excluded from the park. Lowland wildlife habitats and pristine rivers and streams remain outside park boundaries. The North Cascades Conservation Council wants to continue the legacy of conservation that inspired the North Cascades National Park. We need your help to complete the park.

For more information: see the program website here.
    

Significant Blanchard Mountain Victory
Judge Susan J. Craighead (King County Superior Court) struck down a decision by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and required the agency to fully assess the unique environmental values of Blanchard State Forest near Bellingham before deciding how much of the Forest will be logged. The ruling was in response to a legal challenge by the North Cascades Conservation Council (NCCC) and the Chuckanut Conservancy.

For more information: read the press release.
    
Harvey Manning
From The President's Report: "Not long after I became president of this organization, Harvey Manning began sending me letters on a wide variety of subjects that seemed to have just popped into his head. He wrote these letters to people with his museum-quality manual typewriter on the back of envelopes or the blank side of bills and junk mail. He pushed the envelope on recycling. Often my letter would be a smudged carbon of something that had gone to some other NCCC member. Despite the lack of sophisticated media presentations, the content of these letters was fascinating. The topics were often rambling but never boring communiqués that could be on virtually any subject, from trails to national politics. I could never understand why an author of Harvey’s stature would use his time to bring me up to speed on the latest things racing through his mind...."

For more information: see the Winter 2006-2007 issue of The Wild Cascades

 
North Cascades Conservation Council
P.O. Box 95980
Seattle, WA 98145-2980