Links

• "The Last Polar Bear" at the Burke Museum
  http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/exhibits/details.php?ID=67&type=upcoming
  Organized by the Burke Museum and Braided River, a conservation
  imprint of The Mountaineers Books, The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World will present approximately 40 large-format color photographs by Kazlowski and document the polar bear in its Arctic coastal habitat from Hershel Island in Canada to Point Hope, Alaska.
  
• North Cascade Glacier Climate Project
  http://www.nichols.edu/departments/glacier/
  This is one the most comprehensive studies of slope and alpine glaciers in the world. Spanning 25 years Dr. Pelto and some 40 assistants have closely measured glaciers throughout the North Cascades--gathering mass balance, longitudinal profiles and other relevant facts annually. This is high resolution data, both in terms of spatial considerations, as well as time.
  
• North Cascades Institute
  http://www.ncascades.org
  North Cascades Institute seeks to inspire a closer relationship with nature through direct experiences in the natural world. Their mission is to conserve and restore Northwest environments through education. Since 1986 the Institute has helped connect people, nature and community through science, art, literature and the hands-on study of natural and cultural history. Their goal is to help people of all ages experience and enjoy the mountains, rivers, forests, people and wildlife of the Pacific Northwest – so all will care for and protect this special place.
  
• North Cascades Environmental Learning Center
  http://www.ncascades.org/learning_center
  In 2005, North Cascades Institute opened North Cascades Environmental Learning Center on the shores of Diablo Lake. A partnership with the National Park Service and the City of Seattle, the Learning Center is surrounded by millions of acres of protected public lands. It is a hub of discovery into one of the wildest, most biologically diverse landscapes in North America. Learners of all ages come to explore and participate in innovative programs that inspire and enrich their lives.
  
• Chuckanut Conservancy
  http://www.chuckanutconservancy.org
  The Chuckanut Conservancy is dedicated to the protection and restoration of the unique wildlands in the Chuckanuts-to-Cascades region of Northwest Washington. Based in Bellingham, the group is working to secure protection for all or most of Blanchard Mountain, a rare example of a large and relatively intact coastal forest. Blanchard Mountain and the Chuckanut Range represent the largest remaining block of maturing, publicly owned forest on the entire eastern shore of the greater Puget Sound. The NCCC is actively supporting this important work. To learn more about what makes this place so unique, visit www.chuckanutconservancy.org.
  
• Mount Baker Wild
  http://www.mountbakerwild.org
  A group of volunteers in Whatcom and Skagit counties is organizing to protect new wilderness through public education, outreach and mapping of the unprotected special places of the Mount Baker region. Popular backcountry areas like Sauk Mountain, Church Mountain, Baker River and many others were excluded from the 1984 Washington Wilderness Act. It's time to remedy that, but saving these unspoiled areas depends on your help and strong public support. For more, visit www.mountbakerwild.org.
  
• Wilderness.net
  http://www.wilderness.net
• Wilderness.net is an Internet-based tool connecting the natural resource workforce, scientists, educators, and the public to their wilderness heritage through ready access to wilderness information.
  
• North Cascades National Park
  www.nps.gov/noca
• Ross Lake National Recreation Area
  www.nps.gov/rola
• Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
  www.nps.gov/lach
• Stephen Mather Wilderness
  www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Stephen%20Mather
• Glacier Peak Wilderness
  www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/recreation/special/wilderness/glacier_peak.shtml
• Pasayten Wilderness
  www.fs.fed.us/r6/oka/about/history.shtml
• Mount Baker Wilderness
  www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/recreation/special/wilderness/mtbaker.shtml
• Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness
  www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=410&tab=Area%20Management
• Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness
  www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Lake%20Chelan-Sawtooth
• Boulder River Wilderness -
  www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/recreation/special/wilderness/boulder_river.shtml
• Henry M. Jackson Wilderness
  www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/recreation/special/wilderness/jackson.shtml
• Wild Sky Wilderness
  www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=704
• Alpine Lakes Wilderness
  www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee/cle-elum-wilderness
• Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park (B.C.)
  www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/chilliwa.html
• Skagit Valley Provincial Park (B.C.)
  www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/skagit
• E. C. Manning Provincial Park (B.C.)
  www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/ecmanning
• Cascade Recreation Area (B.C.)
  www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/cascade.html
• Cathedral Provincial Park (B.C.)
  www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/cathedra.html
• Snowy Protected Area (B.C.)
  www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/snowy