News Releases links to the most recent official public information for the park complex. The Park Newspaper link above gives you the Visitor Information Guide. 

Gwen Peterson, shares the view at North Cascades' Diablo Lake Overlook

Pilot Teacher to Ranger to Teacher Program brings National Park Week to Houston Schools

Science teacher and “Teach for America” alumnus, Gwendolyn Peterson, has declared May 12-16, 2008 as National Park Week in Houston’s Seguin Elementary School. Ms. Peterson spent last summer in Washington’s North Cascades National Park through the “Teacher to Ranger to Teacher” program – welcoming people to the Visitor Center, leading hikes, and developing educational curriculum.

“Last summer was a fantastic opportunity to experience turquoise water, jagged glacial peaks, and wild animals – an environment in stark contrast to Houston – and bring some of this experience back to my students,” said Ms. Peterson. “The experience was a once in a lifetime opportunity that made me think outside myself and realize the sheer grander of this country.”

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Tolo fire right after mid-July 2007 lightning storm. This fire was managed and monitored by video camera late in the summer.

Intensity of Fire and Flood Seasons Continue to Increase

Resource managers look at Climate Change to document and respond:

The Pacific Northwest is sensitive to global climate changes because of its latitude, proximity to the Pacific, strong climate gradients, topography, and extreme seasonal weather (very wet winters and very dry summers).  The sensitivity of this area’s climate is illustrated by the advance and retreat of glaciers during the past several thousand years.  Current research and monitoring helps assess the range and magnitude of climate changes over multiple scales of space and time.  We have learned that we are dry and glaciers shrink during El Nino years, and that our climate cycles between dry/warm and wet/cool states over 10-15 year periods.

Monitoring of weather conditions takes place in 13 sites in the North Cascades. Marblemount's weather station links to the national Climate Reference Network to help observe climate change across the country over a long period of time.