Resources

• Pacific Biodiversity Institute
  http://www.pacificbio.org
  Pacific Biodiversity Institute conducts conservation science research and provides consulting and data management services to organizations concerned with natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to using the best available science to enhance natural resource planning and management decisions.
   
• National Parks Conservation Association
  http://www.npca.org/northwest/
  The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) is a partner of the American Alps initiative. NPCA's mission is to protect and enhance America's National Parks for present and future generations. They are windows to our past, homes to some of our rarest plants and animal species, and places where every American can go to find inspiration, peace, and open space. At NPCA, we work every day to ensure our national parks get the vital care and support they need.
   
• 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 Mather
• 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 Management
• Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness
  www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Lake Chelan-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