Spring into Summer with the Institute's Early Bird Discount! From now through March 31st, when you sign up for one of our 2010 programs -- Diablo Downtimes, art or writing retreats, natural history excursions, Ross Lake journeys or any program with tuition over $100  -- you will receive $50.00 off each class registration. It's a great opportunity to sign up for as many as you like and save!

We've just completed uploading dozens of new educational adventures for people of all ages to our website and we're open for registration. Please visit www.ncascades.org/get_outside to view the Institute's many unique spring and summer offerings. This year, we're teaching birding, Pacific Northwest weather with Cliff Mass, basket-making with natural materials, digital photography, papercutting art with Nikki McClure, wilderness orienteering, wildflowers and pollinators, watercoloring and journal-making, wildlife tracking and much more, including the 2010 Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival.