Mauri Pelto's 42 years of glacier study show alarming melt rates in Washington's North Cascades National Park.

Grizzly bears have existed in the North Cascades ecosystem for thousands of years, according to the NPS. However, in the 1800s, they were hunted and most of the population was killed by 1860.

The North Cascades Conservation Council, a Seattle-based organization whose advocacy was instrumental in securing the park’s establishment and which continues to watchdog park operations ...

Known as the 'American Alps,' North Cascades National Park showcases spectacular alpine trails and lakes in Washington.

For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined ...

Those are coastal bears. The grizzlies in the North Cascades plan would be descendants of inland animals — omnivores with largely plant-based diets. Grizzlies, though, are opportunistic foragers.

Grizzlies to return to North Cascades, feds confirm in controversial plan Under a final plan announced Thursday, officials will release three to seven bears per year. They anticipate 200 in a century.

North Cascades National Park is a must-visit destination for many traveling to the Pacific Northwest, and this small ...

North Cascades is Washington's most wild national park. Whether on foot, by boat or by climber's rope, here are eight ways to explore the national park complex.

The once-dominant mammals have not been seen in North Cascades National Park or nearby wildlands in Washington state since one was spotted west of Glacier Peak in 1996, according to the U.S. Fish ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The forested mountains in and around North Cascades National Park in north central Washington state have long been considered prime habitat for threatened grizzly bears, so ...

The North Cascades Highway, opened in 1972, brings three-quarters of a million people through a corridor between the two halves of that park each summer season, but only 26,000 walk far enough ...