North Cascades Animal RefugeIndigo Unlimited

Methow Valley · Okanogan County, Washington

A place to take an animal instead of leaving it on the road.

North Cascades Animal Refuge · An initiative of Indigo Unlimited, a 501(c)(3) public charity

Okanogan County has no public shelter. Dogs and cats are dumped on Forest Service roads, in orchards and along Highway 153. We’re building a small, staffed intake door so people have somewhere to bring them.

Foster or volunteer How the refuge works

01 · The refuge

Small. Local. Staffed. Not a warehouse of cages.

We’re standing up a rural intake site for dumped and homeless animals in the lower Methow and greater Okanogan County: short holds, real foster homes and clinic days with partners who already do the work.

An intake door that’s open

A door a person can walk up to when they find a dog on 153, instead of tying it to a tree or leaving it at a trailhead.

Short holds, then home

Short-term holds while animals move to foster homes and adopters, with isolation space so one sick intake doesn’t affect the whole room.

Clinic days with partners

Room for vaccine and spay/neuter days with groups already doing TNR and field work. We don’t replace them. We give them a floor.

02 · The gap

There is no public shelter here.

Rescues and clinic teams already stretch across a county the size of some states. What they don’t have is a building with pens, isolation and a place the public knows to bring an animal. That absence is why animals end up on the road.

The refuge is how we close that gap, close to home in Twisp and the Methow Valley.

03 · Get involved

Neighbors make the door work.

We’re building a list of Methow and Okanogan neighbors who want to help. Reach out and we’ll keep you in the loop.

Foster

Open your home for a short stay, one dog or cat at a time, until their family or forever home is found.

Volunteer, build or drive

Lend a hand with transport, carpentry, setup, clinic days or a skill like design and outreach.

Local businesses

Sponsor a clinic day, keep an info card at your counter, host an event or offer materials and services. See the partner program →

Email [email protected]   Call or text (509) 512-2769

04 · Indigo Unlimited

Our initiatives

North Cascades Animal Refuge is one of several practical, community-run initiatives of Indigo Unlimited, each one small, local and accountable to the people it serves.

Zoe Ophelia Holdings CompanyIndigo Unlimited · 501(c)(3) · EIN 99-3699154
InitiativesAnimal Refuge · Youth Enterprise Academy · Family Legal Cost Assistance · NoWhereElse
  • You are here

    North Cascades Animal Refuge

    A local animal intake door for the Methow Valley and Okanogan County: short holds, foster homes and clinic days with partners.

    About the refuge →
  • Launching 2027

    Methow Youth Enterprise Academy

    A hands-on, 10-month entrepreneurship program for valley youth, using local food and local markets as the classroom.

    Learn more ↗
  • Snohomish & Okanogan Counties

    Family Legal Cost Assistance

    Help with legal costs tied to custody and parenting cases for separated parents in the family law court system.

    Learn more ↗
  • Online

    NoWhereElse

    An online safe place for teens with nowhere else to go: crisis lines, resources and coping help.

    Visit nowhereelse.org ↗

05 · About

Owned by Indigo Unlimited

North Cascades Animal Refuge is owned and operated by Indigo Unlimited, a Washington 501(c)(3) public charity based in Twisp. Indigo Unlimited is a Zoe Ophelia Holdings Company, run by Dominick & Tarah Wernicke.

We start practical initiatives for the needs the Methow Valley and Okanogan County are missing, and keep each one close to home.

— Dominick & Tarah