by Mt. Adams Institute | May 9, 2025 | VW 2025
I grew up in South Florida where I took to marketing and media production at a very young age. I workedas an Aviation Electrician upon enlisting in the Navy. While the work was rewarding, I had a particularliking to photography and eventually studied graphic design. I...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Mar 17, 2025 | SOP Display, WRO
A community-centered, multimedia production features original music and storytelling in the Columbia River Gorge. Hood River, OR – Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series will celebrate 15 years with a landmark event: The Watershed Rock Opera, a multimedia...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Feb 28, 2025 | Field Notes, VetsWork, VW Display
Deonza speaks to the scope of work she’s accomplished as a GIS Specialist at Tongass Misty Fjord’s Kechikan, Alaska Ranger Station. By Deonza Mohamed I have been working as a GIS Specialist for the Tongass Misty Fjord’s Ketchikan AK Ranger Station since...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Feb 21, 2025 | Field Notes, VetsWork, VW Display
VetsWork Intern Joesph Powell speaks to his time as an MAI intern working at the U.S. Forest Service. By Joseph Powell On June 17th 2024, I started my first day as a Vets Work intern with the U.S Forest Service. The internship brought me to Moose Pass, Alaska to serve...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Feb 19, 2025 | SOP Display
Hood River, OR – March 12, 2025 – Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series continues with “Beyond the Scrub: New Attention on Oregon White Oaks and Why They Matter,” featuring Lindsay Cornelius, East Cascades Oak Partnership Manager at the Columbia Land...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Feb 18, 2025 | Board Member
Board Member Steve retired in 2020 from the City of The Dalles, Oregon as community development director. This position concluded his 40-year career as an urban planner for local governments in Oregon, California and New Mexico. During his career he collaborated with...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Feb 7, 2025 | Field Notes, VetsWork, VW Display
Over the course of his internship Cooper Roberts learned a lot. Like…a lot, a lot. And he also helped to teach his supervisor some things along the way! “We threw him in the deep end of a mid-career GIS analysis process…a lot of times I felt like I was the guy...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Feb 5, 2025 | SOP Display, WRO
Thank you to everyone who has reached out about tickets for The Watershed Rock Opera (WRO). We are excited to announce the dates for our pre-sale and general admission tickets – (and keep reading for more on this unique project…) FEBRUARY...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 31, 2025 | Field Notes, Land Stewards, LS 2024
Sophia Mosbrucker shares a memorable night as a Refuge Technician, where starlit skies, bullfrog calls, and teamwork come together. I’m standing still. There’s water up to my hips but I can feel only the cool tinge through my waders. It’s so dark. I’ve always been...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 29, 2025 | SOP Display
Hood River, OR – Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series is proud to present “Of Salmon and Basketball: A Conversation with Buck Jones” on Wednesday, February 12, featuring an evening spent in conversation with Buck Jones, an enrolled Cayuse member of...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 24, 2025 | Field Notes, Land Stewards, LS 2024
Meet Nate Jensen, one of our incredible AmeriCorps interns working with the Willamette Resources and Educational Network (WREN) in the beautiful West Eugene Wetlands! Since May, Nate has jumped into environmental education headfirst, teaching K-12 students about local...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 17, 2025 | Field Notes, VetsWork, VW Display
Mt. Adams Institute intern Heriverto “Eddy” Colado takes us on an imaginative dive into the life of a Pacific Lamprey, and it’s encounter with a human researcher in the field. In this unique Field Notes entry, Eddy stages an unforgettable “interview”...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 11, 2025 | SOP Display
What is this Watershed Rock Opera, anyways?! Read about it in, Channeling the Stories of the Local Watershed, an article in the most recent edition of Oregon Humanities magazine in which producer, Sarah Fox, writes about the project’s origin-story and some Sense of...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 10, 2025 | SOP Display
The most recent edition of The Gorge Magazine featured a look back at 15-years of Sense of Place with their article Finding the Common Thread. Local writer, David Hanson, spoke with SOP’s Sarah Fox, program founder, Amanda Lawrence, and even dipped a toe into our...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Dec 30, 2024 | SOP Display
with Doug Thiesies -Hood River County Forester, Gary Paasch – mountain biker & trail-builder, and Arthur Babitz – County Commissioner and mountain biker Hood River, OR – January 15, 2025 – Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series continues with “More Than...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Dec 20, 2024 | SOP Display
What has pears, wastewater wizards, rare carnivores, and music all wrapped up in one place?! The Watershed Rock Opera! Oregon Humanities headed out to the Gorge to talk with Sense of Place host/curator, Sarah Fox, City Manager Abigail Elder, and Lesley Tamura, 4th...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Dec 19, 2024 | Field Notes
Kristin grew up in rural Vermont, where her love for nature first took root. With a degree in Cultural Anthropology, she’s explored the world through NOLS in Baja, Mexico, and a study abroad semester in Nepal. Her career journey includes serving in AmeriCorps, working...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Dec 18, 2024 | SOP Display
Sense of Place turned 15 years old this season. Thank you to The Gorge Magazine and writer, David Hanson for helping us celebrate with such a thoughtful, nuanced article. We so appreciate and believe in local news sources and writers. So go grab a magazine and...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Nov 29, 2024 | Field Notes, VetsWork, VW Display
Photo: U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Trout Lake, WA — When AmeriCorps VetsWork intern Emily Kosterman signed on to serve with the U.S. Forest Service, she never imagined she’d play a role in selecting the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. For the past 54 years a...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Nov 28, 2024 | Field Notes, Land Stewards, LS 2024
Jessica Rodriguez shares her recent journal entry in which she reflects on the transformative experiences that have reshaped her connection to the outdoors and inspired a new career path as an MAI intern at Mt. Hood. “ This season has sprouted new leaves in every...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Nov 27, 2024 | SOP Display
with Laura Volksi, PHD Student Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place series continues with “The Wolf Next Door: A Community Perspective on the Return of Wolves,” featuring PhD student Lara Volski. The event will be held on Wednesday, December 11. Doors open...
