Event Details Where: Click here to watch the recorded lecture. Additional Resources: Plants that attract native pollinators year round Oregon Bee Project - Bee Atlas What you can do in our backyard to help save the bees! Lecture Description: The Columbia River Gorge is buzzing with spectacular...
Event Details Where: Click here to watch the recorded lecture. Lecture Description Debris flows are rapidly moving, water-saturated masses of rock and sediment that occur naturally on volcanoes like Mount Adams and Mount Hood. Small, storm-triggered debris flows occur routinely and commonly go...
Event Details Where: Click here to watch the recorded lecture. Additional Resources: Check out this podcast on wolverines Lecture Description: Two rare carnivores roam the high-alpine regions of the Washington Cascades. Wolverines were once eliminated entirely from Washington, but eventually began...
Event Details Where: Click here to watch recorded lecture. Additional Resources: Mycomatch.com & mushroomsofcascadia.com Lecture Description: Virtually every habitat found anywhere in the entire Cascadia Region, from southern Alaska to Central California and from the ocean to the west slopes...
When the pandemic hit, I was living in Minneapolis, MN and working as a corporate copywriter in the healthcare industry. I slowly realized that I needed a change. A year and a half later, my life could not be more different. I never thought I’d be working in the outdoor education industry with...
During the last day of the eight- to twelve-year-old camp, Outdoor Explores, we took the Campers to the Ice Caves nearby campus. Taking a large group of this age group into a pitch-black cave with slippery ice as flooring, meant we had to be absolutely positive that everyone had all the necessary...
This summer I truly feel like I’m the lucky one - I get to go to camp all summer long!After a very isolating past year filled with many uncertainties, I feel very grateful to be constantly surrounded and supported by a cohort of fantastic co-educators and campers. Getting to temporarily call Trout...
Although this is my second year serving as an AmeriCorps intern at Mt. Adams institute, this is my first experience working here at the camp, in-person with the campers and fellow counselors. I began my time with the program last summer, right in the middle of the pandemic. In-person summer camp...
Howdy! In late May, I packed up nearly all of my belongings and traveled 2,200 miles to the Pacific Northwest. Little did I know that I could flourish and challenge myself in this new environment to develop different strategies to help campers get a better glance at our big, beautiful, and...
Watch lecture recording here! Lecture Description: Climate change is forcing many alpine species to higher elevations, including American pikas (Ochotona princeps), small rabbit-relatives that typically inhabit high-elevation mountain ranges of western North America. However, despite dramatic...
Mt. Adams Institute Receives AmeriCorps Grant to Continue Programs Trout Lake, WA - Mt. Adams Institute has received a $1,119,904 grant from AmeriCorps the federal agency responsible for national service and community volunteerism. This funding will support up...
Wet Planet Whitewater is strengthening its commitment to protecting natural resources in the White Salmon River watershed by supporting organizations that provide stewardship service. The Husum, WA whitewater rafting and kayaking company that has hosted the White...