My name is Taylor Davis. I am a US Army Veteran serving two tours in Afghanistan with the 82 Airborne Division as an infantryman. After serving, I got my B.S. degree in Homeland Security and Emergency Management. I grew up in Oregon and have lived around the Portland Metro area, as most of my...
My name is Tyler Sendek. I grew up in Chicopee, MA, and a few other states along the New England coast. I joined the Marine Corps at 17, right after high school, and served a 4-year enlistment with a 6-month extension as an infantryman. The outdoors has always been a place of peace for me, where...
Integrated Resource Tech on the Chattahoochee Oconee National Forest
Engineering Tech Savannah River
My name is Allison Kaper. I grew up in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. I've always loved being outdoors and spent most of my time as a kid digging around, looking for frogs, salamanders, and any other critters I could watch for a little while. To this day, I still spend most of my free time hiking...
My name is Andrew Nash. I grew up in Central Oregon, where I spent much of my time outdoors, workingon our small farm, riding bikes, and hiking nearby Smith Rock State Park. After graduating High School, Ijoined the Air Force, where I pursued a career in Law Enforcement. My first duty station was...
My name is Ashley Boroff. I grew up in Boron, CA. Growing up, every year, my family would go to Zion National Park. I grew up loving the outdoors and spent a lot of time outdoors. I decided to become an Mt. Adams Institute AmeriCorps Intern to try something new with working outdoors and experience...
My name is Austin Kief, and I grew up mostly on the east coast. Before starting high school, I lived in Ohio, Florida, Connecticut, and Maine, eventually ending up in Columbus, Georgia. I dual-enrolled at Columbus State University during my senior year and thought I would be a Spanish major and...
My name is Brett Denbow. To be honest, I'm still finding myself. I've been through many experiences I've learned from but ultimately have had to let go of. There is no fixed identity, just a deepening into more Love. The thing that drew me to Mt. Adams Institute and this incredible internship was...
My name is Daniel Reed. I'm originally from Portland, OR. I grew up camping and enjoying the outdoors. I enjoy off-road driving, boating, and outdoor adventures. I spent 8 years as an avionics technician in the Navy, before coming back to the PNW to raise my 2 children. I became an Intern for Mt....
After a few months of routine, I wake up minutes before my first alarm goes off. Rolling out of bed before seven has been tough to adjust to, but that was never my strong suit. Most of my gear was packed the night before, but I put the finishing touches in a hurry:...
My name is Alex Apelis. I was born in New York, New York, and spent most of my life living on the East Coast. I grew up playing ice hockey and attending summer camps in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. I came from one of the world’s busiest cities and saw...
I grew up in Northern California, spending time in Placer and Nevada County. Growing up, I always enjoyed the adventure and open terrain of the outdoors, spending a lot of my time snowboarding, fishing, camping, and playing music. I graduated from Colfax High School,...
I am James Tucker. I'm 32 years old, and I haven't lived anywhere longer than six years. I've lived in a lot of places, and Denver and southern Germany are my favorites. I have a family history of military service, and I was in the Navy for two years as a Cryptologic...
Looking for something fun to do with the kiddos this weekend? Well, consider yourself lucky because we happen to live in one of the most breathtakingly beautiful regions in the entire country! Why not hit the trails and embark on an exciting hiking journey together?...
Board Member | Member Since 2020 Annette worked in the technology industry for 25 years, with the last 20 at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon. Her roles focused on Product Marketing, Project Management, Branding, and Education. She and her husband moved to the...
This year has been more than I ever thought it could be and then some serving with the Mount Adams Institute and the Forest Service. Between all the hard work, amazing sights, and just as amazing people to work with, what more could a guy ask for? In the beginning, I...
Coming into the Mt Adams Institute Land Stewards Program after fulfilling a previous AmeriCorps Internship I was very excited to see where this position would take me. Not only would I be doing my mainstay of Forest Service work as a Wilderness Ranger, but I would...
The following three haiku are a reflection of my experience so far. They are meant to come one after another, with no more separation than the physical indentation that is between them. tossing and turning the storm wants to chat... maybe for an hour my head in my...
I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of different jobs in the Forest Service here at Cle Elum. The season began with a lot of trail work. I was also able to shadow the botany team and help them prevent beetle infestation. I worked with the heavy equipment operators,...