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Blue Hour at Mount Adams, The #bluehour is the period of #twilight when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon and residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade.
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Join Mt. Adams Institute for the last virtual Sense of Place event of the season, Pikas Under Fire: American Pika Ecology and Behavior in a Time of Global Change, April 14, 2021 at 7 p.m. on Zoom featuring Dr. Johanna Varner.
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As 2020 comes to an end, our remaining VetsWork members reflect on their @americorps internships. Despite coming into the program at the same time that COVID-19 arose, our interns remained positive and made the most out of their service year.
“This experience has been transformative for my outlook on life and career goals...As always, I am grateful for my time and to Mt. Adams Institute for enabling me to experience this opportunity.” Read more from Michael via the link in bio.
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Our Public Lands Stewards graduate from their AmeriCorps internships on Friday! Follow along this week as we share final stories of their experiences.
From Dakota, serving at the Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, “I am thankful to have worked on a project that I feel has a positive impact on our world and for Mt. Adams Institute being one small yet important piece to a large puzzle.”
Read more from him via the link in our bio!
A huge welcome to Lucy and Brooke; the newest addition to our Cascade Mountain School summer staff! #summercamp #cascademountainschool #mtadamsinstitute #americorps #environmentaleducation #educator
We’re off to a great start... over 500 pieces of litter picked up! A huge thanks to the folks cleaning-up our communities, even in the rain!
#mtadamsinstitute #earthdaycleanup20 #litter #litterchallenge #volunteer #earthday
We’re hiring an outreach coordinator! Join us in connecting people to the natural world! Applications will be accepted until February 5th. Check out the position description via the link in our bio.
#mtadamsinstitute #hiring
She’s off for her school overnight trip! She handled all of her own packing and I am fully confident that means she’ll have at least 95% of the things she really needs. Girlfriend is on top of it! #urchinadventures #montessorikids #overnightfieldtrip #cascademountainschool
Third time’s a charm. After two previous attempts, finally summited Mt. Adams this morning. And of course, upon reaching the second highest peak of the Pacific Northwest, waiting for me was a spectacular view of the highest. Fuck you, Mt. Rainier.
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Look who's on his way to Outdoor Explorers Camp. Can't wait to see what happens today at #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool
We’ve got some exciting news... we’ve received an AmeriCorps grant to continue funding our career development programs: VetsWork Environment, VetsWork GreenCorps, and Public Lands Stewards! With this grant our AmeriCorps members can continue to #GetThingsDone on our public lands and in our communities.
Check out the link in bio for the full story!
#AmeriCorps #AmeriCorpsWorks #mtadamsinstitute
We are excited to announce our new summer camp model that engages kids in outdoor adventures while still being cautious about the COVID-19 pandemic.
At-Home Adventures (A-HA!) brings camp right to your home. Each week, campers receive a themed activity kit coupled with on-line instruction and project sharing with our expert instructors and other campers.
Check out the link in our bio for more info! We anticipate that camps will fill to capacity and recommend that you sign up sooner than later!
Happy Earth Day! We are grateful for our beautiful planet and the experiences in the natural world that it provides for us.
Stewardship of our earth is a core value across all of our programs. Last year, our AmeriCorps members planted over 5,800 native trees!
The pictures here are from a service project with Friends of Trees and a local elementary school at the Sandy River Delta.
#mtadamsinstitute #earthday #stewardship #volunteerweek #service #americorps #trees #volunteer #savetheplanet
Our summer camp coordinator Dana has been working hard preparing for our very first At-Home Adventure Camps (A-HA)! We’re piloting two camps this week: Budding Birders and Backyard Explorers. If we don’t have in-person camps this year due to COVID-19, we will bring the summer camp experience to your home with At-Home Adventures!
Stay tuned for more updates on camps later this week.
#tbt to this week last year in our headquarters town of Trout Lake, WA! Who else is missing all the snow??
#mtadamsinstitute #pnw #mtadams #getoutside #letitsnow
This weeks #TBT is from the 2014 Cascade Mountain School, Science of Stewardship program. High school students backpacked through the Mt. Hood National Forest while conducting meaningful ecological research. The Cascade Mountain School offers a variety of summer camps that give participants the chance to learn new skills, make lifelong friends, and become more connected to themselves and the natural world. Registration for the 2017 season is open! Go to: cascademountainschool.org for more information! #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool #summercamps #mthood #science #stewardship
Love where I work #somanywaterfalls #umpquanationalforest #vetswork #mtadamsinstitute #lemolofalls
Meeting #cascademountainschool at horseshoemeadow full of bright red and pink paintbrush
Have you ever felt more at home in the outdoors than actual home? Tomorrow is National Public Lands Day; share with us your favorite outdoor home away from home! And check out this awesome artwork done by our AmeriCorps intern Victoria during her time in the Methow Valley this summer. Wildfire burn areas were the inspiration for the last two photos and she even used charcoal from the burned wood to create them!
#publiclands #art #nature #outdoors #stewardship #americorps #forestservice #mtadamsinstitute
#throwbackthursday to Cascade Mountain School's 2016 Nature Art Camp! This year, CMS is offering a similar camp called Recycled Art where students will work with recycled and repurposed material to make beautiful works of art! This camp will inspire artistic spirit while gaining an appreciation for the things we throw away. Students will get the opportunity to feel like real artists in a local Trout Lake art studio as they create their magical masterpieces. Registration is open at cascademountainschool.org! #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool #recycledart #summercamp #registernow #tbt
There are definitely silver linings to the challenges we’ve faced with the pandemic. VetsWork @AmeriCorps intern Melissa shares in her blog, “My internship has been much different than expected with the Covid-19 outbreak. I have spent many hours working from home. Although this is not ideal it’s given me time to research and understand some of the history of the Forest Service and therefore have a deeper respect for the work that is being done.” Read more about Melissa’s experience in VetsWork via the link in bio! Also, swipe right for Melissa’s favorite coworker aka cuteness overload!!!
#vetswork #mtadamsinstitute #publiclands #forestservice #stewardship #veteran
Last week marked the end of our Mountain to Valley summer camp! For two weeks, students conducted meaningful ecological research while farming, backpacking, mountaineering, and camping. We hope that they left connected to themselves, with new skills and friends, and inspiration to become positive leaders and change makers in our world! #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool #mountaintovalley #mtadams #troutlakevalley #highschoolcamp #science #stewardship
Some good news on this gloomy day! At the start of March I put in for a scholarship to get my Master Educator certificate through Leave No Trace. Looks like I received it! Now hopefully we can get these classes going. #leavenotrace #scholarships #goodnews #mtadamsinstitute #americorps #lntmastereducator
We visited many places in the trout lake valley area to gather fresh ingredients for our outdoor cooking, here the Mt. Chef campers picked fresh vegetables and seasonings for our dumplings!
#outdoored #outdoorcooking #cooking #troutlakeabbey #fresh #picking #cascademountainschool #mtadamsinstitute
From VetsWork intern Chris, serving on the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest,
“All things considered, despite Covid, the shutdowns, telework, and the endless national crises that have made 2020 so interesting, I feel that I’ve made considerable and invaluable personal progress during the internship. I’d like to give a huge thanks to my amazing support team at Mt. Adams Institute, and my co-workers within the Forest Service.” Read more via link in bio!
#vetswork #americorps #mtadamsinstitute #veteran #career #publiclands #forestservice
As we get excited for Cascade Mountain School's September Mushroom Community Workshop, here's a #TBT photo of successful foraging from a 2015 VetsWork mushroom hike! #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool #mushrooms #forage #community
Raina, a wilderness ranger from our 2020 Public Lands Stewards program, reflects on her AmeriCorps internship.
“I have never been in a work position before where I have constantly been learning new things and where supervisors care so much about presenting me with as many opportunities as they can. It has been a jampacked summer full of learning, growth, and good times.”
Read her full blog via the link in our bio!
#mtadamsinstitute #publiclands #stewardship #americorps #forestservice #ranger
Our MacGyver camp wrapped up today with a lesson focusing on electricity! Here the campers learn about static electricity as they try to pick up various materials with balloons. #macgyvercamp #cascademountainschool #mtadamsinstitute #naturalengineers #electricity
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We are so happy to see our VetsWork cohorts staying in touch. Supporting each other through this challenging time is key to getting through it!
#mtadamsinstitute #vetswork #americorps #stayconnected #support
#GivingTuesday is next week and we have some great news. . . Our board is going to DOUBLE the donations we receive with a Matching Gift Challenge! So mark your calendar and double your impact for Cascade Mountain School scholarships! #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool #getkidsoutside #connecttonature
Happy Graduation Day to our 2020 VetsWork @AmeriCorps interns of the Pacific Northwest cohort!
We had a wonderful Zoom ceremony with our interns, supervisors, staff, and board. We thank our interns for all of their work in our communities and public lands, and wish them the best of luck on their next journey!
Last year, our scholarship supporters gave several local kids the chance to get out in nature and discover their inner “wild scientist”. We think we’ve found a way to DOUBLE that impact on #GivingTuesday this year - stay tuned! mtadamsinstitute.org/donate #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool #scholarships #nature #tbt
Victoria, Public Lands Stewards Intern serving on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, reflects on her experience as a backcountry ranger this summer... “My experience with Mt. Adams Institute, AmeriCorps, and the Forest Service has been an extremely positive one, and as the winter chill creeps in I am sad to leave. However, I know that it isn’t truly leaving me. I will always carry the courage of a wilderness ranger wherever I explore and trudge in life.”
Read her final blog via the link in our bio!
#americorps #publiclands #forestservice #mtadamsinstitute #wilderness #ranger #forest
Do you remember the first time you connected to the natural world or had an awesome experience at summer camp? Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday and we are dedicating all donations to scholarships for our CMS outdoor programs. Consider supporting us and provide an opportunity for a local kid to experience nature! #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool . mtadamsinstitute.org/donate
Super excited to have been selected to serve as a board member of #mtadamsinstitute I cannot thank the board members enough for the and opportunity! This past Thursday evening the we had a great function for helping to raise funding for our outdoor pavilion which will be used to help with outdoor schools, veterans working programs, and other great outdoor work programs for young adults!!! If you have a minute this weekend please check out our website to see all of the positive things we are doing and if you are able and inclined to support, please do so! https://mtadamsinstitute.org/capital-campaign/
Our donors make everything we do to connect people with nature possible. We were so moved by the transformations we saw in scholarship kids this summer, we are dedicating every dollar that comes in on 11/28, this #GivingTuesday, to scholarships for local kids to get outdoors at science camps this season! #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool #backpacking #mtadams
KCD is sad to be losing the amazing Krystal Hedrick, who has accepted a new position as GIS Mapper with the Weld County Assessor’s Office in Colorado.
She served at KCD over the past year through Mount Adams Institute VetsWork, an AmeriCorps career development program for military veterans who want to work in natural resources management.
As a forest technician, Krystal brought passion to her work on KCD’s North SeaTac Park restoration managing a KCD WCC crew to remove harmful invasive plants and prepare the site for reforestation efforts that will improve the park’s ecosystem making it more resilient and beneficial for local wildlife.
#BestOfLuckToYou #ThankYouForYourService #MtAdamsInstitute #AmeriCorps #Forestry #UrbanForestry #WashingtonConservationCorps
Earlier this month, Open Window School from Bellevue, WA returned to MAI for their 3rd year of "Farm Camp"! Students spent 4 days exploring the interconnections between the human and ecological systems of the Trout Lake Valley. We hope to see them back again next year!! #motivationmonday #cascademountainschool #mtadamsinstitute #openwindows #farmcamp #sustainableagriculture
If Tofurky roasts were found in the wild, where would they be?
Join us for a Sense of Place lecture, Klickitat County: The Cradle of Plant Based Diets, with Tofurky founder Seth Tibbott on November 18. Learn more via link in our bio.
#mtadamsinstitute #tofurky #senseofplace #americangothic
We are very excited to announce that our amazing supporters contributed $3,450 yesterday for Giving Tuesday!
Given the Board Matching Challenge of $3,000, you helped raise a total of $6,450 in scholarship funds to get local kids outdoors with our #CascadeMountainSchool programs. Thank you!! #mtadamsinstitute #givingtuesday #thankyou
This Veterans Day we honor military Veterans worldwide, with a special appreciation for our 2020 VetsWork @AmeriCorps members. This incredible group of Veterans served our country in the military, and then continued to serve through national service. Thank you for your work on our public lands and in our communities.
Follow us throughout the day as we share stories of impact from our VetsWork members!
#veteransday #veteran #americorps #mtadamsinstitute #nationalservice #military #publiclands
@nationalservice Thanks for helping make 2017 a successful year for ALL of our programs!! #americorps #americorpsweek #americorpsworks #mtadamsinstitute #thankyou #publiclands #cascademountainschool
Positions for our 2021 VetsWork program year are posted! Check out the link in our bio to see position descriptions or read current VetsWork intern Matt’s blog about his experience in the program.
“Thanks to the VetsWork program, I got the chance to learn many things about fish culture such as feeding, cleaning, and watching for different behaviors... I have nothing but excitement looking toward the future of the internship.”
#vetswork #mtadamsinstitute #americorps #internship #veteran #publiclands
Come visit our Cascade Mountain School table at the Gorge STEM Fair and check out our new family STEM kits! #cascademountainschool #gorgestemfair #mtadamsinstitute #columbiarivergorge #stem #science #environmentaleducation
Show & tell in a virtual world with our new VetsWork @americorps interns. Can you guess what the last photo is?
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