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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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Trying to prevent hat shadow lol. Out in Trout Lake, WA for a place-based education training with the Cascade Mountain School. #troutlake #cascademountainschool #placebasededucation #summer #pnw #squint #nofilter #mtadams
It was so much fun teaching mtadamsinstitute summer botany camp yesterday. The kids had a blast learning about plants and natural dyes. We had a field trip to bloomanddye to harvest fresh dye flowers and the older kids made bundle dyed bandanas. The young kids made indigo shibori bandanas and left with blue hands and blue arms! 💙🌿🌼💛
I left exhausted with a big smile and full heart. Seeing the joy and happiness on these kids faces as they saw what they created was a treat.
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#troutlakewashington
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
Mt Adams in August
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#pnw #mtadams #adamssummit #mtadamssummit #mtadamswilderness #mtadamsinstitute #pnwonderland #pnwlife #pnwadventures #washington #summit #alpine
I was honored to take 3 former #cascademountainschool students to the top of Mt. Adams. They did great! Thanks grancrews for coming along and the great 📸 #mtadams #moresunblock #volcanoeviews smithoptics
This season is coming to an end here for the Mt Adams wilderness crew. I am so thankful to have served with each of these amazing people who took me under their wings and taught me how to be a wilderness ranger. The things i experienced will forever make me a better person and a better outdoorsman. And the friendships made will last a lifetime. This wilderness ranger crew makes a massive impact on preserving the designated wilderness areas within the Gifford Pinchot and these last completely wild lands would be lost if not for the hard work and long hours dedicated by these fine humans. Thank you for this life changing experience that I will be forever grateful for! #mtadamsinstitute #americorps #vetswork #wildernessranger #wildernessculture #mountainlife
Also fun fact that Chris is helping with a paddle right now! Repost: Chris Sutherland is a returning VetsWork Intern serving as the Field Technician for the estuarypartnership
"I began the term right where I left off, pulling ivy, blackberry, holly, and cleaning up sites for future restorative efforts. Something different for me this year is the big canoe paddle trips. I have always loved the water and to be able to take people from our communities out on our rivers and lakes is an experience I will never forget."
Thank you for your continued service, Chris!
#VetsWork #AmeriCorpsWorks #MtAdamsInstitute #Service #bigcanoe #paddle
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#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
One of the wilderness ranges drilling a hole into the ice to put bamboo polls into to help keep climbers on the correct route in bad weather conditions. Coming off the summit of Mt Adams #wildernessculture #mountains #mountainclimbing #volcano #wildernessranger #mtadamswilderness #mtadamsinstitute #vetswork #americorps
This week is Americorps week. For 25 years now Americorps members have been serving communities and preserving our public lands across America. I would like to take this day to thank Americorps and the Mt Adams institute for giving me the opportunity to serve with the US Forest Service and help preserve our national forests for future generations to enjoy. #dayofthea #americorps #mtadamsinstitute #usforestservice #giffordpinchotnationalforest #mtadams #troutlake #vetsworkenvironment #vetswork #optoutside #pnwlife #exploremore #staywild #keepitwild #mountainvibes #theoutbound #wildernessculture #discoverearth #exploremore #stayandwander #welivetoexplore #earthpix #chooseadventure #choosemountains #ourwild #liveyouradventure #greettheoutdoors #theoutdoorfolk #getoutstayout #optoutside
Today’s school consisted of more wet on wet painting after we read a few books with winter landscapes and Scandinavian illustration. We had multiple conversations through the day of how people celebrate and prepare for winter around the world. And then the kids painted! I absolutely love how they create really beautiful and expressive paintings. We seriously need to have an art gallery for everything they have made this year! Stay. Tuned for pictures. I taught them how to make “speckled stars” in their winter landscape paintings. 😊 #kidart #homeschool #homestudio #messykids #happykids #cascademountainschool
Topped out on #mtadams last weekend. This feeling will never get old. #windyaf #mtadamsinstitute
And here are the finished paintings! Eliza’s is the top one and she titled it “SNOWSTORM RAINSTORM” (“it’s about the snow storm taking care o the pack of little snow squirrels”- Eliza) and Sam’s one on the bottom is called “BIRTH OF THE NIGHT DRAGONS SUNSET” (“mom it’s the sunset that happens at midnight o my when a night dragon is born”-Sam ) #creativekids #kidart #homestudio #homeschool #cascademountainschool
Natural Dye Workshop today with Cascade Mountain School and the talented Julie Beeler unidola! Very fun and super informative! #naturaldye #foraging #cascademountainschool #color #fallfoliage #columbiarivergorge #troutlake #makersgonnamake #weaversofinstagram #knittersofinstagram
Took down the signs in front of the ranger station today to do some rehab work on them and put on a new coat of paint. #usfs #mtadamsinstitute #vetswork #americorps #troutlakerangerstation #troutlake #mountaintown #mtadams #signwork #nationalforests
More natural dyeing - with the Cascade Mountain School and Julie Beeler. Hunting, gathering, preparing, creating, recording! A great day!#naturaldyeing unidola #cascademountainschool #foraging #fall #rosehips #mushrooms #naturalcolors #makersgonnamake #littleweavingsco #textilespluscolor #troutlake #naturalworld
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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#pika #columbiagorge #wildlife #conservation #education #ecology #globalchange #wildfire #mtadamsinstitute #drvarner #pikachu #climatechange #hoodgorge #thedalles #wasco #hoodriver #mthood #forest #animal
Meet Gaby, a Cascade Mountain School alum! Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday and we’re dedicating all donations to scholarships for our Cascade Mountain School outdoor programs. Consider supporting us and provide an opportunity for another student to have a meaningful experience like, Gaby! View the full video on our YouTube channel. #givingtuesday2018 #giving #nov27 #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool #nature #education #environmentaleducation #scholarships #matchingchallenge #board #donate
My job makes me happy. Surveying Oregon Spotted Frog, a threatened species on the Crescent Ranger District. #mtadamsinstitute #vetswork #forestservice
I am giving an indigo dye workshop at my studio in Trout Lake for the Mt. Adam’s Institute and Cascade Mountain School on Saturday, October 13 from 1-4:30pm and two spots have become available. 💙
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The registration fee will be 100% donated to these two amazing organizations that strengthen the connection between people and the natural world through education, service and research. 💙
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We will be harvesting indigo from the flower farm, exploring diverse shades of blue, playing with indigo eco prints, creating shibori patterns and dyeing both cotton and silk fibers. 💙
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If you are interested please join us. Link in profile. 💙 #naturaldye #indigo #flowerfarmer #cascademountainschool
Got to do some Rangering on one of my favorite parts of this planet this weekend #pct2020 #wildernessranger #wildernessculture #giffordpinchotnationalforest #vetswork #americorps #mtadamsinstitute
Day 1 of #cascademountainschool sustainable ag. We hiked up sleeping beauty to arrive at this incredible view of Mt Adams. Plenty of replanted clear cuts to be seen in the foreground.
Basecamp at 8500ft called “lunch counter” on Mt. Adams looking over a smoke hazed Mt. Hood #mtadams #pnwonderland #washingtonstate #cascades #volcano #summit #alpinestart #mountain #hiking #climbing #giffordpinchot #mtadamsinstitute
And that’s a wrap on Outdoor School programs this season! Thank you to all of our instructors and community partners for sharing your knowledge and connection to the land with our local youth. We’re looking forward to more Outdoor School programs in the fall!
#mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool #education #stem #science #curious #nature #explore #community #environment #thisland
In order to rise
From its own ashes
A Phoenix
First
Must
Burn
- Octavia Butler,
Parable of the Talents
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#fire #prescribedburn #prescribedfire #neature #millionyearpicnic #goodfire #nationalforest #appalachiantrail #appalachianmountains #wncmountains #wnc #wncphotographer #pisgahnationalforest #pisgah #forest #forestphotography #vetswork #mtadamsinstitute #picoftheday #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #natgeoyourshot
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
Today is world's environment day (I know all of those days are hard to follow). The theme this year was biodiversity which is a huge battle many conservationists face on a daily basis. It's the core idea of the project I am currently working on at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State. The Oregon spotted frog (shown in my last picture) is a threatened species that is losing habitat rapidly and has to compete with a variety of invasive species to survive.
I've also been reading alot about environmental injustice recently and It's tough to realize how little I've thought about my own privilege to work on jobs that I love. I do know that the environmental career field needs to combat racism and diversify the work force on public lands. If any person of color has experienced racism in the outdoor community I would love to talk more about it and find tangible solutions that we can work towards. In the meantime if anyone has questions on how to get started working in this career field feel free to reach out to me or leesbeets! Send us a resume or cover letter to look over, we can talk advice for job interviews, or how to make finances work🤙
Black Lives Matter.
#mtadamsinstitute #publiclands #blm #usfishandwildlifeservice
Check out the link in bio for important updates on Cascade Mountain School summer camps. Registration is still open! May 15th is our decision date for how we will move forward with camps. We’ll let the latest guidance from the state of WA inform that decision. If camps are cancelled, you will receive a refund.
We are piloting two FREE virtual camps for the first ten people who sign-up! Again, check out the link in bio for the full update.
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Working as a backhoe operator with the road crew right now clearing debris from our forest roads. Wasn’t a bad spot to take lunch break today. #vetswork #mtadamsinstitute #americorps #forestservicelife #giffordpinchotnationalforest #bestjobintheworld
Soil explorations. Silty or sandy loam? #cascademountainschool students will determine the soil texture of Broadfork farm, trout lake, WA.
Trying to channel Eliza Thornberry while I release this beauty caught in our fyke net. As you can see she made it out fine but does not consider me a friend 💔
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Italian honey bees in white salmon, WA. Today #cascademountainschool students learned a queen honey bee will lay 1 egg every 28 seconds as long as honey is flowing.
Today I got to go to a local school to help teach 1st graders about wildfire safety and awareness. This is me putting on the Smokey the Bear suit. #usfs #wildfiresafety #smokeythebear #mtadamsinstitute #vetswork #usforestservice #nationalforest #giffordpinchotnationalforest
Sorry California, happy cows actually come from Washington. Land of Milk and Honey specializes in grass fed raw milk along with grass fed beef. Pictured here are Jerseys, Angus, and Holstein steers. #cascademountainschool
This heritage breed of Tamworth pig tried to devour my phone moments after I snapped this shot. #cascademountainschool
Day 1 of deck and wheelchair ramp rebuild for the Mt Adams institute bunk house. Austin in the picture is a former Vetswork alumni that has been working with the US Forest Service for over 3 years now. Both of us are also US Marines. #vetswork #americorps #mtadamsinstitute #constructionworkers #usmarinescorps #teamwork
Meeting #cascademountainschool at horseshoemeadow full of bright red and pink paintbrush
Look who's on his way to Outdoor Explorers Camp. Can't wait to see what happens today at #mtadamsinstitute #cascademountainschool
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
Finally finished my restoration project of the Mt Adams Ranger Station sign. The last time it was painted was almost 10 years ago so it had allot of damage. She’s back up by the road now for the summer season. #mtadamsinstitute #vetswork #americorps #mtadamsrangerdistrict #giffordpinchotnationalforest #usforestservice #troutlake
This lucky jersey calf gets to grow up on pasture and will be milked twice a day. She will primarily eat grass, and only eat grain when milked. I have come to be a huge supporter of organic dairy, especially the organic valley label which is a farmer owned cooperative. #cascademountainschool
Just a mountain sunset from ranger camp. Can’t imagine a cooler job to have #mountainlife #wildernessculture #forestranger #mtadamswilderness #vetswork #americorps #mtadamsinstitute
