by Mt. Adams Institute | Nov 12, 2018 | Land Stewards
I recently had a lengthy conversation with my Dad about the future; my plans for it, my goals and expectations. I told him I was planning on staying in the Methow Valley for the winter and was applying for 2019 seasonal positions with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Oct 10, 2018 | Land Stewards
We are entering our final month of the Public Lands Stewards program and I am stunned at how quickly the time has gone. I remember my first few weeks, when I was still getting my footing and there was still snow on the ground. Now there is snow once again, but it is...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Oct 10, 2018 | Land Stewards
On one of our very first patrol trips, my partner Emma and I headed up to the Pyramid Mountain Trail. You access the trailhead via Shady Pass, a steep, gravel road that takes you from my home district, Entiat, up over the mountains and down the other side to the...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Sep 28, 2018 | Land Stewards
It is a mid-July day, and the sun is beating down on me as I hike the Eagle Oval loop on the Methow Valley Ranger District. I am on the fourth day of my first solo hitch of the season, one that has me chasing ridgeline after ridgeline in the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 26, 2018 | Land Stewards
It’s hard to explain to someone what a burn area looks like. In the back of my mind I knew the Entiat River Valley burned badly in the Wolverine Fire of 2015. I grew up in Wenatchee, just 20 miles south, and every summer the valley fills with smoke from one fire or...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 24, 2018 | Land Stewards
I was motivated to apply for the Mt. Adams Institute Public Lands Stewards program after seeing that they had a position available in the Methow Valley Ranger District of the Okanogan- Wenatchee National Forest. I was specifically looking for work in this area because...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 24, 2018 | Land Stewards
“When we enter the landscape to learn something, we are obligated, I think, to pay attention rather than constantly to pose questions. To approach the land as we would a person, by opening an intelligent conversation. And to stay in one place, to make of that one,...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jul 24, 2018 | Land Stewards
Hello! My name is Emma and I am one of the 2018 Mt. Adams Public Land Stewards. I am based out of the Entiat Ranger district, and my official title is wilderness backcountry ranger. I am originally from North Carolina, and I drove out to the west coast the week before...
