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Public Lands Stewards: Choose Your Own Adventure

Public Lands Stewards: Choose Your Own Adventure

by Mt. Adams Institute | Oct 20, 2020 | Land Stewards

“Choose your own adventure” is how I would describe the wilderness. Shear scree fields, deafening thunderstorms, and collapsing trees in burn areas are some of the obstacles that will be faced. Whether or not you want to attempt to slide 20 feet down the field, sleep...
Public Lands Stewards: My Love for Nature

Public Lands Stewards: My Love for Nature

by Mt. Adams Institute | Sep 21, 2020 | Land Stewards

Hello everyone! Growing up building forts and fishing in the creeks of the Pocono mountains, I have never been a stranger to the outdoors. I love taking any chance I can to be dirty for days at a time in the backcountry, and experiencing new ways to enjoy the...
Public Lands Stewards: I’ve Found My Path Forward

Public Lands Stewards: I’ve Found My Path Forward

by Mt. Adams Institute | Sep 21, 2020 | Land Stewards

Sitting in the cool, air conditioned truck sipping on fruit punch Gatorade, I felt elated. Ecstatic. Completely and purely happy. This moment was easily one of the greatest moments of my entire life. And all it took was a gnarly week of patrolling. Coming from the...
Meet Anna, 2020 Public Lands Stewards Intern!

Meet Anna, 2020 Public Lands Stewards Intern!

by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 5, 2020 | Land Stewards

Originally from Michigan, I currently call the beautiful state of Washington my home. My love for the outdoors began at a young age spending summers in the Adirondacks with my family and ultimately led me to thru hike the Pacific Crest Trail in 2017. This hike...

Public Lands Stewards: You’ve Only Got But One Life, So Live It

by Mt. Adams Institute | Oct 23, 2019 | Land Stewards

The purpose of this blog is to inspire anyone who is interested in a Public Lands Stewards AmeriCorps position with the Mt. Adams Institute (MAI), but has yet to fully commit. This specific blog is oriented towards the Wilderness Ranger position in the Methow Valley...

Public Lands Stewards: Wilderness Enriches the Soul

by Mt. Adams Institute | Oct 23, 2019 | Land Stewards

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, …” – Wilderness Ranger, quietly muttering to himself. I could tell you about everywhere I...

Public Lands Stewards: The Quick and Dirty

by Mt. Adams Institute | Sep 6, 2019 | Land Stewards

  The first time I crossed over Highway 20 and into the Methow Valley I was in a strangers truck hitchhiking from Bellingham, WA to Glacier National Park. Our driver pulled off the road at Washington Pass where Liberty Bell, Early Winters Spires and the Needles...

Public Lands Stewards: Horsemanship in the Methow Valley

by Mt. Adams Institute | Sep 6, 2019 | Land Stewards

It’s a quiet June evening here in the Methow Valley and I’m slowly soaking in the last few days off before heading back out into the Pasayten Wilderness. This hitch I’m headed out with a few members of the trail crew to put my newly earned crosscut certification to...

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