by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
My name is Kailey Kreienbrink. I grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. I grew to love the outdoors through exploration of Minnesota’s 10,000-plus lakes. I am about to start my Senior year of college at the University of Oregon where I am triple...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
My name is Cameron McArthy and up until now, I’ve been living in St. Louis working freelance in film production. My passion for hiking, camping, climbing, and nature photography slowly outgrew my love for movies, to the point that I’ve given up filmmaking to pursue a...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
My name is Omeed Pourboghrat. I grew up in Okemos, Michigan until I was sixteen years old when I moved with my family to Dublin, Ohio in 2015. I went on to finish high school, and later achieved a Bachelor of Arts in History at Ohio State University. I have since a...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
I was born on July 4th and I was raised in Yakima, Washington. I have two siblings – one older, and one younger. My entire family is involved in the outdoors; growing up there was never a weekend during summer when you’d catch my family at home. We were either...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
I grew up in our nation’s capital and was fortunate enough to have easy access to the many small national parks within the D.C. borders. Some of my best memories with friends can be found in these parks as it was really the only place to escape the hustle and bustle...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
I am a recent graduate of WSU, having earned my bachelor’s in environmental science and a minor in biology, with Magna Cum Laude honors. I enjoy hiking along the Pacific Northwest coast, cooking from scratch, playing soccer, watching Marvel, and cultivating...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
My name is Savanna Lopez and I was born and raised in rural central Iowa. My love for the outdoors started when I could walk. I grew up on a homestead out in the country and my father is an avid hunter and fisherman and was the first to teach me about land stewardship...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
Man’s relation to the outdoors has always been of great significance to me. Having grown up near the Cascade Mountain Range on a small farm in the town of Graham Washington, I was fortunate to have a great wealth of exposure to the outdoors. Raising livestock, hiking,...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
I grew up in the west metro area of the Twin Cities, MN. I spent many summers as I grew up going on expedition canoe trips organized by my uncle and mother. I had very mixed feelings about them when I was young, but looking back appreciate them as an important part of...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
Hello, my name is Alexander, and I was born and raised in Chicago. I attended Southern Illinois University from 2014 to 2019 and studied architecture, landscaping, and history. Currently, I am in Chicago as a landscape designer for a high-end residential firm....
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
I grew up in Texas but moved to Carnation, WA during the latter half of my childhood. I have many siblings and soon began experiencing the beauty of the PNW with my family – mostly my father and brothers. During adulthood, I have continued to visit wilderness...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
My name is Tanner Blake and I love being outside. I grew up in Renton, Washington, riding mountain bikes, and when I was 13 my family moved to Cle Elum. While living in Cle Elum I learned that I really enjoyed hiking, backpacking, and nature photography, so when it...
by Mt. Adams Institute | May 28, 2022 | Land Stewards, LS 2022
I grew up in northern Wisconsin, on the south shore of Lake Superior where I was able to explore and foster a passion for the outdoors. I spent a lot of my free time on the water and in the forest with my younger brother, which made me realize how much I value the...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 11, 2021 | Field Notes, Land Stewards
The Umatilla National Forest (UNF) recently restricted access to the public due to unfavorable fire conditions. The unprecedented heatwave that washed over the Pacific Northwest in June set record-breaking high temperatures causing fire season to come early. Until the...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 11, 2021 | Land Stewards, Summer Camp
When the pandemic hit, I was living in Minneapolis, MN and working as a corporate copywriter in the healthcare industry. I slowly realized that I needed a change. A year and a half later, my life could not be more different. I never thought I’d be working in the...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 11, 2021 | Land Stewards, Summer Camp
During the last day of the eight- to twelve-year-old camp, Outdoor Explores, we took the Campers to the Ice Caves nearby campus. Taking a large group of this age group into a pitch-black cave with slippery ice as flooring, meant we had to be absolutely positive that...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 11, 2021 | Field Notes, Land Stewards, Summer Camp
This summer I truly feel like I’m the lucky one – I get to go to camp all summer long!After a very isolating past year filled with many uncertainties, I feel very grateful to be constantly surrounded and supported by a cohort of fantastic co-educators and...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 11, 2021 | Land Stewards, Summer Camp
Although this is my second year serving as an AmeriCorps intern at Mt. Adams institute, this is my first experience working here at the camp, in-person with the campers and fellow counselors. I began my time with the program last summer, right in the middle of the...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 11, 2021 | Field Notes, Land Stewards
The WREN office is located in the West Eugene Wetlands and a large part of our curriculum focuses on wetland ecology. Over the last few months, I have learned about the importance of wetlands: they improve water quality through filtering sediments and pollutants, they...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 11, 2021 | Field Notes, Land Stewards
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” (Thoreau, 1854) It didn’t play out so eloquently in...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 2, 2021 | Field Notes, Land Stewards, Summer Camp
Howdy! In late May, I packed up nearly all of my belongings and traveled 2,200 miles to the Pacific Northwest. Little did I know that I could flourish and challenge myself in this new environment to develop different strategies to help campers get a better glance at...
