What We Do

 
 

EDUCATION

  • Educational outreach/develop curriculum

    • Youth Education

    • Adult Education

    • Citizen Science

  • Citizen Science

    • Resorts

    • Mt Hood National Forest

    • Cities/Village

  • Collaboration

    • Forest Service- Leave No Trace

    • Wilderness Medicine USFS Wilderness Stewards

    • NWAC/PMR/MHSP/TMG

    • Nonprofits

    • Business

  • Backcountry Outreach and exploration

  • Native American Historical Recreation Education

  • Stewardship

    • Trail Stewards

    • Recreation Stewards

    • Wilderness Stewards

    • Climbing Stewards

ACTION

  • Educate public: Include all ages, races, and bring diversity to the outdoors. Cultivate mindful recreation and patterns of behavior. Create communities centered around play.

    • Grant Writing

  • Citizen Science: Engage user base and allow them to gather information about recreational use. Monitor well loved areas. Grant Writing. 

    • Stevenson Screen: Government Camp —> Manual snow study and weather observation stations at various areas in and around Government Camp and Mount Hood. Including “Stevenson Screens”and Snow Stakes. 

    • Backcountry exploration snowpack data- measure snowpack and snow observations

  • Collaboration: Work with others

    • Trail Outreach/LNT/direct volunteers of where to help

    • Classes

    • Educational outreach/monitor well loved areas

    • Classes:

      • Avalanches

      • First Aid

      • Safe Recreation

      • Backcountry

    • Projects:

      • Renewable energy (Elemental Energy)

      • Compostable Toilets (Do Good Shit)

    • Fundraising

    • Parking lot recycling program 

    • All Mountain Cleanup

  • Backcountry Outreach and Exploration: Promote safe travel through alpine and valley ecosystems

  • Projects: 

    • Beacon Park

    • Gate Checks

  • Classes:

    • Gear

    • Tools

  • Connect Touring Partners

5. Native American Cultural Relevance: Interpretative signs/Develop historical and cultural relevance

6. Protect and conserve Mt Hood National Forest

  • Trail maintenance

  • LNT/safety education/awareness/cleanups

  • Data

  • Create hiking/climbing program

7. Climate Science: Engage audiences in informative programming.

Projects:

  1. Glacier monitoring

  2. Water quality/snowpack testing

ADVOCACY

  • Public Education:

    • School Use

    • Safe Backcountry Travel

  • Citizen Science: Directs backcountry travel, long term data collection climate studies

  • Collaboration: 4 tons of trash removed from Mt Hood

  • Fundraisers: $3K

  • Backcountry Outreach and Exploration: Decrease rescue incidents/deaths

  • Native American Historical Recreation/Education: preservation of our cultural heritage

  • Stewardship: Well preserved/pristine ecosystems

  • Climate data for State of Oregon, historical data, picture data