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Mt. Adams Resource Stewards, the Mt. Adams District Collaborative Group and the Cave-Bear Creek Planning Area of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest Learn more... See Sustainable Northwest’s summary of a visit to the MARS Wood Utilization Center Learn more... Read our most recent Newsletter Learn more...
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Mt. Adams Country is truly a remarkable place, rich in natural assets, history and culture. A 12,000 foot-plus volcano punctuates a landscape of rolling forests and farms, volcanic buttes and dramatic river canyons, broad valleys and the Columbia River Gorge. Varied habitats reflect the influence of dramatic changes in elevation and precipitation, providing home to an abundant and diverse array of plant and wildlife species. It is a place where the lush, wet forests of the Westside mix with the dry pine savannahs of the Eastside. It is home to two of Washington’s three designated “wild and scenic” rivers, the only nesting population of greater sandhill cranes in the state, and one of the last strongholds of the Oregon spotted frog.
Land stewardship is a core value of Mt. Adams Resource Stewards. “Stewarding” the very resources that serve as a foundation for our communities certainly means different things to different people. For us, “stewardship” means taking care of the land and resources by combining the best available science with local knowledge, striving to maintain the ecological integrity of these landscapes. To this end, our interest in land stewardship cuts across most if not all of our programs and projects. |
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