Field Reports
route launches, stewardship campouts, events, and other musings.
Meet Mamiko, an Extraordinary Volunteer
Mamiko is very humble. Despite working most weekends, she’s one of our most frequent volunteers. She loves these rich natural environments and the hard work it takes to maintain the trails through them, and when she’s not volunteering with us, she’s probably at another chainsaw training or volunteering with one of the half dozen other trail orgs she’s active with.
Recap: Resurrecting Rhozone - an Orogenesis & Hoodland Trails Collective Collaboration
This past weekend a hearty group of 20+ volunteers descended upon a long forgotten stretch of trail in the southernmost reaches of The Mt Hood National Forest. The area is affectionately referred to as “The Rhozone” as it is framed in by the Rhododendron Ridge Trail which spans the length of the ridge dividing this zone almost equally between Mt Hood and Mt Jefferson. With epic views of both mountains, deep loamy forest, rocky outcroppings, and beautiful Rhododendrons lining the trail - it is truly a spectacular place.