Posts tagged “Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest”

Once upon a time, in the late 1800s to be precise, there was a booming mining town deep in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (MBS). The town was called Monte Cristo and it became a mining attraction because of its rich mineral deposits. With the help of a railroad and financers like John D. Rockefeller, the town grew to support over a thousand residents (mostly miners), several shops, a schoolhouse, a brothel, a hotel and many homes. Not long after its peak, mining... (Read more…)

On the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie (MBS) National Forest in Washington, we are constantly looking for ways to engage urban youth by providing unique opportunities to learn new skills and see amazing places while meeting the needs of the forest. This year the MBS partnered for the first time with a youth program managed by the Tulalip Indian Reservation aimed at providing environmental education to youth living on the reservation. The 22,000-acre Tulalip Indian Reservation is located north... (Read more…)