As people who are studying this land and its inhabitants, and as an organization that is very specifically land-based, we want to acknowledge the people who came before us in this area, and who, for millennia, managed these lands. This land (around what is now called Mt. Hood) has been cared for by members of many different tribes, who are here and still important today as part of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Grand Ronde, and Siletz, among others. The creation of public lands -- which we benefit from here today -- is part of the reason these people were displaced.
As trackers, we know that what happens in the past has ripples that can be seen in the present, this is as true in the social and political world as it is in the natural world. Our mission at Cascadia Wild is to create personal connection to community and the natural world. In order to achieve this mission we recognize that we are neither the first, nor the last to track animals here -- and we hope to build reverence and a community of learning for all people and lifeforms on what we now call Mt. Hood.
As trackers, we know that what happens in the past has ripples that can be seen in the present, this is as true in the social and political world as it is in the natural world. Our mission at Cascadia Wild is to create personal connection to community and the natural world. In order to achieve this mission we recognize that we are neither the first, nor the last to track animals here -- and we hope to build reverence and a community of learning for all people and lifeforms on what we now call Mt. Hood.
