Mazama Wild

School is out, but exploring nature and science with the Mazamas is in! Youth ages 4–10 are attending our day camps, excited to learn and play in ways both unique to our organization's love of the outdoors and desperately needed after one and a half years of being cooped up due to a pandemic. From ecology to engineering to mountain exploration, campers are eagerly taking in what we're all about and fostering long-term relationships with the Mazamas and the outdoors.

Are you interested in volunteering? After a year of absence with youth programs, our indoor climbing walls are back in use! Whether you are an experienced camp belayer or new to it, Mazama Wild has a place for those looking to rope belay our campers. Sessions are available on Wednesdays and Fridays for most of the summer in the morning or afternoon for a couple hours at a time.

Volunteering event sign-ups can be found on our website's event calendar by searching "Mazama Wild.”

CORRECTION

It has come to our attention that we inadvertently left out some additional material from Rick Craycraft’s article on the history of trail tending by the Mazamas in our May/June issue. Rick intended to let readers know that the Mazama Library contains a DVD on the history of the Mazama Trail compiled by Ray Sheldon. In addition, Friends of the Columbia River Gorge have posted “Trails That Lure” a film about recreation in the Columbia Gorge, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It was filmed by George R. Goergens in 1918, and released in 1920. Many of the sights remain very familiar, including Multnomah Falls, Eagle Creek, and what is now called the Historic Columbia River Highway. It can be viewed at tinyurl.com/trailsthatlure.