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The purpose of the Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest is to discover, teach and demonstrate the concepts of sustainable forestry, with a special focus on advancing the strategic themes of the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. The Center aims to provide internationally recognized leadership for sustainable forestland management through research, demonstration and technology transfer. Located at the foot of Mt. Rainier, the Center sits on 4,300 acres of third-party certified, working forestland. RESPONSIBILITIES: The Environmental Education Program Manager will be a creative self-starter who will help establish the Mount Rainier Institute (MRI), a proposed residential environmental education center. The MRI is a collaborative venture between the CSF-PF and Mt. Rainier National Park which aims to create a residential field science and environmental education program for youth and adults within Pack Forest and the National Park. The Institute will initially provide residential environmental education programs and services for school children during the school year
but, over time, will grow to include year-round programming and services to include families and adult continuing education opportunities. Among other goals, the Institute will include programming and services designed to address two key societal issues: 1) engaging diverse youth in outdoor and environmental education leading to higher education and career pathways in related academics and professions; and 2) increasing youth competency in math and science, particularly among traditionally underrepresented students. The Institute will be located at the University of Washington’s Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest, thirty minutes from Mount Rainier National Park, which will also be used as an outdoor classroom. The experiences the Institute provides will cultivate in students an understanding of their role as stewards of sustainable natural resources.