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Glacier Peak Institute, WSU Extension brief council on rural youth and workforce programs in upriver communities
Summary
Glacier Peak Institute described collaborative programs with WSU Snohomish County Extension that use ARPA support and local partnerships to run youth outdoors education and a young‑adult forestry workforce program serving Darrington and similar upriver communities.
Oak Rankin of Glacier Peak Institute told the Snohomish County Planning and Community Development Committee on May 20 that a multi‑year partnership with WSU Snohomish County Extension has funded programs to expand outdoor education and create a young‑adult forestry workforce in upriver communities such as Darrington.
Rankin said the partnership grew from recovery work after a major slide and has focused on direct investment in the local community rather than one‑off programs brought in from the…
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