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Mount Saint Helens Institute asks Cowlitz County for advocacy and support for expanded outdoor school and visitor infrastructure
Summary
The Mount Saint Helens Institute asked the Cowlitz County commissioners to back state and federal funding and to advocate locally for a multi‑phase plan to expand outdoor‑school capacity and visitor infrastructure at Coldwater Ridge.
Alisa Hoyt, co‑executive director of the Mount Saint Helens Institute, briefed the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on the institute’s work at Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument and on a multi‑phase plan to expand outdoor education and visitor infrastructure at Coldwater Ridge (the institute’s Science and Learning Center).
Hoyt said the institute is a nonprofit that partners closely with the U.S. Forest Service, Washington State Parks and other agencies and tribes to run volunteer programs, guided adventures, and youth outdoor‑education offerings from facilities sited in the monument. She noted the organization received a three‑year, $900,000 grant from the Cowlitz (Cowlitz Tribe) and described program work with tribal youth and community education.
On capacity and funding, Hoyt described limits at Coldwater Ridge: the institute currently operates small overnight capacity (Hoyt…
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