Children's Forest teens meet Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan This past winter, four Alaska teens traveled to DC to celebrate the lighting of the 2015 Capitol Christmas Tree and share their experiences as Chugach Children’s Forest participants. While in DC the youth met with the Chief of the Forest Service, Tom Tidwell, and other Forest Service staff and the Alaska congressional … [Read more...]

We are thrilled to welcome Reth Duir, Chugach Children’s Forest, SCA, and NOLS alum - and one of the Arctic Youth Ambassadors - to our education staff! Reth will be working part-time to help implement our National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Urban Refuges grant with the US Fish & Wildlife Service; “Empowering Anchorage’s youth through outdoor leadership development to bring a diversity … [Read more...]

(Photo Credit: The Joy Trip Project) Isabel, Tristan, Noelani, and Gloria are four Alaskan teens who traveled to Washington DC as representatives of the Chugach Children’s Forest. The occasion? To celebrate the lighting of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, which made a 4,000-mile cross-country journey from Alaska’s Chugach National Forest to the nation’s capitol. In addition to participating … [Read more...]

After having awesome (some have even said, "life-changing") experiences on Chugach Children's Forest Habitat Restoration Kayak Expeditions in Prince William Sound, the teen participants come back from their trips excited to do more with the Children's Forest! For many of the participants, the trips mark their first time camping, hiking, cooking meals outside, etc. They come back craving more … [Read more...]

On September 27th, the Chugach Children's Forest celebrated five summer expeditions and a variety of other events. The night included youth speakers, new youth-produced media, youth art, appreciation awards for youth and for Chugach National Forest Wilderness Rangers Tim and Barbara Lydon in appreciation for their above and beyond efforts to engage Alaskan youth in public lands stewardship and … [Read more...]

Alaska Geographic is a proud “Gateway Partner” of NOLS, the National Outdoor Leadership School. This means that Alaska Geographic has the opportunity to nominate teens from our youth programs for full scholarships to participate in NOLS Courses, which take people on incredible expeditions to remote parts of Alaska and beyond where they learn leadership skills and outdoor skills like packrafting, … [Read more...]