by Chrissy Very | Aug 25, 2026 | adventurer spotlight, Audio, biodiversity, hiking, pacific northwest
Matt Leitzinger spent a June Saturday placing acoustic recorders in trailless country in the Glacier Peak Wilderness. By late summer, fires were surrounding them. There’s a word for it, and Matt Leitzinger didn’t learn it until afterward. He had described the worst...
by Chrissy Very | Aug 19, 2026 | Audio, biodiversity, conservation, hiking, pacific northwest
With wildfire season approaching, more than 100 wildlife recorders still need to be retrieved from remote forests across the Pacific Northwest. Every device recovered helps turn months of sound recordings into valuable conservation data. Somewhere in the backcountry...
by Chrissy Very | Jul 23, 2026 | Audio, biodiversity, citizen science, pacific northwest
What happens when the data needed to protect forests, wildlife, and public lands lives in places most people will never see? When longtime Adventure Scientists volunteer Ryan read the project description, she laughed. “Bushwhacking into the woods after a 20-mile...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 12, 2017 | adventure, adventure scientists, adventurer spotlight, collect, conservation, freshwater microplastics, microplastics, pacific northwest, science
In 2016 Adventure Scientists contributed over 15,000 volunteer field days (that’s over 41 years!) to our scientific partners to help them discover solutions to pressing environmental issues. Adria Magrath of Vashon Island, Washington, submitted one of...
