Get to know Eeland Stribling (he/him), who has been working with Cottonwood Institute as a field instructor since the spring of 2022! Eeland is an educator, wildlife biologist, angler, and comedian (check his Instagram for upcoming shows: blacksteveirwin). Learn more about Eeland below, and read our other staff and board profiles here! What led you to… Read more »
Get to know Jessie Colin (she/her), who has been working with Cottonwood Institute as a field instructor since Summer 2022! Jessie is a multitalented outdoorsperson and athlete and is known for bringing the most fun and creative games to our programs. Learn more about Jessie below, and read our other staff and board profiles here!… Read more »
STRIVE Prep Westwood’s fall fishing field day. Written by Field Instructor Jessie Colin. Escrito en español más abajo. On a beautiful fall day, 11 CAP students, 2 instructors, and 1 school chaperone from STRIVE Prep Westwood journeyed to Lake Lehow to meet with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). We began the day with a site… Read more »
Cottonwood Institute (CI) is excited to unveil a new equitable, transparent, and thrivable pay structure for our instructors. When I started in the outdoor industry in the late ’90s, I was working for a company that was hiring instructors as contractors and the starting pay was about $75 – $100 per day. Fast forward 25… Read more »
New Vista CAP students contemplate methods and themes surrounding fire while trying to build their own palm-sized fires. Written by Field Instructor Ruthie Cartwright. Silence. For the first time since our New Vista CAP class headed out this morning on our first overnight to Cal-wood. Silence from a group of twelve high school students. No… Read more »
Students explore perspectives from different stakeholders in the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project to understand broader water issues. Written by CI Field Instructor Amy Atkins. See more photos here! In our current polarized cultural climate, it is often difficult to empathize with people who have different viewpoints from ours. Polarization also furthers confirmation bias, an idea… Read more »
AMS students identified pants like Curlycup Gumweed along the Anne U White Trail on their fall field day with Cottonwood Institute. Escrito en español más abajo. Check out more photos here! Written by CI Instructor Tucker Knight. The 7th and 8th graders of Angevine Middle School CAP class hiked the Anne U. White Trail with… Read more »
Did you know that starting in 2023, Coloradans can get a Keep Colorado Wild Pass for $29 when they register their car? This pass provides entry to all Colorado state parks and supports important conservation work throughout the state. Through Colorado Parks and Wildlife, funding from the pass will go towards state park maintenance, backcountry… Read more »
Why Donate Crypto, Stock or Donor Advised Fund (DAF)? Cottonwood Institute (CI) is committed to providing life changing programs for historically marginalized students in Aurora, Denver, and Boulder, CO in order to achieve our vision and mission. Your gift of cryptocurrency, appreciated stock, or Donor Advised Funds can have a huge impact: $1,000,000: Will… Read more »
Quick! You and your friends are lost on a hike, and a storm is coming! Will you survive the night? Well, Andy Seth, his family, and friends sure will! You may remember Andy Seth as our accidental auctioneer at our Base Camp Bash fundraising event the past decade or so. Andy “won” a Cottonwood Institute… Read more »
