The Madrona Institute
Advancing the stewardship ethic in the San Juan Archipelago
Striving for greater community resilience and local self-reliance in the face of climate change through grassroots action.
Purchasing a San Juan Islands Special License Plate is a great way to support stewardship of the San Juan Islands.
Empowering Indigenous youth through exploration of their native natural resource heritage and stewardship of their ancestral homelands.
Serving as the sponsor of a coalition of conservation-based organizations working collaboratively in the San Juan Islands to support a thriving ecosystem.
Image credit clockwise from top left - Erin Corra, Erin Licata, Kelsey Kittleson, Nancy Spaulding, Evening Passage.
At Madrona, we envision a community and a world in which human beings co-exist
peacefully with each other and responsibly with nature.
Our mission is to engage current and future generations in the conservation and stewardship
of our local ecosystem, and to encourage community dialogue and leadership on climate-related issues.
This mission is accomplished through youth conservation & stewardship corps
in the San Juan Islands, and through initiatives on climate change.
Our vision is a positive, healthy, resilient San Juan Islands.
Let us acknowledge we reside on the ancestral lands and waters of the Coast Salish people who have called this place home since time immemorial and let us honor inherent, aboriginal and treaty rights that have been passed down from generation to generation.
Moving beyond acknowledgment, we take action in support of Coast Salish people by being the fiscal sponsor of the Coast Salish Youth Coalition, providing funding for Gathering of Eagles Canoe Journey, providing grants to the Children of the Setting Sun Productions, and volunteering for the annual Tribal Canoe Journey when they pass through the San Juan Islands.
Statement on Breaching of the Lower Snake River Dams
by The Madrona Institute Board of Directors
The Madrona Institute supports the breaching of the Lower Snake River Dams in as timely a manner as possible, and no later than 2030, respecting the regional need for some energy and transportation replacements. The Federal Government and Washington State Government must work together to provide the administrative and financial resources to accomplish this task to honor the treaty obligations made to the Nez Perce and other Tribes as well as to improve the health of the Snake River system upon which the salmon and steelhead depend.
March 8, 2023
