Forest Explorers is a multi-year after school forest ecology education program for 4th through 8th grade students in rural Skamania County.  Through a partnership with ESD112 and Skamania County, Northwest Service Academy AmeriCorps deliver programs to upper elementary and middle school students at rural, underserved schools of Cape Horn-Skye, Canyon Creek, Skamania, Mill A, and Mt. Pleasant.  Students in grades 5-8 participate in the 5 day afterschool program for 1 week each in the spring and fall each. In addition, these students get to participate in a 5 day/4 night residential summer camp at USFS Camp Mt. Adams Center. 

These two-hour science enrichment units for students build on the materials presented in the school programs with hands-on activities focused on strengthening science concepts, leadership development, and experiential stewardship opportunities.

The after-school programs complement the science inquiry component of the academic SECRETS of Our Forest Home programs while also giving upper-elementary school students the opportunity to increase their academic achievement, providing extracurricular opportunities for underserved youth, and building a local stewardship and restoration ethic for public lands among our youth.