ABOUT
– Founded in 2025 in Kamiah, Idaho –
Clearwater Collective is a Kamiah-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to building community prosperity through local resource stewardship, outdoor leadership, and nature education. Like the ecosystems we depend on, Clearwater Collective believes in the power of conscious collaboration and community for a sustainable livelihood.
Our Strategy:
Community Sensibilization
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OR visit us at 413 Main Street, Kamiah.
Designing Programs for Impact
Clearwater Collective is committed to building programs developed by and for the community, maintaining a transparent structure of progress and impact with accessible results. Our work centers on the elemental resources of Air, Water and Earth.
Building a Sustainable Framework
Clearwater Collective aims to be a grant-free entity, self-sustained through diversified revenue, created by and going back into the community for the long-term benefit of the local community and economy.
Our Philosophy
With Nature, We Learn.
With Nature, We Live!
Clearwater Collective celebrates the world
and all its diversity.
We are grateful for Earth and its abundance…
We accept we live together on one planet,
and it is our duty to sustain it.
It takes TEAMWORK…
to care for the elements
(water, air, land)
that make our beautiful Earth
& sustain community.
To Explore…
To Discover…
To Self-actualize.
Self-actualization…
Community-actualization…
Community Resilience!
Learn more about Our Services
– The Hearts & Minds –
DIRECTOR’S BOARD
Cynthia, Ada, and Amy share a deep appreciation and amazement for nature’s wonders and nurtures.
Whether it be through science or art (or their preferred, both!), they enjoy catalyzing curiosity towards the natural world to highlight
our interdependencies and need for compassion.
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Conservation & Sustainability Strategist
Professional Hydrogeologist
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Founder, Clearwater Collective
15 + years
- Environmental consulting, land & water resource management
- Outdoor leadership & nature mindfulness
- Humanitarian, conservation leadership, community resilience & social impact work
- Office/business administration and information management
Professional Degrees & Licenses:
- Professional Geologist registered with State of IDAHO, License No. 1611
- Geographic Information Systems Certified
- M.S. Hydrogeology
- B.S Geological Sciences & Hydrogeology
Certifications:
- Art Therapy Practitioner
- Wilderness First Responder
- Facilitation; Conflict Management
- Outdoor Leadership; Backcountry Safety
- Geographic Informatic Systems
Other Relevant Experience:
- Managed ~5 .5 million acres for water resources.
- 7+ years in Organizational Leadership, Large-scale Program & Office Management for multi-disciplinary and multi-scale program areas.
- U.S. federal program lead for international agreements with Department of Defense, U.S. State Department, U.S.A. ID, and International Anti-Narcotics & Law Enforcement agencies.
- Managed implementation & accounting of ~ 1 million US dollars in federal grants and agreements.
- STEAM/Environmental Education Curriculum Development
What is your connection to nature?
My favorite medicine. Best classroom and teacher. Top therapist. Knows when to get your out of your head or back in it.
Backcountry hiking saved my life!
Healing and humbling. How it shapes us. How it connects us!
Reminding us we are part of a whole and working in a system that we have only started exploring.
What is your connection to art?
Some of my favorite first memories.
Exhibiting and commissioning art since 1998.
Grateful for finding Geology to use both scientific+artistic (creative) mind.
Full-time artist 2009 - 2010 -> Helped pay for graduate school!
Science advisor for Artist-in-Residence program in Grand Canyon National Park 2014-2016. Observed the stronger transformative power of art over science.
Facepainting in local area since 2016! CIAA Member. River Arts Kamiah volunteer co-Director 2024-2025oct.
What is your connection to Idaho?
2001. Geology student. Dropped off at the base of a mountain. 10 hours to map the geology and find my way back to camp.
Trees so tall! First forest hugs.
Wow. So much geology to uncover!
A new vision to come back to this beautiful Gem State. 2016 - Forest Hydrologist, Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. 2021 - Professional Geologist, registered in State of Idaho.
Feeling the sweet embrace from the wild rivers, lichen rock, and mossy trees still. Proud to call Kamiah my home after 1o years.
Advisory Board
The Community of Collaborators
| RishiYoga | River Arts Kamiah | Bitterroot Botanicals | al-LURE-rings & things | CeeCee’s Coffee | Clearwater Jelly | Ashley K. Fisher Metalworks | Shammah’s Bakery | Three Sisters | Snack Attack Kettle Corn | Author Laura Samsky