Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area
July 14-17, 2025
This year, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation held our 12th annual Youth Heritage Project (YHP) at the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in North Bend. YHP is an immersive overnight summer field school for high school students. Through a place-based program, students are introduced to a breadth of professional opportunities in the fields of history, culture, and nature. YHP is a central piece of the Washington Trust’s work to engage younger and more diverse audiences in the important work of historic preservation.
This year, students explored a section of the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area, focusing on the towns of North Bend and Snoqualmie. Mountains to Sound is one of Washington’s two National Heritage Areas, covering 1.5 million acres from Seattle to Ellensburg along the Interstate 90 corridor. Students learned about the various people who have lived, worked in, and shaped the area—from the origins of the Snoqualmie Tribe to European settlers who significantly shaped and altered the landscape through major industries and infrastructure development.
For more about the activities at YHP 2025 and our student projects, read our final report!
