The Ḵutí Project is a multi-year collaboration between Oregon State University students, scientists, Alaska Native and rural communities, and high school youth to co-design environmental monitoring tools that reflect local priorities. Rather than building sensors in a lab and shipping them out, our team works directly with communities to create technology that fits the environment, the culture, and the questions people are already asking—like how streams are changing, how weather patterns are shifting, and what can be done to adapt. This past year, we built and deployed two types of sensor systems: “SmartRock” for measuring stream temperature, water depth, and turbidity, and “CHIMES” stations for tracking weather and rainfall. Students also created field kits and illustrated guides so youth participants in the Alaska Youth Stewards program could independently install and maintain the equipment. We used sound, data visualization, and storytelling to help students and community members interpret what the data means and how it might be useful. This project shows what’s possible when science is developed with—not just for—communities, and how co-design and shared ownership can lead to better tools, better data, and stronger relationships between people, science, and place.