Become a fully informed environmental advocate for the Northwest by taking The Mountaineers Northwest Environmental Issues Course. This course provides lectures designed to provide participants with the tools and awareness they can use to protect the natural resources of the Northwest. The Mountaineers will partner with the University of Puget Sound and the Washington Environmental Council for this course with lectures and information supporting the upcoming 2010 environmental legislative focus as identified through the Environmental Priorities Coalition.

These priorities will be set by working closely with the broader environmental community and will focus on promoting the protection of our land, air and water. The Coalition will announce the identified legislative focus in October.

The course runs from October 21 to November 18. Lectures will be held Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the University of Puget Sound, Collins Memorial Library, room 303. The course is being offered free to all participants through generous grants from the Mountaineers Foundation and the University of Puget Sound.

For more information, please contact Katharine Appleyard, Sound Policy Institute at the University of Puget Sound, 253.879.3716 or kappleyard@pugetsound.edu or Nancy Neyenhouse, 253.848.9448 or neyen82@hotmail.com.