CONSERVATION *protect the outdoors*
Building bridges between love of place and taking action to protect it.
education Stewardship advocacy
Conservation Priorities
Our education, stewardship, and advocacy programs are defined by four conservation priorities:
ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY
PROTECT THE WILD BACKCOUNTRY
The Mountaineers advocates for protecting and designating wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, maintaining the integrity of road-free areas, and the appropriate management of motorized recreation in both summer and winter. By preserving wild, intact lands we save the defining features of the Pacific Northwest and provide the ability for current and future generations to undertake backcountry adventures and explore the untamed natural world.
RESPONSIBLE RECREATIONAL ACCESS
Recreational access to public lands is essential to the continued conservation and stewardship of the outdoors. The Mountaineers preserves connections to healthy landscapes by supporting the maintenance of recreational access infrastructure — roads, trails, access routes — where environmentally appropriate. We work with land managers to steward recreational infrastructure and provide input on fees and policies that effect human-powered recreational use of public lands.
LOW IMPACT RECREATION