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Top 10 Trip Reports - January 2023
Each month, we sort through all your trip reports. Then, we pick our favorites and celebrate them here! Read on for our favorites from January 2023.
Protections Restored for Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Thanks in part to advocacy from the outdoor community, the administration restored protections for the Tongass National Forest last week. Read on to hear more about how protecting undeveloped areas of the Tongass is critically important for outdoor recreation, climate action, and protecting backcountry areas across the country.
New Course: Emotional Safety in the Outdoors
We are excited to share our new Emotional Safety in the Outdoors eLearning course. One of the unwritten core values at The Mountaineers is safety, and this new course highlights the connections between emotional safety and physically safe outcomes. It's designed to help leaders and instructors foster environments where all people feel belonging.
2022-2023 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
We’re bringing the spirit of outdoor adventure and mountain culture to The Mountaineers again. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour features the best mountain films of the year, showcasing amazing filmmaking talent to an audience that spans the globe.
Action Alert! Anti-Public Lands Measures Return to Congress in House Rules Changes
Last week, the new Congress doubled down on a familiar attack on our public lands through the new House rules package. Just like in 2017, it’s now easier to transfer or sell federal public lands. Learn more about this threat to our lands and waters and urge lawmakers to stand against anti-public lands attacks over the next two years.
Conservation 101: What We Advocate For and How We Choose Our Issues
In this final installment of our Conservation 101 blog series, we explore what conservation and recreation issues The Mountaineers advocates for and our decision-making framework that helps us decide.