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Our Advocacy Mission
The Issaquah Alps Trails Club has always been more than a hiking club. From its earliest days over 30 years ago, the club has been a voice for the protection of not only trails but the open spaces through which they run, achieving massive victories with the creation of Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park and Tiger Mountain State Forest.

The advocacy work of the club is ongoing, and takes many forms:
  1. Protecting public open space and parks from improper use and the impacts of nearby development
  2. Negotiating and working with developers to secure trails and open space within their projects
  3. Working with public agencies and private landowners to secure more acreage for the parklands of the Issaquah Alps
The club has official appointed advocates for each area in the Alps, but your help and voice is often needed to back them up! The more people who speak up for the protection of trails and open space, the stronger and more effective our collective voice will be.

REGIONS Please help. Be a part of one or more of our advocacies.

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